GIGABYTE PC DIY Guidebook March, 2015 | Page 5

You also get to tailor the PC you are building to your exact needs. For example, while most people will be satisfied with a regular office style desktop PC for work or study, your PC build can be made suitable for playing the latest 3D gaming titles by adding a more expensive discrete graphics card. If you regularly use creative applications for Computer Aided Design (CAD) or video editing, you can opt for a more powerful CPU, add more system memory and perhaps install a high performance disk array to create a powerful workstation PC. However, if you intend to use the PC as an entertainment system in the living room, you may opt to build a smaller form factor PC based on either a Micro-ATX or Mi