The last ingredient is the chassis. Likewise PSU it looks like you don’t need to be careful when picking one. Wrong. Chassis are very different and details are […]

First step in picking a proper motherboard is a chipset choice. But not with the Intel Core i7 as the only available chipset is Intel X58, like it […]

This one is a relatively easy choice. The main criteria for me is the silence. Fortunately there are passively cooled mid-range graphics cards out there based on the […]

What to look for in a CPU? For me, I look for a good performance before anything else, yet it shouldn’t be too expensive. You have always watch […]

Disks fail more often than one can imagine. Because my data is the most important part of my computer my main objective is data safety so I’ll go […]

Core i7 requires DDR3 memory. The more cheaper and slower DDR2 isn’t an option. But beware that not every DDR3 memory is good for Core i7. Oh no, […]

If you think that power supply unit (PSU) seems like a non-important piece of the computer think again. It is the heart of the computer as it delivers […]

Somehow I’ve missed two important things to mention in the introduction: what will I use computer for and the budget. The computer is, of course, meant to be […]

The most valuable aspects for my computer are performance and silence. The later means as less possible noise producing components and as silent moving parts as possible. The […]

I am starting to build a new computer for me and I’ll document the parts and decisions along the path. Parts required for a computer: CPU Motherboard Memory […]