What is a computer upgrade?

Computer owners are convinced that performance is exactly what never happens. Regardless of the tasks that are designed to solve this or that computer system. So, video game lovers want their electronic friend and comrade-in-arms to easily process complex three-dimensional images, calculate the physics of the virtual world and, of course, manage smart "bots". People, for whom the home computer is a multimedia center, would not prevent a faster boot of the system. Enthusiast theorists also think that the number of Pi can be calculated and quickly. Even working with office applications, sometimes you have to wait until you open a voluminous file with tables and graphs that few people like. In short, everyone wants to improve some of the characteristics of their computing system. That is why the modernization of the computer is so in demand. The term itself, based on the words "update, improve," speaks for itself.

If there is a demand, then the offer will not take long: the Internet is full of announcements, where computer repair and modernization are offered. And many shops selling computer equipment, hang out advertising brochures. Which, however, is quite predictable, because the repair and modernization of the computer they have is one of the significant income items. As in the first and second cases it is indicated that the user himself will not cope with the improvement of the system unit or laptop or will not be able to take into account some of the nuances. This is not true. Modernization of the computer is entirely within the power of any user - "breaking the firewood" is almost impossible.

The design of all modern PCs (we will consider them hereinafter) is modular. That is, all components are standard and are joined to each other by means of appropriate unified connectors. Thus, the view that the modernization of the computer requires the ability to work with a soldering iron and to understand electronic circuits is wrong. Does anyone ever come to mind to study the PUE, deciding to change the incandescent lamp burnt in the room? Therefore, it is necessary to understand that modernizing a computer is a simple operation that does not require special knowledge. Unless only care and accuracy are needed.

First of all, you need to determine the component that needs to be updated. If all the disks are busy with information, and there is nowhere to write a new one, then a new hard drive is needed. The instructions to the motherboard indicate the supported standards of the disk subsystem. It can be an IDE or SATA. Devices of the first type are no longer available, so you will probably need to purchase a new SATA hard drive and a PCI expansion card containing the controller and the required connector. If the motherboard originally knows how to work with SATA, it's still easier. You should open the case of the system unit, find the old hard drive, see how it is connected, and connect the new one with the board in the same way.

If the problem is the slow operation of modern games, then the video card should be changed. They come in three types: PCI, AGP, PCE-Express. The motherboard that does not support the latest standard is too old and needs to be replaced. If you have PCI-E, you simply need to purchase a new video card and insert it into the corresponding connector.

The slow operation of the computer is most often due to the small amount of RAM and the "weak" processor. Again, in the instructions to the board, you need to find supported standards and purchase more productive components that are supported by the motherboard.