[Basic] If you want to upgrade your computer or resolve an issue, it’s useful to have a basic understanding of all its parts first. This article explains all the main parts of a PC and how they work together.

[All Levels] Power supplies transform raw AC current into usable DC volts for our computers to utilize. This article is a guide to understanding power supplies and the power requirements of your PC.

[Medium-High] RAM is that piece of the computer that many feel is not quite as glamorous as the rest. It doesn’t have the flare of the CPU or the dazzling on-screen presence of the GPU. But it’s highly important and interesting as well, as you’ll find out in this article.

[Basic Medium] If we talk about CPUs, there is a lot to talk about. We have published an article to take a look at the latest Intel Penryn family processors, their architecture and their performance level compared with the previous generation. We also briefly look at Intel’s current mobile line-up  and preview upcoming Intel technology. Includes i7 information.

[All Levels] Whether you’re upgrading a whole PC or just the graphics card, the same questions pop up: what about the old AGP card, how to choose a bargain and what about multi-card solutions? All discussed here.

[ All Levels] A look at the development of hard disk drive technology so far and how it will compete with SDD and flash memory into the future.

[All Levels] Take a five year old PC, rip it open, pull it apart and replace all its guts. In stage one we show you what the new guts will be and discuss how power supplies have changed over the years.

[All Levels] One of the most crucial parts of a HTPC is of the course the video card and what quality of playback you can get with certain players and video cards. This article explores our tests of three players and five cards.

[All Levels] In this installment we set up the BD-Rom drive, the hard drives and then go on to install the operating system and drivers.

[All Levels] This article explains the difference between the older USB 1.1 standard and the current USB 2.0 standard, as well as how to add USB 2.0 ports to an older PC. USB 3.0 is also explored.

[Basic-Medium] This article discusses current ATI/AMD GPUs, ATI/AMD technology, performance and what to consider when upgrading your existing GPU.

[Basic-Medium] In this article we explain how to install the three major hardware components: motherboard, CPU and RAM.

[All Levels] In this article we give you the skinny on the types of batteries in use today, plus a look at what might power your notebook of the future.

[All Levels] This article intends to explain some of the important acronyms, terms, and numbers which you can notice on the specification list of PC monitors.

[Basic-Medium] We have built a Blu-ray HTPC and this article discusses our hardware choices.

[Basic-Medium] NVIDIA has integrated products, low end and high end – all with different models and numbers and series and acronyms. In an attempt to help detanle all the numbers, we’ve put together this guide.

[Basic-Medium] In these articles, we are going to talk about Blu-ray technology in general and also explain how you can build a media center PC with Blu-ray technology.

[Basic Medium] When people think about PCs the first thing that strikes their mind is often the CPU. Currently Intel and AMD are the major players in the desktop segment and we recently posted a guide to Intel CPUs and now it’s time for AMD processors. In it, we give an overview of where AMD sit at the moment with their current line of processors. There’s so many tags in the naming scheme for AMD CPUs – and this article explains them.

[All Levels] All of us know the importance of an optical drive in our day to day computing life but the terms and acronyms used to describe optical drives and optical storage medias are a bit confusing . We have published an article where we have explained all of the terms and acronyms found in optical drive product descriptions.

[Medium - High] Did you know that an Xbox can be synched up with a PC - pretty much like a networked multimedia PC? In this guide we'll show you how to do this with Vista and with XP.

[Basic] It is very important to know what hardware is in your PC. This guide explains how you can find out.

[High] Is having four cores going to give you better gameplay compared to two cores? Want to know how quad and dual cores get used during gaming? Read on.

[Basic] This is a beginner's guide to using USB flash drives for moving files between computers and backing up data.

[Basic] This guide covers power setting options and other tweaks, to increase your notebook's battery life in both Windows XP and Vista.

[Medium] NAS drives are becoming more and more popular and they can be picked up for bargain prices, making back-ups and file storage a breeze. This guide explains how to get a NAS drive connected to your home network under Windows XP or Vista.