I always love upgrading my personal computer and that is why I always prefer using a PC than a laptop for the sheer amount of customizability the former offers in terms of hardware upgradability. I had last upgraded my computer in May 2008 which was a complete upgrade which included a new processor, RAM, motherboard, graphics card and a new cabinet to accommodate all these. Back in 2008 2 gigs of RAM was more than enough to keep the system running smoothly and a GeForce 8600GT card was adequate for playing games (of 2008) at decent frame rates on my Viewsonic 19in LCD. Back to the present this machine couldn’t even handle the latest game at 800×600 it choked and coughed each time I played Call of Duty: Black Ops and Batman: Arkham Asylum framed too much. I also used VMware Player and VirtualBox to prepare for Microsoft and Red Hat certifications and this system couldn’t run more than 2 Windows 2k8 VMs or 3 RHEL VMs concurrently. I finally decided to upgrade my system so that I could play the latest games with all bells and whistles turned on before the world ended in 2012 !!!Continue Reading…