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Pc Customization:Trend or Fad By: Hitesh Daswani

When we're talking about computers,we are all trying to figure out what we want from them. Some want them for gaming usage,some for office use and some for home use,in this modern world of technology some people want design or performance,others choose vastly between design or performance and others want both. Should they be subject to branded computers or should they build it themselves,some have very little knowledge of these things most people decide to buy computers from the manufacturers.They hear from their friends yes more memory makes the personal computer faster which lets you run a ton of applications at the same time,they hear yes a faster processor makes the computer faster,they hear yes a videocard with a higher capacity of memory makes the computer visualization operate smoother.So nowadays you get people upgrading like crazy,theyve all gone head over heels for upgrades,but how much can you upgrade,there is a limit to everything.Every 2 to 4 months suppliers and manufacturers like intel and amd design processors,manufacturers like asus,giga-byte, msi,soyo and the rest design motherboards with newer higher capabilities and capacity for newer high end systems that support higher memory,a higher cpu with a maximum clockspeed,which for people means the faster the better.As said you get the same with the manufacturers of memory like kingston,mushkin,crucial and other famous brands of memories.Right now theyre at DDR2 which means double date rate x 2.The processor manufacturers mainly intel is at 4ghz its struggling between what its doing,its trying to achieve higher capacity in ghz(gigahertz)but it keeps making newer and hotter chips.Intel is planning to release its new chip called itanium 2 which has been said to run super cool and cooler than the old chips.But what happens to the old chips the old 3 ghz prescotts?What does intel plan to do about this?I tell you what,theyre not doing anything because the stock coolers they provide dont have the capacity to cool the old processors,this means very bad marketting for intel,my friends.Tell me why would people want to invest so much money in a system that they have to throw away shortly or why they would want to invest more money to fix it?Why go into watercooling,Why go into a cooling fan/heatsink that isn't originally supplied with the product for it to run smoothly?I'll tell you why,the answer is simple,intel is trying to beat its competitor AMD in every aspect possible,but amd has been able to achieve higher clock speeds and systems have been able to run smoother than intel.Amd has been focused in perfecting they're products before they touch the market but intel just wants to achieve speeds,its like thinking and doing but not checking your work twice. Gamers have found a way to perfect intels flaws by changing theyre stock Heatsink/Fan for a watercooling system or a copper heatsink by computer cooling manufacturers like Thermaltake,Zalman,Thermalright,Cooler Master and a bunch of other product manufacturers.Gamers have change the aspect of how the computer world should be seen, this brings us back to the design part,they have cusomized cases with neon,clear side panels,and all high tech gadgets you can find from a to z. Others look at performance they have the choice between intel and amd. If you look closely you see most gamers choose amd? now why would they choose amd?I wonder... Gamers choose to customize theyre systems because they mainly want style,performance and people to say: "Hey!wow,i want something like that it looks hot" With a wide variety to choose from and millions of specs thanks to manufacturers of motherboards,memory and processors the upgrading and gaming saga will never end. Thanks to glitches,hardware and newer versions of software that require higher system specs to operate people will invest more and more into customization and upgrading. Don't forget there are people who also want their pc's to look attractive so those shell out loads of money as well.You might upgrade every month,it might be a trend now but how long will it go until its yesterdays news?

10:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

.....To be continued