Home PC.
Computers, like cars, have seasonal appeal. The cost of components and PCs usually decreases in the summer, so it is better to plan an upgrade or purchase from scratch for this hot period.
To select a working configuration, just look through computer magazines, namely the sections “Budget PC”, “Optimal PC”, “Progressive PC”. For each section, the cost of the configuration is indicated, which allows you to foresee the cost part of the budget.
At the first stage, you can save on a discrete video card using the video adapter built into the processor and even on a monitor using a modern TV.
If the sight of the insides of the system unit causes an inexplicable feeling of anxiety, it is better to order the computer in a completely assembled form and with a pre-installed operating system. If you are familiar with computer slang, and jokes about the system administrator make you laugh, you can assemble and configure it yourself. (An anecdote for self-examination: she is the admin’s wife: – “Darling, you need to close the window – it’s blowing a lot.” He is the admin (sleeping on the sofa, wakes up with the answer): “Don’t close it, just roll it up”). Flaws. The new style of the GUID Partition on a high-capacity HDD (more than 2 TB) is specific and requires attention. The installed operating system on the MBR partition style does not allow you to see the entire capacity of the HDD – solving the problem, installing special utilities or radically reinstalling the operating system and selecting the GUID Partition style. Advanced new features to increase performance, such as Ready Boost for USB flash drives, over time lead the PC to random freezes – solve the problem, study the operating system error log, if the cause of the failure is flash, disable the Ready Boost function for USB flash drives. The big disadvantage for PC is the choice: – silence and only multimedia, plus simple games; – noise and maximum possible fps.