Choices, Choices, Choices
The blessing and curse of PC hardware is the fact that it is modular. Each major component can be swapped out with offerings from a variety of manufacturers. As a result, choosing the right part for the job can require a considerable investment in time to competently learn the jargon associated with that part and the believable benefits that each manufacturer has to offer. For example, in the power-supply category, manufacturer Corsair offers eight different classifications, with several products within each. Multiply this by the dozens of other PC power-supply companies, and deciding which one to buy for your computer can be downright paralyzing. The same thing holds true for CPUs, RAM, graphics cards, MOBOs, and other ...
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