Uses of PC: Differentiated From Its Value

Hello! Today, I'm gonna tell you about the uses of PC, seeing form the angle of its value. Some of you might have PC priced above $500, but you just using it for playing Facebook, Friendster, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, YouTube, Yahoo! Mail, Ms. Word & Ms. Excel, Minesweeper, Solitaire, and the most ridiculous was 'Calculator'. This apps only required PC priced below $300 nowadays. So, what $500 PC used for? Warning: You're entering PC enthusiast/Gamer Zone.

PC priced at $500 usually used for gaming, 3D Design, Video editing, photoshop-ing, benchmarking, overclocking, and some for 'bragging'. The one who have this type of PC usually proud for themselves, as having a 'more' powerful PC than low-ended PC. But, is there a really need of this PC?

For gamers, indeed, they need it. It's important for gamers, especially if they're also PC enthusiast, to have PC at this level. Some games don't need such high requirements, but some did required it, some even required more than this. Their reason to have this type of PC is to play certain games without any 'lagging', or just wanted a realistic image quality from older games. For gamers, it's great to play certain games with incredible image quality, especially when mixed with 5.1 Audio Channel Surround Sound! We will felt we're on the game!

How about 3D Design, Video Editing, Photoshop-ing? They both only required fast response when they're working on it. Usually, this type of PC was called 'workstation' and some of their specially designed hardware were more expensive than the common one. For example, workstation's graphic card, which specially designed for 3D workings or video editing. They're different from the common one, because they're designed for 'fast' responses and complex 3D physics, rather than high 3D framerate.

And then, what's about benchmarking, overclocking & bragging? They used this type of PC to 'win' competitions or just-for-fun. Benchmarking was the process of measuring the performance of the current PC and give international score. Benchmarkers(the one who benchmarks their PC) usually race with the others to reach higher score. They could spend $1000 on a PC, just for benchmarking. Gamers and PC Enthusiasts also measure their PC performance by benchmarking. 

Some also done 'overclocking' on their PC. What's overclocking? See Overclocking for knowledge. If you've read the given link, then you might know that overclocking was not a good idea. But, some (including me) addicted to overclocking. Overclocking saves money on certain hardwares and some even designed to be overclocked or even already oeverclocked. The negative thing was it might reduce the lifespan of hardwares affected.

Like my once overclcoked GPU (ASUS EAH4830 512MB) which once (now already repaired) suffers from 'chromatic' noisy fan. It's the GPU which was overclocked, then why it was the fan which fails? Well, Wikipedia already said, other hardware also might be affected. So, the heat produced by the GPU was more than the fan was designed for to remove 'em. The result was the fan itself heats up and started to create noises.

I didn't want to discuss about bragging. Ask the one who has the $500 PC (It's Me! It's Me!), he knows about it. If he didn't understand, then he might (once) having a higher lever of PC. I usually divided 'em into these levels:

• Rp500.000,00: These PC used to be a good reliable computer till 3-4 years ago....
• $300: Do you know about OEM PC? That's what I'm talkin' about....
• $400: Rare! It's so weird to have a PC at this level. I recommend to step to $500 level!
• $500: Ahhh.... Enthusiasts always says, "PC at this level is 'mainstream'!".
• $700: Average enthusiasts' PC level, Cool.....
• $1000: Super-enthusiasts' PC level, I better spend it on renovating my house....
• $1500-$2000: These PCs are useless!!! Especially OEMs!!! It's too early to use them!!!
• $3000: ....Hamena Hamena Hamena....

That's all folks!