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Selecting a PC could be an educational or harrowing experience depending on your choices. The experience will only be educational if you shop for the right PC and harrowing if you end up with a completely wrong device for your specific need.

In order to select the right PC, the first thing you should consider is your PC’s purpose. In my personal opinion, there are three types of PC: Gamer PC, Office PC and Multimedia PC. If your purpose for using the PC is not there, read on. We’ll give each of these computers descriptions and further use.

Gamer PC: whether if its online or just your simple shoot ‘em up games, a gamer PC is always concentrated on video. Recent title of games available for PC doesn’t only require simple 128MB Video Cards; you need to have a video card with a capacity that nears 1G. You can still go for 512MB for you video card capacity but I suspect games that will be released next year will require higher than that. Remember that other brand of Video Cards doesn’t specify the capacity. One good example are NVIDIA Graphic Cards. Be sure to ask your technician the matching video type to match it with the available graphics card.

Office PC: If you just need a computer for e-mail, creating documents and surfing the net for information, an Office-Type PC is good for you. All you need to remember is that your PC should be able to handle updates from your software. The cheapest brand new PCs are already good for this category. Most of the computers in the market right now could actually handle more than enough documents that will last for more than 10 years. By that time, you already have another computer.

MultiMedia PC: If Gamer PC requires a powerful video or graphics card, MultiMedia PC needs that…and more. Editing videos in a computer requires a powerful processor and RAM. Dual core processors are usually the way to go for MultiMedia PCs at the same time, RAM capacity of 2G is a must for any computer. Programmers and web developers also need to have this type of computer to ensure their operations are smooth and uninterrupted.

Now that you know what type of PC to choose, always remember this general rule: always select a PC that will last for more than two years without any upgrades. Although upgrading your computer is a must, it’s just economically wrong to purchase something only to upgrade some of its parts in less than two years. In this account, be sure to prepare to spend a little bit more on the latest parts of your computer.

Lastly, make sure your computer’s warranty will be good for a year. There are computers that could pass as cheap but their warranty is so limited, it’s almost “use at your own risk” computers. It’s always good practice to ask the coverage of your warranty.

Making sure you have your preferred PC is a must to be productive or to have more than the usual fun from your computer.