All Parts Needed To Build A Computer

Today, there are many different ways to build a desktop computer form all kinds of parts. The first – most recent – thing that comes to mind is the amazing advance of smartphone technology, which may already replace a computer used for home or office work. You can buy a relatively simple 200 USD (without a contract) smartphone, which has a HDMI output and Bluetooth support. Such a smartphone can be connected to any LCD-TV or computer monitor with a HDMI port and through Bluetooth you can attach a compatible full-size (or compact, customer's choice) keyboard and mouse for input. So there you have it, all the parts needed for building a highly efficient home or office computer. As the internal storage capacity of smartphone is relatively small (1-16GB internal + 32GB microSD) you can also use an external HDD rack that connects through Wi-fi (or a simple USB HDD rack connected to a Wi-fi router, which has a USB port). This way you'll have extra storage accessible by anyone (and any device) on the network.

This solution is far from a high-end gaming computer, but nevertheless packs enough processing power for WEB browsing, office applications and playing FullHD videos. You can also take your computer anywhere (including all your important documents), because it's a smartphone.

Another solution for building an efficient computer may be offered by laptop parts. All you need is a laptop motherboard, processor, some memory, laptop hard drive, an AC/DC laptop adapter and the computer is ready. One might argue that a laptop connected to the same LCD-TV or monitor and wireless input devices shown in the picture above will produce the same – or better results, but then you're not building anything, are you?

This solution will deliver much more processing power, depending of course on the amount of money you're willing to spend. Whichever the case may be, laptop parts are almost as fast as their desktop counterparts, but much more efficient.

To build a computer from desktop parts is the easiest and most complete solution. It will run any desktop operating system, applications and games you want. That being said I also have to mention that desktop parts are not efficient at all. An average assembled desktop system consumes about 100Watts of power when it's not performing any tasks, while a laptop with a similar performance level needs just around 10Watts while in idle. This difference is not at all negligible if you want to make a responsible choice.

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