A computer is an stretch ceiling welding machine, obviously, there will be some flaws or faults in it. Tips and tricks to fix these things, we have told you in this article that you should read and increase your knowledge.

The CPU tips will help you during the selection of CPU. Read it before purchasing the CPU. Last year industry saw a massive jump in CPU processing power. With vendors trying to outperform each other by introducing higher speed processors. Intel and AMD have been pushing P4 and Athlon XP respectively. Entry-level processors from all three major players - Intel, AMD, and VIA are available in the market. Intel's entry-level workhorse, the Celeron 1.7 GHz is still going strong and favorite among the users. AMD's challenge to Celeron is Athlon XP 1700 which is comparable in price. In the past, we have seen a major price cut from Intel in the Pentium 4 segment. In the next couple of months, this segment could once again observe major drift in terms of technology and price with both rivals Intel and AMD planning to shift to 64-bit architecture CPU's with their Itaniun2 and Opteron respectively.

Every vendor and reseller is trying to provide low-cost Pc solutions to the masses. VIA has taken massive steps and introduced a motherboard with an on-board processor. AMD is also gaining market share. Here there is competition from refurbished and repackaged CPUs being sold in the market. Since couple of CPUs come in tray packaging for volume sales, they are dirt cheap.

CPU tips for Buying -

1) New CPUs require a higher rating power supply. Always make sure your power supply is rated at least 350 W.

2) Invest in good heatsink and fan combination for your processor.

3) Always buy Genuine CPU. Check the Hologram seal on the Intel CPU box. In the case of AMD, make sure that the plastic casing is not broken.

4) If you plan to do CPU intensive tasks such as graphic processing, gaming and animation go for CPU with 256 KB or more of L2 cache. The Pentium 4 Northwood has 512 KB of L2 cache. Select a CPU that supports 3DNow for gaming applications or SSE.

5) If power requirements and heat dissipation are not an issue, you can go for cheap and affordable Palomino cores.

6) If you want only basic office applications, you can go for a cheap CPU like Cyrix M III processor. This inexpensive CPU socket works with 370 motherboards.

7) For high-end 3D design and CAD applications, you will require a processor with the highest clock speed and the largest onboard cache memory. Pentium and Athlon processors are best for this type of application.