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PART 1: PURCHASING ACTIVITIES In buying a PC for a specific purpose might be a little bit tricky, and during this process lot of factors that need to be consider before going to decide which one to go for, such as the price, usability, a good hard drive, the choice of processor directly affects your computer running speed, the size of your RAM. For me I will go for a desktop PC that is suitable for my needs and wants. These are the activities that I need to do in using my PC such as doing research for projects, documents, and many more. As a student it is a great thing and useful to have a PC, mainly because of word processing and other educautinal purposes. It helps my needs and wants such as into education, books will have special activities or quizzes online, or teachers will demand typed work.
Why I want it?
It’s because it will serves as to my purposes such as file cabinet, music player, internet portal, homework station, photo archive, entertainment center and many more. This PC should do a lot for me. First, it should cover my home work needs. It will be able to manage my task as well as run those office programs such as Word and Excel, second it useful for multimedia purposes. I will need a place to store my images, home videos and music. And with the right software, and a good machine, I can do all my own editing without needing to pay for a pro. The third is, I am much fond in playing online and offline games.

Below are the following components that I should look for:
Motherboard
As its name suggests it is the central element of the machine. It is on the motherboard that all elements come to connect. In order to upgrade your PC, it is advisable to choose a card with free spaces in order to add more RAM or other components. For a desktop configuration, we find a motherboard with network card or integrated video chip.

Processor
The heart of the structure! The processor is the element which makes all calculations. The market is split between

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