Building a computer is not as hard as you think. There is some basic information that you need to be aware of and you can do it yourself. There are those who would like to build their own computer so they can save money, by buying the parts they need, for the most basic computer (not that this is necessary true always) but in some cases, it might work.

There are those who would like to build a supercomputer, a special computer with special features and capabilities that they desire, like a special gaming station, with powerful capabilities that will run any and every game or super graphical software there is on the market.

The base of it all, are the parts you choose for your computer. The computer is built on these basic hardware parts:

  1. Motherboard
  2. Processor (CPU)
  3. RAM (Memory)
  4. Video Card (Graphic Card)
  5. Computer Case (Where it all will fit into – the Computer BOX)
  6. Power supply
  7. Hard Disk drive
  8. Optical drive (CD/DVD Drive).
  9. Keyboard
  10. Mouse
  11. Speakers
  12. Sound Card (usually comes onboard the motherboard) but you can choose to have a separate sound card – maybe for advanced audio capabilities

When your intention is to build a cheap simple computer, you just need to select the suitable computer parts, do a survey, and choose simple parts.

When your intention is to build a supercomputer, well choose the best (or by your budget) parts there are there, and you will get a boosted supercomputer. The main parts that affect the performance of a supercomputer are the
Motherboard, CPU (Duo, Quad, i5 or i7 etc…), Large capacity of RAM, and a good Graphic Card, with at least 1GB of RAM on-board it.

Another issue that might really speed up your computer is a really fast Hard-disk drive, which is more expensive, but as we know the READ/WRITE operations are what effects the performance of the operating system and any software/game running on it.

The process of building a computer from scratch is explained well on this video I found on YouTube that shows the whole process of how to build a computer from scratch. Pictures are better than words they say 🙂 (Well the video is even better). The basic idea is, of course, connecting all of the parts and inserting them into the computer case.