Some people have the opposition on the fact of them being called a layman. However, to be honest most are laymen in regards to custom PC as they know almost nothing about the hardware’s functioning of a computer and they are not even aware of the brands that are best. After reading this most will remain no more a layman about custom PCs but will only remain ignorant about the assembling part because it needs a good amount of professional studying and obtaining diplomas.

Types of custom PC

You have most probably made yourself acquainted with what is custom PC from the Internet. However, here is again a very short revision of what is a custom PC and it is only those computers that are having the parts of various brands and not a single brand. You or your engineer does the assembling of the various parts and no company does that to put their brand name on it. So custom PC options and types are huge for you as you can choose whatever brand you want and what ever features you want.

What brands to choose?

The biggest advantage of a custom PC is that it does not require you to make your PC from certain selected brands. You can choose the parts of your computer from a huge range of brands and then for the best computer for yourself. The common brands that are available in the market are no doubt good ones but all products are not as good as the others. So if a company say ASUS or LG is good for the optical drives it may not be as good for the keyboard or mouse. If know which are the best brands then you will be able to assemble a good computer for yourself. Antec and Corsair are the best brands in terms of power supply units and cabinets. While you choose a processor Intel and AMD, are the names but it is better you go for the former. Seagate, Western Digital and Samsung should be your choice for Hard drives. There is a wide variety for custom PC options and types and for the other parts you choose, which is being best sold in the market.

Know your specifications

Try and obtain the higher specifications of most parts as it will work well and help you get a good performance from your computer in the long run. For RAM go for the 4 to 6 GB speeds whereas for hard drives take anything between 500 GB to 1 TB (terabyte). Processor of 4 gigahertz is a good choice and should fulfill all your requirements.