Buying Computers on eBay / building your own computer

In this guide, I am going to run you through the basics of buying computers on eBay. To start off with, you need to know your facts. These include components, value and performance. Before buying any computer (not just on eBay), you need to make sure that you are getting the most for your money. It is always annoying when you buy something, and then realise that you could have got something better for the same price. Have a search around on desktop PC's/laptops for more than one day. This is important, because you need to ascertain whether or not the computer you are interested in is worth it. Leaving about 3 days from your initial search to your final buy is probably enough, if you research enough each day (around an hour or two), since people might list an item after your initial search that is better than your first choice. Processors - or "CPU" 's - are the main calculating component of a computer. There are, like other components, vast differences between one processor and another. AMD and Intel are the two main processing companies, and I recommend you do not buy any others - purely because they are almost definitely inferior and overpriced. Probably the most popular processor today is the Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo. Unlike previous Intel Pentiums, the Duo has 2 cores. You do not really need to know what they do, except that the more cores, the faster your computer will run. These are excellent processors for running more than one application at a time (multi-tasking). AMD do some fast processors, but at the moment, considering price, Intel are better. I recommend the Core 2 Duo E6300 processor for anyone looking for a fast, yet cheap processor. The two models above it are

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