Little Tips While Buying a Laptop or PC

Hi everyone, since I'm a tech savvy, I know a lot about computers, laptops, phone, and many other things that related to technology and I want to share to you how to choose a good laptop for you. It is simple. You do not have to learn to programming. You just have to be sure you are not lazy enough to read the computer specs and stick to my reccomendation, I'm sure you will be fine. Alright, here we go.

Processor
The first one to see is the processor. It is simple, do not bought laptop or PC with a "celeron" or "atom" within it's processor. It is severely outdated an do not give you much processing power for today's application. Aim for i3 at minimum if you use the computer for browsing and simple office task. Take i5 if you work with graphics and want to play games. i7 is for those who search great performance, but I think the price is too high and the performance is not improved as good as i3 to i5. For AMD, you can try to find A6 or A8. The key key point here is to see the version of the processor architecture. For now, stick into "Haswell". 

Memory (RAM)
This is the most easy part. Do not bought laptop or PC with memory less than 4GB. The difference of 2GB and 4GB or RAM is very very noticeable, while RAM is very cheap on the market. $GB or more RAM will make your work and life more convenient. If you happen to have PC or laptop with 2GB of memory, upgrading it to 4GB will give you freedom. It's like flying. My personal recommendation is 4GB is minimum, 6 GB is recommended, and 8 GB is good. They are not very costly compared with other peripherals. Always put a lot of budget in this because it will give rocket performance boost.

Video Card (VGA)
This peripheral will determine how good you computer graphics quality. "Is that laptop can watch movie or play games?" is a wrong question. Every computer can play games or watch movies. The question is how well? Or maybe what kind of games do you want to play? First of all, you need to understand the VGA code like 620m or 540m. The first number on the code tell us the whole version of a VGA. 6 has better architecture than 5. 7 is better than 6. Then, you see the second and third number. These two numbers if used to compare another VGA inside a VGA version of the first code. So, 540 is better than 530, but 540 is not better than 630 because it has different architecture. The rule of thumb is to stick to the latest VGA version. In the time of this article is written, the 6 are the most mainstream VGA and the 7 are just coming out, but not yet in my country. For now, go with 6.  An on-board video card is good for browsing or daily office task like excel, word, and playing solitaire. If you want to play some today's games 620 or 630 is enough. If you want to play newer title or design, a 650 is recommended.

The rest of the list is optional. The most important when it comes to performance it the three above.

Hard Drives / SSD
Simple, if you want performance and have the budget for it, go for SSD. If you want spaces and low on bugdet, go for simple HDD. SSD cost 10 times more to achieve the same space like HDD, but it was about 10 times faster. With SSD, your computer boot faster, start application faster, and everything is faster. Most people recommendation is using both SSD and HDD or hybrid build. 32Gb or 64GB SSD is not that costly with a good HHD. It works!

Motheboard (PC only)
This kind of thing is fairly complex to choose because it comes with a lot of specs. Fortunately, if you want to buy a laptop, you do not have to think about it's motherboard. The simple rule of choosing motherboard is find the cheapest motherboard that all your other peripherals like processor or VGA can fit. You'll be okay. I will write a single article for choosing motherboard for advanced.

Okay, that's it. My simple last tips is always stick to the newest version of each peripherals. That way, you can use today's application gracefully. :D. Thank you and have a good day.