How to Plan and Build a PC (CPU) ?

Desktop PCs are the best way to build a PC that you need because it gives you the freedom to add the things that you actually need, as you can see the laptop comes with specific specifications and you have to rely on that. But at the time of the PC build, you can choose what do you want.

In this blog post, we are going to see how the PC build and what you need to build it.

The components you will need to build a PC.

1. PC case/cabinet

The case will be the outer shell of your PC in which your all components will be placed inside in a secured manner. The good quality cases can come with built-in fans to cool down the internal components or some cases in the market specially made for liquid cooling. So first decide which cooling system you are going to use when your building. The size of the cases is depended on the size of the motherboard you are going to buy.

2. Motherboard

The motherboard is a central part of the PC. Because of all connections connected by this. Like your RAM, hard drive and your CPU is connected by the motherboard. The motherboard comes with different types of sizes.

A. ATX motherboard
B. Mini ATX motherboard
C. Micro ATX motherboard

Above are the sizes the motherboard comes with. You want to decide which size you preferred. It's very easy to understand. The ATX is the largest in size and the micro ATX is the smallest in size and the mini ATX is in the middle one. The simplest way to understand is that the largest one comes with many I/O options. This means you have the benefit that you will get the number of slots to insert Ram or PCIe sockets.

The more socket you have the more you can insert or the more graphic card or extensions you can plug it into that motherboard. As the size decreases the options and space in the motherboard decreases.

3. HDD (hard disk drive) or SSD (solid-state drive)

You can choose between hard drive or SSD or you can combine both because the hard drive is slower than the SSD but the hard drive comes in a budget and SSD costs some more bucks. The best way to build the PC is that you can combine both hard drive and SSD. And move the operating system or install the operating system in the SSD so you're going to boot very faster and open your files and programs very faster. Because SSD gives you the ability to read and write faster than HDD.

SSD can be found in many types right now. Some SSD's can be Mount directly on the motherboard like M.2 SSD. For that you have to need M.2 socket on your motherboard this type is faster than SATA SSD's

4. RAM (random access memory)

This is a memory that is faster than SSD or HDD. This is a volatile memory. This means whenever the power goes off the memory will be cleaned off. When you boot your computer/PC the data in your SSD or HDD will be transferred to the RAM to processed by the CPU. This can provide data in a very fast manner to a CPU to do calculations. The smaller speed Ram or smaller storage ram can Indirectly affect the speed of the processing. Because your CPU didn't get enough data at a specific time. So as much as the faster or larger capacity ram you have the faster processing will be done by the processor.

If we talk about the types of Ram. We can see the variety like DDR1 to DDR5, and more types will be added as the new technology introduced. DDR stands for "Double Data Rate". The simple formula is the number is in the last place. The largest number the more read and write speed will be. For example, DDR1 RAM will be slower compared to the DDR2 RAM and DDR2 RAM will be slower than DDR3 RAM.

In the market, you can get the simple-looking Ram or the RGB one, check the speed mentioned in the form of "Hz" before buying any RAM. Like 1600 MHz RAM. In short more the number of MHZ will be, the faster Ram will be 🤘. This is the clock speed of the crystal on the RAM.

5. CPU (central processing unit)

This is the brain of the motherboard/PC. This is a component on the motherboard which to all the calculations in one place. This is the soul of a body. The points used to buy a CPU are dependent on the factor of how you are going to use your computer. There are many CPUs made for specific tasks. some are good in gaming and some are good in rendering the videos for editing the videos. if we talk more about the editing and rendering the videos. the CPU has the same importance as GPU(graphics processing unit). The CPU can be found in many socket types. Examples are given in this post you can refer 

6. GPU (graphics processing unit, optional component).

as the name suggests this component helps us to render the graphics on the monitor. This component comes with the memory placed on the GPU card to store the graphics data to further processed by the GPU. At the time of buying GPU, you have to consider how much processing power and the onboard memory you need to do that task that you are going to do your PC. This can be found in the specification of the software that you are running on the game you are playing. Like example. Like the GTA V needs a minimum of 2GB of video memory. so you have to buy 2GB or bigger graphic card to play the GTA v. And also the processor Placed on the GPU card also matters.

7. PSU (power supply unit)

When you decide which part you are going to buy, add all the power that part will be consumed. Power is mention in Watt (W) on each component datasheet.  When you calculate all Power (W) you need. For example, if all the components total power conception is 250 watts, then you can buy 300 or 400 watt PSU to power your components. If the power not efficient or you bought a low power PSU. Your PSU will be burned off due to overloading or the fuse in a PSU will be open.

8. Cooling systems (optional)

In this cooling component system, you can use the water-cooled or the air-cooled systems or the oil-cooled system depending on your budget. The air-cooled system is cost lesser than the water cold and water-cooled cost lesser than the oil-cooled. They all do the same thing called cooling the CPUs and the other components inside your cabinet/case.

How to plan your PC/Desktop?

Step 1

First thing you have to decide what type of work you are going to do with your PC. If you are going to play a specific game are you are going to do a professional job and running specific software. Search that software on Google and search the specification that needs to run that software. Give an example of a game GTA V #notsponsered 😅. When you got what you gonna do. Then buy the CPU that fits in your need. And also know that you will need a GPU or not. If yes the find the best CPU and GPU combinations in your budget.

Step 2

When you are ok with your CPU and GPU. You have to find the motherboard which supports the CPU's socket that you decided. For example, Ryzen 3 or Ryzen 5 comes with AM4 socket type. So you have to find the best motherboard that fits in your budget with AM4 socket type and the extra features that you need. Like if you decided that you are going to buy an M.2 SSD so your motherboard also has too comes with an M.2 socket. Or is that you need USB 3.0, onboard Wi-Fi Bluetooth module, high-speed Ethernet port, and type of Ram you are going to install like DDR3 ddr4 or DDR5 depending on your budget, etc. These are the features that you have to take a look off before buying the motherboard.

Step 3

When you decide your CPU, GPU, RAM, and the motherboard and which cooling system you are going to use with your CPU. It's time to calculate all the power you will need and buy a PSU according to that. Always remember the power you calculated. The PSU has to provide more power than you are going to consume.

Step 4

When you decide your all components it's time to you decide a cabinet for your PC build. Always remember that which size of your motherboard is, according to that the cabinet are differentiated like miro, mini, and ATX

Why using these steps and following them you can decide how you are going to build your PC and run your application smoothly no matters it is a game or software it will run like a butter

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