Little help with computer knowledge

Alright Now below is two examples I copied off this site of two people posting about there two computers. I always wonder but I know more is better in numbers! But what Iam asking is when you go to wally world you see the tag say blah blah kind of computer- 256 mb this and that and then 2 g of this and that and it has this blah blah thing inside.. I was wondering if theres links or anything that I can learn and read.. about what the "things are in a computer like ex. mother board, drivers, video card.. hard drive.. etc..! Anyways I wanna know what they are, what they do, what is better and why, I see most computers with same kind of stuff but different prices.. and I dont know why. I want to know this stuff because iam a online gamer .. and I lag and I know more ram and this and that is better.. but I want to know what all these things are and what they do and how they help to make things better.. I know a guy that spent 3g on computer home built .. never a smallest lag on it and its huge and tight looking.. but I want to know and learn all this stuff and what this info is.. like why someone had this in it when they can get this one cheaper and such!

Computer make/model: Toshiba Satellite A-200
OS: Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 3
-It came with Vista on it (when it was newish), but I had no end of problems, so I put XP on it and it has worked fine since.
HDD size: 250 Gigs
RAM: 2 gigs
Processor Speed: 1.6 Ghz dual core
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Centrino
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, 512 mb of memory
Motherboard: Standard Toshiba make. Chipset: Intel

Intel Pentium D 3.2 GHz Single-Core CPU
2.0 GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
nVidia 7300 GTX 512 MB PCIe Graphics Card
200 GB HD
DVD Burner
CD Burner
Black Case w/ LCD Display
500 Watt Power Supply
80 GB SATA HD

Any ideas on a price?

 

Well it's up to you to learn all this shizzle about computers and the parts needed.



www.google.com

 

You could try this as a starting point.

For gamers, and everyone else for that matter, Graphics and Gaming Graphics is usually the weakest link in any PC, especially laptops. Once you have decided on one or 2 possibles, then you need to compare the specs and if it is possible to upgrade any weakness. Desktops are obviously easier to change any components than laptops.

Bazza

 

Thanks Bazza! I did not know about the Win Pause thing! Tons o information in there if you did a little! :-D

 

Great for quickly eliminating the also-rans of your prospective choices. :cool

Bazza

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