Build Your Computer - Discover the Pros and Cons of Your Built In, On Board Cards [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Build Your Computer - Discover the Pros and Cons of Your Built In, On Board Cards [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Understanding what are the pros and cons of your built-in (on-board) card on your motherboard is important in building your computer. It will make you wiser in choosing your own components that satisfies your own needs. Built-in cards (On-board) meaning integrating the sound, LAN, modem, video card and other peripheral components into your motherboard.

During the early years, motherboard uses many connections and add-in cards. This causes too much confusion for the computer builder. Nowadays it's not a problem anymore because most of the add-in cards are now integrated in motherboard.

Therefore, the main pros for built-in cards is that it will makes a lot easier for you to build your computer because of lesser connections. It can also save you money by not buying another card for your system.

Let's talk about the cons of the built-in cards. Built-in cards are not repairable and upgradable because it is fixed. But this is not a problem you don't need t o buy the whole board if anyone of the built-in card becomes defective. Just disable it on the CMOS settings and replace the defective built-in with an add-in card. The same thing you do when you are planning to upgrade any of your on-board cards in the future. Some latest motherboard will automatically disable the on-board card when you install your new add-in card.

In conclusion to this, if you're computer application is only for a simple office work I suggest you buy a motherboard that supports many built-in cards. However, if your application is more on graphics buy a separate video card most likely a PCI-E. On-board video card affects your graphics performance dramatically because it took some part of your main memory and shares on your data bus. Therefore, it produces a slower graphics output.

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Question by : What computer brands allow you to build your own computer? I know I want to build my own computer for college. But the only brand that I know of that does build computers to your specification is Dell. However, I'm pretty sure that there is another top of the line brand that lets you build your own computer. So if you can have get some more options of brands for which I can choose that will be great. Best answer for What computer brands allow you to build your own computer?:

Answer by Ben
All brands let you customize the computer models. But when people talk about building their own computer, that's not what they mean. What they're talking about is purchasing each component individually and putting it together yourself. It's much cheaper than having someone like Dell or HP do it for you. Sites like http://www.newegg.com and http://www.tigerdirect.com will sell you the parts pretty cheap. You need to pick out your components (and make sure that they fit), then assemble them at the end.

Answer by Rhyled
You can truly build your own desktop computer by assembling that components you've selected in your own home. If you want to go that route, check out http://newegg.com and http://tigerdirect.com for components. Other companies besides http://dell.com that configure to order are http://hp.com for OEM computers and for gaming or workstation PCs, http://ibuypower.com and http://cyberpowerpc.com Laptops are much more limited. You can configure them within a fairly limited set of options from OEM sites, but you can't easily build your own (it is possible, just very restrictive).

Answer by An American
Ibuypower or cyberpower are good systems and you can build it on their website then they assemble it and ship it to you. http://www.ibuypower.com/ http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ Have fun

Answer by Matthew
first off you deserve a smack for calling dell top of the line lol jk. I wouldn't touch dell with a 10ft pole. Building your own computer as stated above means buying parts and putting it together yourself. There is also company's like www.cyberpowerpc.com that put together computers you can customize.

Answer by Techkid 4Hire
HP or computer builders like techiteens

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