How can I know if computer parts are compatible?
Most use PC Part Picker.com Start putting together a system there and as you're putting parts together for your build, you'll notice that incompatible parts will be grayed out and thus won't be able to be added to your build because they're not compatible. There are other websites, but PCPartPicker does it best and is the easiest to use, as well as you can save your progress. Aside from that, the rest goes from experience and simply knowing what parts work well together and what don't. In other words, reading that Processor ABC has a LGA1150 socket, and knowing that you can ONLY use an LGA1150 compatible motherboard. Beyond that, the graphics card and RAM is really based on the performance and what compliments your build. What I mean is your motherboard may support DDR4, but that doesn't mean you can't use DDR3 RAM. It simply means you won't get the benefits you'd get while using DDR4 RAM. But PCPartPicker is your best option. Either that or simply ask someone with experience if your parts are incompatible. Next to that, I like using UserBenchmark to tell where I may get bottlenecks from using high and low end parts. It'll also give me an idea as to how my build should performPick Parts, Build Your PC, Compare and Share Home - UserBenchmark
If I'm only going to have one computer should it be a desktop or a laptop?
Definitely a laptop. I have both (and a Galaxy S8 phone) but if I had to give up one it’s a no-brainer: I’d keep the laptop.My desktop and my laptop both have an I7 CPU and 16 GB RAM. Only the laptop has a GPU however, as well as a 1 TB SSD.The more important difference is that whereas my desktop has a 30″ screen at 2560x1560 (HP LP3065) and a full size keyboard and regular mouse, set up for standing use, my laptop (Surface Book 2) has a 13″ display, a keyboard of the same width as the display, and a touchpad in place of a mouse. I can therefore carry the laptop around the house and when on the road or at school, but the desktop remains tied to the huge monitor.That said, I commute regularly between Stanford’s main campus and its Monterey Bay campus 90 miles to the south. There I have a 1920x1080 display. Obviously I bring my laptop, but I also unplug my desktop and bring it down there too. Here’s the desktop as plugged in at home.The middle black cable is DisplayPort going to a dual channel DVI converter, the only way the HP display can get 2560x1600 ( it’s a very old monitor and its HDMI can’t handle 4K). In Monterey the HDMI is fine for the 1920x1080 monitor. It’s set up for standing use, the laptop is for when I feel like sitting, which I’m sorry to say is all too often.But if I only had the laptop, when I feel like standing I could plug its USB-C port into an adaptor and use it with the monitor.
I'm 13 and want to build my own computer?
Okay first off I want to say please don''t judge me.. I'm 13 going on 14 and I own a laptop which is pretty crap but I am a gamer. Whenever I look up online on ''whats a good computer to get for gaming'' I always see people saying to build your own computer. I do realize that I'm not an Albert Einstein of technology but I know a little about things like RAM and stuff but I'm wondering, can I get the job done. Everyone always says '' Oh its easy '' But is it easy enough? Is it dangerous? My mom will probably be supervising me anyway if I did build my own computer. This computer is a crap and a waste of 700$. I can't even run minecraft smoothly without optifine so I really don't know how I would be able to run a big game like skyrim with this junk. Should I wait? Please don't judge me..
Can you turn a laptop into a desktop tower?
Okay so here's my genius/retarded idea. Is it possible for me to completely gut my laptop, and put all of the components as is, in a tower shell? My idea here is to take my slightly outdated laptop, and put in a new processor and graphics card! This isn't possible in laptop form, because of the lack of room :/ Is this possible? Thank you for the help!
What are the dangers of disassembling a computer?
Okay, before you suggest me to sell it: no. It's dead for four years, haven't even plugged it in, and the darned sucker ate my disk, so it's stuck in the disk drive. Okay, so because it's broken, and it won't turn on the last time it happened, I want to disassemble it. I wanna see how it all works and all the parts. I don't even need to reassemble it, because the blasted thing is useless now. For reference, the computer is a Dell Studio One 19. I have it unplugged for four years straight and I never even put the power cord inside the computer for connection, so a surprise shocker would be impossible. Alas, my worries don't end there. A month ago I was reading up on some information on the Playstation 2, and someone said that even after being unplugged for a while, the PS2 holds enough charge to kill someone mishandling the system, while unplugged. Now with the PS2 thing, I am worried it might happen to me. I have a wooden floor and I plan on disassembling it while sitting on the floor. It's wooden, so I'm not grounded well. I have no anti static mats or even a wrist band, so if there still is some charge on this thing, I'll feel all of it. But then I live in the 5th floor of an apartment right next to the ocean, so it's fairly humid, thus lowering the conductivity. is there any electric risk of taking apart that computer? Also, are there any other precautions for disassembling it? I already took the back panel off and I'm ready to dig into the frame. Thanks.