PC*Base #5 – Motherboards

The Motherboard is probably one of the most important choices you will make when buying PC parts. You plug all the parts into your motherboard, and the motherboard controls them all.  Back in the day these things were super complicated.  While they are more complex today as far as capabilities go, they have been made a lot simpler to use and assemble. Continue reading

PC-BASE #1 – Intro

Over the years I’ve been the “tech guy” for my friends when they have tech questions and tech support issues.  I just recently helped a friend build a new PC, which really isn’t that difficult.  It wasn’t all roses and we ran into a few troubles along the way.   By the end he was kind of comfortable putting a lot of it together himself, because of all of the troubleshooting we had to do. Continue reading