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When you first run Windows Vista on your newly built PC, it boots up very quickly. After installing several applications such as anti-virus, spyware, office suite, the performance suddenly become very sluggish. You may be wondering, “What happened to my PC?”

Most people upgrade their PC in the hope of having a faster system. What they didn’t know is that no matter how good their hardware is, if they allow a lot of memory intensive applications to choke up the OS, the performance will still be slow.

If you are using Windows Vista, here are some tips to help you optimize for faster performance.

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If there is any component that is often overlooked by many gamers, it has to be the computer case. After all, it’s only a metal case, what’s so special about it?

Many gamers spent huge amount of money on the newest video or the fastest processor, when it comes to the computer case, they choose the cheapest available model. If you are one of those gamers, then it is time to give more respect to the computer case, because it is as important as your processor and graphics card.
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When you bought a new hardware (or upgrade the whole computer), you want to know if there is any performance gained over the old system and whether your money is well spent. The best way to find out is to do a benchmarking: Run your old hardware/system through a series of test and record down the score. Replace with the new hardware and run through the same series of test again. Record down the score and compare it with base score. If there is no (or minimal) improvement, you know that you are not getting the best deal for the new hardware.

In addition, hardware performance deteriorates over time. Frequent benchmarking can inform you about the health of your system (or hardware) and whether it is time to upgrade your hardware.
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In the Windows XP era, you only have to make a choice between home edition and professional edition. Now, when it comes to Vista, in addition to the various edition, you have to make a choice between the 32 bits or 64 bits version. Having a headache?

If you are one of those who are confused over the 32 and 64-bit edition, or have completely no idea what is a 32 bit and 64 bit system, here is the answer:
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Learning how to choose the CPU (also known as processor) is the first thing you should do when you embark on the journey of building your own gaming computer. Being the brain of the computer system, the CPU plays an important role in the whole computer system. What it does is to perform data calculation and make sure the data are processed in the fastest time possible.
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“Refurbished” means it is not new, but don’t go away thinking that it is no good. In fact, refurbished PC is the best way to get a powerful, full-featured PC on a budget, even when you are looking to build the ultimate gaming computer.
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When it comes to choosing the parts for our ultimate gaming PC, we emphasis more on the price-performance ratio rather than the price of the hardware. The rationale is to build a high end PC that can play all the resource-intensive games at an affordable price. Thus, don’t be surprised if you don’t find the latest and the most expensive hardware in our ultimate list.
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No matter how fast your processor runs, or how big your memory is, if your hard drive can’t keep up with the speed, you are still stuck with a slow system. A simple way to boost up the speed of the hard drive is to use two or more identical drives and set them up in a RAID setting.

RAID is the acronym for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. It is a method that utilizes multiple identical hard drives to exceed the performance of a larger and more expensive hard drive.
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Choosing an AMD CPU is an easy task. Be it for doing daily tasks or playing intensive 3D game, there will be a AMD CPU that is suitable for you. Familiarize with the following specification and you are on your way to choose the best CPU for your computer.

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Maybe you don’t want to know the details - you just want to choose the correct RAM for your motherboard and get on with your life. Here’s a guide to help you out.

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