At one point, I’d love to tell you about a desktop computer that could run the entire Internet in seconds… or maybe even a smartphone… but that will probably never be possible because most computers don’t have enough RAM to do it all in time.
The first thing you need to know before you begin trying to build your own desktop computer is that it needs as much memory as possible and it can only store as many games and programs as long as there are enough of them. Now some websites on this site are pretty heavy-hitters and they claim that any PC with an i5 processor will do for a few months… but don’t buy anything unless you really like what you’re building.
I’ve just bought a HP EliteBook 9060 G7 and so far, it doesn’t look great. It has just the basic specs listed below and everything else. But I’ve been running Windows 7, which means that it works very well and it’s got no known problems at all.
You see, when buying a new computer, especially a gaming or video editing machine, it’s important that the machine has enough memory. If you want to play a game and have 5GB of memory, the computer won’t let you play until you get to 8GB or more and if you’re playing something with lots of animations and stuff, you’ll make errors. As soon as someone tells you 1GB is sufficient, then you should start playing a lot more complicated games and also spend more money.
If you’re looking for a way to upgrade your existing computer without having to buy another whole computer that would cost several hundred dollars, I should recommend getting a second screen monitor with a higher resolution. You won’t be able to do much with a low-resolution monitor so you need to get a high-resolution monitor for this task. In terms of storage, a 256GB SSD will work fine for me but it might be too slow for some other tasks. So if you plan to use Photoshop, you should definitely get a 512GB SSD for photography!
So for my next project, I plan on installing two hard drives, using SATA, and setting up my network of computers. I’m planning to install Ubuntu Linux on those two drives, so I’m going to buy another monitor for both monitors to take advantage of that and to check out how different the setup will be from my current one. The idea is that I will try to stick with AMD’s Ryzen systems, it’s very reliable and looks great on the outside. Hopefully that helps. Also, once I get around to the installation of Windowsshare and Mac OS X on that drive, I’ll go through the rest of it. (I would be happy to find out what it takes to get it set up.)
As far as I can tell, the motherboard for these two machines is pretty similar, so I think that the problem that I’m about to face might not be related to hardware at all. That said, I do intend to try and assemble one of those into a working system because I’ve used Arduino boards to power things and I feel quite comfortable doing that.
So there we go! My future personal computing project seems almost certain. My main focus for now is finding out how much CPU space actually ends up being needed by operating systems and where the actual memory goes. For now, they all seem to fit together just fine, but you never know what kind of processors you might need, so it’s good to study and read about how others have made it look like it would perform… or just watch some YouTube videos on Youtube.
