Now everyone needs computer whether playing PC games, working, designing or learning. So assembling a computer is a good choice because can be customized and affordable. In the purchase of hardware is easy to produce misunderstanding of hardware, Now we share with you the DIY installation and purchase of computer hardware such as motherboard, memory ram, CPU, Graphics card and so on to avoid the guide for the majority of users to bring DIY machine selection hardware misunderstanding.

1. AMD lags behind 

Many people think that AMD obviously lags behind Intel in terms of architecture, process and power consumption. However after AMD released the Ryzen series processors, many AMD's processors have the same performance with Intel's same-level processors. Especially the 14 nanometre process and heat generation are better than Intel and with not so big calorific value. If you take the cost-effective route, the boxed CPU is also equipped with a better CPU cooler than Intel. In addition, the internal soldering process of the processor is used and the temperature control is better. The most important thing is that the price is much cheaper.

2. Intel Core i5 must be better than Core i3

Many people think that i5 is better than i3. For example, the latest eight-generation i5 processor is recommended according to the budget, but some users will say that was equipped i5 a few years ago and now at least upgrade i7. In fact, every generation of Intel has i3, i5, i7 and each generation has performance improvement. For example, the eight-generation i3-8100 is basically the same as the seven-generation i5-7400. 

3 Independent graphics cards have higher performance than integrated graphics

If your computer is equipped with GT610, GT710 or other old graphics cards, its performance is not as good as the current Intel Core and AMD Acer APU built-in core. The cheaper old discrete graphics card basically does not need to be considered, unless there is no built-in graphics card. Ryzen is just playing the role of a bright machine.

4. The big motherboard is stable compared to the small board.

The size of the motherboard specification has nothing to do with the stability. The materials used for all big or small boards are the same. The main difference is the expansibility. The expansibility of big motherboard is better than small board, such as multiple PCI-E graphics card slots, 2-3 more PCI slots etc. However there is no need for dual graphics cards, TV cards, acquisition cards, high-end sound cards and other expansion requirements, small boards can be suitable. In addition small boards are cheaper than large ones.

5. High-end motherboards with better perform than low-end motherboards
In the case of the same chipset on the motherboard, whether high-end motherboard or low-end motherboard, the main difference is the work materials, there may be some popular RGB lighting effects, wireless network cards, etc. and the impact on computer performance is minimal, almost negligible.

6. Water cooling is better than air-cooled CPU cooler
Water cooling is definitely better than air cooling in theory, especially the split-type water cooling in a fever configuration, but water cooling has an integrated water cooling radiator. Choosing an air cooling radiator of about $15, the radiation effect of an integrated radiator of about $40 is not much different.

7. The bigger power supply is better  

The power supply is less than the sum of the power required by all hardware, and the computer will restart. But the power supply exceeds the total power consumption of all hardware, and it is nothing more than the power budget. Under normal circumstances, the best power supply is the sum of the power consumption of all hardware plus 100W is the most suitable, here is the rated power of the power supply, not the peak power. The power supply is very large, generally in order to consider upgrading the graphics card in the future. If you do not consider upgrading the graphics card, it is generally not necessary to match it too much.

8. Graphics card memory bit width is as large as possible
The graphics card memory bandwidth is not the factor that determines performance. The speed of the graphics card is mainly determined by the graphics processing chip (GPU) of the graphics card, which is determined by the quality of the graphics chip. For example, GTX1060 3G graphics card and GTX1050Ti 4G, many people think that GTX1050Ti 4G is better, this is wrong. Regarding the performance of the graphics card, we can refer to the latest graphics card ladder diagram.

9. Memory dual channel with stronger performance than single channel memory
A single channel of memory refers to one memory, while a dual channel of memory is composed of two or more memories. Then the dual channel memory performance is stronger than the single-channel memory. If the nuclear display is installed, especially the Ryzen platform. it is recommended to improve the performance of the dual channel memory. If it is a stand-alone installation, then memory dual channel or single channel is not that important.

10. The more CPU cores or threads, the higher the performance.
The performance of the CPU is not limited to the number of cores or the number of threads, but depends on the core parameters such as architecture, production process, frequency, and cache.