Building a PC? You’ll Want This Chart

If you build your own PC, you know it can be a pretty cool experience. Especially when you first boot it up and the – suprise! – the damn thing works! ;)

But, building a PC can also be kind of confusing. There are a ton of different types of RAM, processor types, card slot types, ports, you name it.

You can go to Google and start searching. But, that can take forever.

Well, one of the awesome things about the internet is that there are a ton of people out there who make extremely useful things – all in their spare time – and just because it is fun. One of them we came across is this VERY useful chart detailing all the different RAM types, hard drive ports, card slots, CPU sockets.

Computer Hardware Chart

The image was created by Sonic840, over at DeviantArt. Check out his profile for the most up-to-date version.

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