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Just Select A Course...
The Motherboard: Your System's Foundation
The Processor: Your System's Brain
Selecting the Correct Memory
Selecting The Perfect Hard Drive
CD-ROM, DVD and CD-RW Drives
Selecting and Installing a Video Card
Computer Terms
How To Use This Guide
Over our twelve years in the computer business, we've providing
hundreds of thousands of customers with products, services and advice. Today, many of our customers enjoy building their own computers, from the ground up---they save money, have some fun, and build a PC that's specifically designed for their particular needs.
If you're an experienced PC build-it-yourselfer, you'll find advanced tips and techniques. If you're a beginner, we'll take you step-by-step through the process, from the very basics of upgrading to the process of building your own PC.
Simple Upgrades.
Most of our customers today want to perform simple upgrades. They buy some memory and want to install it. They may want to replace their old hard drive with a larger-capacity model, or add a new video card, CPU or CD-RW. That's why we created the TigerDirect.com Online University. If you'd like to upgrade your system, just click on the appropriate course and we'll give you all the information you need to do it, with a glossary of terms!
Advanced PC Builders.
For more experienced PC do-it-yourselfers, we have comprehensive details on motherboards, processors, video, audio and more.
NOTE: We
have tried to make these Courses as complete as possible, covering all the
latest technologies available. If you have a question about a procedure
that isn't covered here, please call us. Our sales and tech teams are the
most knowledgeable in the business. And if you have any suggestions as to
how we can improve this cirriculum, shoot us an e-mail, we'd love to hear
from you!
| At-A-Glace: Which Upgrades Are Right For
You? |
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Objective |
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Your Current System Spec |
We
Suggest... |
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Improve
General
Computing
Performance
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Less
Than 128MB Memory |
Upgrade To
128MB Memory |
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Less
Than 500MB Disk Space |
Upgrade To
Larger Hard Drive |
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Pentium II Or Older CPU |
Upgrade To Fast
Processor |
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Connect PCs;
Share
An
Internet
Connection |
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One PC & One Laptop
Located
Near Each Other; USB Ports Available |
Install A Peer-To-Peer USB Network |
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Multiple PCs Located In
Different Rooms; Each Room Shares
A Common Phone Line |
Install A Phone-Line, Wireless, Or Ethernet Home
Network |
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Create A
Capable
Multimedia
System |
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A
Pentium II Or Older |
The Fastest CPU
Affordable |
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Less
Than 128MB RAM |
Add As Much RAM
As Possible |
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A
Software MPEG Decoder |
New Video Card
With Decoder |
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A
CD-ROM Drive |
DVD And/Or
CD-RW |
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Less
Than 20GB Hard Drive |
Faster, Larger
Hard Drive |
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Improve
Gaming
Performance |
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Integrated Graphics,
Older
Graphics Card & Less Than
16MB RAM |
New AGP Graphics Card, 16MB
& 3D
Processor |
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Less Than 64MB System
RAM |
128MB Or More System RAM |
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Pentium II 233 Or
Less |
New CPU Or New PC; With Celeron Or Duron CPU |
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Older Sound Card / Cheap
Speakers |
Sound Card With Dolby 5.1 Support, 4-Channel
Speakers |
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56K Modem |
DSL Or Cable Modem |
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