Just a little help please

[Lucas1223a]

I am currently an Accounting major at a small mid west college. I am very interested in computers and have for the first time created my own computer. I am fascinated my all the new technology that is comming out. My main question has to do with where do you guys learn all the information you have about the equipment...Other websites that you view...
I read Toms hard ware guide forums every day now and just would like to visit other websites to get more technical information.

I would like to say I have a moderate understanding of computers but would like to expand it. Any help would be greatfully apreciated.

Thank You

 

[Flinx]

Nice question, this should be good.

<A HREF="http://www.google.com" target="_new">http://www.google.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.aceshardware.com" target="_new">http://www.aceshardware.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com " target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com </A>
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.technologyreview.com" target="_new">http://www.technologyreview.com</A>
<A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Technical_Evaluations_and_Product_Reviews/" target="_new">http://dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Technical_Evaluations_and_Product_Reviews/</A>
<A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Home/Consumer_Information/Computers_and_Internet/" target="_new">http://dmoz.org/Home/Consumer_Information/Computers_and_Internet/</A>
<A HREF="http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/" target="_new">http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/</A>

etc. Like all the hardware vendors
eg. www.intel.com or www.amd.com

oh and check here
<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq&notfound=1&code=1" target="_new">http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq&notfound=1&code=1</A>
The loving are the daring!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Flinx on 08/05/03 00:10 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[pIII_Man]

Imo the best way to learn about processors is to read the intel and amd spec sheets...

There is a wealth of knowledge in these spec sheets and they are very good ways to learn more about your processor...

As far as knowledge...that just comes with time...a lot of knowledge comes from reading reviews and doing stuff yourself too...

If I ever don't know much about a term or technology that comes up in an article or review...i just google it...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[Flinx]

And helping people with their problems, I mean real problems like your friends might have. It is often frustrating, time consuming, and not often rewarded (except self actualization).

As PIII man will undoubtedly attest, and many others, things like overclocking pushing the technological limit in some way also teaches alot, although it can be expenive $$$ and time




The loving are the daring!

 

[pIII_Man]

very true...i learned alot about pIII's while reading through spec sheets to figure out how to alter the voltage sensing pins on the cpu to increase the core voltage...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue: