Guide for a perfect Gaming PC

Well everyone love gaming and in lockdown period its the best thing anyone got many people prefer ludo or pubg in android phone. But many people still prefer PC over any other device like phone, Xbox or PlayStation.

 

Every device has its own advantages and disadvantages but most advantageous thing about PC is its ability to upgrade as it can be upgrade anytime but important thing here is PC should be upgrade with the perfect component and maybe save some money in process. So lets get straight into it.

In this guide I will only cover the budget friendly Gaming PC that handle most high Games easily like PUBG or GTA 5/V

Step 1. Choose your budget

I will cover 3 ranges from Rs 40,000 to 1,10,000 and are given below

Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000: This price range provides brilliant value for money and will suit a normal gamer well who just wants to play the newest of the games at high quality.

•Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000: In this price range one can get so much performance that even while playing the heavy titles the user can still used for streaming the gameplay on YouTube.

•Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000: This range would most likely suit a professional gamer or a content creator dealing with heavy 4k footage or playing the biggest titles with zero compromises.

Step 2. Choose CPU and right Motherboard 

There are only 2 contenders for CPU, one is Intel and other is AMD. Both produces best CPU's in their respective manner and choosing right motherboard is also important 

At Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000 price point a Ryzen 3 3500 along with a B450M Motherboard will fit well. Ryzen 5 3500 with its 6 Zen 2 cores and 12 threads would perform great in any game. Since games usually only require 4 cores, with its 2 extra cores. This CPU could also handle some basic streaming if required.

At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000 range, a Ryzen 3600X along with a high end B450M motherboard, would serve a gamer very well at this price point, the great single core performance of this CPU would be able to handle any game at high details even while streaming at 1080p 30FPS on Youtube or Twitch.

As we get to the  Rs1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000 price point, we can get some class performance from our CPU, the Ryzen 7 3800X paired with any mid-range X570 motherboard with its 8 powerful Zen 2 cores and 16 threads can handle anything from gaming to 4K video rendering.

Step 3. How much RAM you actually need??

Its true bigger the RAM better is the performance but its half truth as even in RAM their are many factors that to be kept in mind. Hence it becomes very tricky to buy the right RAM.

The Ryzen CPUs love fast DDR4 memories hence in terms of frequency you would at least want 3200MHz RAM. We would still recommend 3200MHz RAM even if you have an Intel CPU, but you can drop down to 3000MHz if you have price constraints.

•If you just want to play games and stream rarely then an 8 GB DDR4 3200 MHz stick from either Corsair, Adata, Hyper X, G Skill or Kingston would be enough for the purpose and this amount is also recommended at the price range of Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000. If in future, there is some cash lying around then adding another identical 8 GB stick would future proof your system for a few thousand rupees.

•At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000 anything less than two sticks of 8 GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM would be a crime. If in some case, there exists some headroom going for 3600MHz RAM would significantly improve your system performance. This amount would be enough for basic video editing and streaming as well.

•When you want to edit 4K video then you at least need 32 GB of fast DDR4 memory so either 2 sticks of 16 GB DDR4 3600MHz or 4 Sticks of 8 GB DDR4 3600MHz would be our recommendation. This would also fit in well within our Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000 price range.

Step 4. GPU or Graphic Card

Every Gamer out there have definitely heard what a Graphic card is and how much it is important for a gaming PC.

Currently in the Indian market GTX or RTX Graphics cards are the best bets because they offer then best price to performance ratio.

•At our Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000 budget the best fit is the GTX 1650 Super from reputed manufacturers like Zotac, MSI, Gigabyte, GALAX, INNO 3D or Sapphire. It is the best card for budget 1080p gaming with guaranteed 100+ FPS in most popular Esports titles at High – Medium settings and matches very well with our CPU of choice – the Ryzen 3500.

•While at Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000 The RTX 2060 is going to deliver enough performance to play at 1440p or even at 4K in some cases. This card also supports Ray Tracing feature which really brings the reality into any game that supports it. You can easily get 100+ FPS at 1440p and 60+ FPS at 4k.

•As we reach the Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000 then there aren’t many choices there is either the RTX 2070 or the RTX 2070 Super. If there is possibility of squeezing in the RTX 2070 Super then it wouldn’t be a bad investment. The RTX 2070 and its super variant along with its Ray Tracing support can also easily play any game at 4K high settings. This card can easily deliver 90+ FPS at 4K in most games.

Step 5. Choosing the Power Supply

It’s actually very simple to choose a power supply there are only two rules:

1.Choose at least an 80+ rated power supply from experienced manufacturers like Corsair, Cooler Master, Gigabyte, Seasonic or Thermaltake.

2.Choose a PSU which has capacity of 20%-30% more power capacity than what your computer needs, since this would future proof your build and never lets your PSU run at 100% while doing heavy tasks.

These are our recommendations at the price ranges:

•At Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000: 500W 80 + ratted

•At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000: 650W 80 + Bronze ratted

•At Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000: 750W 80+ Bronze ratted

Step 6. choosing the storage

In 2020 SSD is must have equipment in atleast Gaming PC but its not compulsory. But I suggest you to purchase it now to make sure your PC survives in Future

It is of prime importance that we would install our OS on the SSD otherwise we would lose the purpose of putting one in. Windows basically works instantaneously on an SSD making our computing experience a breeze. We would recommend that you stick to one of these reputed storage manufacturers like Gigabyte, Intel, WD, Samsung, Adtata or Toshiba. As a reference point in terms of speed HARD DRIVE < SATA SSD < NVMe SSD.

•At Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000: 120GB 2.5 Inch SATA SSD + 1TB 7200rpm Hard drive

•At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000: 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm Hard drive

•At Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000: 512GB NVMe SSD + 2TB 7200rpm Hard drive

STEP 8 – CPU Cooler

CPU Coolers, as the name suggests keep the CPU cool, also good cooling would help your CPU reach its peak more often and for longer. Liquid cooling is only recommended when you are planning to Overclock your CPU, keep in mind that overclocking voids all warranties. But at a higher budget an AIO Liquid cooler would be a better choice Also, we again recommend sticking with reputed manufactures like Corsair, Cooler Master, NZXT, Thermaltake or Antec.

•At Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000: AMD Cooler (Comes inside the CPU BOX)

•At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000: COOLER MASTER HYP.410 RGB

•At Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000: COOLER MASTER ML 120 RGB

Step 7 – Choose your cabinet

There are several types of cabinets in terms of standardized sizes like MINI ITX and Micro ATX, Full Form ATX, Mid Tower etc. But we will focus on Mid Tower since these Mid Tower cases have optimum air flow and enough space for any of the systems we are building.

There are a lot of choices like RGB, side panel and design hence it comes down to personal preference, but the only thing to keep in mind is that you purchase a cabinet from a reputed manufacturer like Corsair, Cooler Master, Antec, Thermaltake, Circle, Antec, LIAN Li, NZXT. In any case, here our recommendations:

• At Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000: ANTEC NX 200

•At Rs 70,000 – Rs 80,000: COOLER MASTER K 501 L

•At Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,10,000: COOLER MASTER PRO 5 RGB

Building the computer

After buying the parts from an online retailer or offline, you can either build the system on your own or if you have bought the parts offline, they would usually build it for free or for nominal charges.

If you want to have the experience of building the computer on your own, then thousands of detailed YouTube videos that will guide you through the process.

If don't have enough money but want a PC that gives better performance check out my other blog here

Harvard University offers free online courses for "programmers"

Harvard University offers free online courses for programmers basically for computer science students or job seekers.

Harvard University, one of the premium educational institutions in the US, has announced many online short-term courses for programmers and computer science scholars to keep learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the details of 8 online courses specially crafted by Harvard University that are free and programmers from all around the world can join. These courses are FREE

yes you read it right these courses are 100% free of cost online courses from a esteemed Harvard University

Here is free courses list

1. CS50: Introduction to Computer Science

Duration - 11 weeks
Time Commitment - 10-20 hours per week

An entry-level course, Introduction to Computer Science teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. Languages include C, PHP, and JavaScript plus SQL, CSS, and HTML. Problem sets inspired by real-world domains of biology, cryptography, finance, forensics, and gaming.

2. CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python

Duration - 7 weeks
Time Commitment - 10-30 hours per week

This course explores the concepts and algorithms at the foundation of modern artificial intelligence, diving into the ideas that give rise to technologies like game-playing engines, handwriting recognition, and machine translation. Through hands-on projects, students gain exposure to the theory behind graph search algorithms, classification, optimization, reinforcement learning, and other topics in artificial intelligence and machine learning as they incorporate them into their own Python programs. By course’s end, students emerge with experience in libraries for machine learning as well as knowledge of artificial intelligence principles that enable them to design intelligent systems of their own.

3. CS50's Introduction to Game Development

Duration - 12 weeks
Time Commitment - 6-9 hours per week

Via lectures and hands-on projects, the course explores principles of 2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound, and collision detection using frameworks like Unity and LÖVE 2D, as well as languages like Lua and C#. By class’s end, you'll have programmed several of your own games and gained a thorough understanding of the basics of game design and development.

4. CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript

Duration - 12 weeks
Time Commitment - 6-9 hours per week

The course includes topics like database design, scalability, security, and user experience. Through hands-on projects, you'll learn to write and use APIs, create interactive UIs, and leverage cloud services like GitHub and Heroku. By course's end, you'll emerge with knowledge and experience in principles, languages, and tools that empower you to design and deploy applications on the Internet.

5. CS50's Mobile App Development with React Native

Duration - 13 weeks
Time Commitment - 6-9 hours per week

This course enables your transitioning from web development to mobile app development with React Native. The course introduces you to modern JavaScript (including ES6 and ES7) as well as to JSX, a JavaScript extension. Through hands-on projects, you'll gain experience with React and its paradigms, app architecture, and user interfaces. The course culminates in a final project for which you'll implement an app entirely of your own design.

6. Using Python for Research

Duration - 5 weeks
Time Commitment - 4-8 hours per week

This course bridges the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python. While there are many excellent introductory Python courses available, most typically do not go deep enough for you to apply your Python skills to research projects. In this course, after first reviewing the basics of Python 3, we learn about tools commonly used in research settings. Using a combination of a guided introduction and more independent in-depth exploration, you will get to practice your new Python skills with various case studies chosen for their scientific breadth and their coverage of different Python features.

7. Data Science: Machine Learning

Duration - 8 weeks
Time Commitment - 2-4 hours per week

In this course, you will learn popular machine learning algorithms, principal component analysis, and regularization by building a movie recommendation system. You will learn about training data, and how to use a set of data to discover potentially predictive relationships. As you build the movie recommendation system, you will learn how to train algorithms using training data so you can predict the outcome for future datasets. You will also learn about overtraining and techniques to avoid it such as cross-validation. All of these skills are fundamental to machine learning.

8. Data Science: Productivity Tools

Duration - 8 weeks
Time Commitment - 1-2 hours per week

This course explains how to use Unix/Linux as a tool for managing files and directories on your computer and how to keep the file system organized. You will be introduced to the version control systems git, a powerful tool for keeping track of changes in your scripts and reports. The course also introduces you to GitHub and demonstrate how you can use this service to keep your work in a repository that facilitates collaborations.

You can register for these courses from the University website.

Windows 20 is HERE!! Really??

Microsoft has already ended support for windows XP and 7 that are really good of their time. So leaving only Windows10 as a single operating system from Microsoft. 

Despite a major push by the company, Windows 10 hasn’t been one of the company’s most popular OSes and it has been riddled with bugs. Perhaps it’s time that the company focuses on its next generation desktop operating system -- Windows 20.

Now, concept creator Kamer Kaan Avdan, who in the past has released videos demonstrating the likes of Windows XP and Windows 7 among others, has shared a new video, which demonstrates how the Windows 10 successor would look like.
According to his video, the Windows 20 would come with a design that is both simple and flexible to use. The new desktop OS is likely to come with several upgraded features such as multiple taskbars, customizable taskbar, a redesigned file explorer tab and a redesigned tablet mode.

What Microsoft Says on Windows 20!!

“Microsoft confirms there will be no Windows 20. The name for this concept has been chosen as Windows 20 to emphasize the idea of ‘’The Future of Windows 10’’. For those who are curious ‘’20’’ stands for the year 2020,” Avdan wrote on YouTube.

Facebook dark mode is HERE!! How to TURN ON check all details here

Facebook long waited dark mode for desktop is finally 

HERE

Facebook is finally enabling dark mode for desktop users to set the Facebook into dark mode to use it easily at night without harming the eyes. and also give battery life of laptop a good power boost to let using the Facebook website longer.

FACEBOOK DARK MODE - HOW TO SET UP ON 

DESKTOPS

1. Depending on when you last used Facebook on desktop you might see a banner at the top of the page asking if you want to try out the 'New Facebook'.

2. If not you can access this option by selecting the downward arrow in the top right hand corner of your screen.

3. From there on out select 'Switch to New Facebook'. When you do this for the first time you will be given a number of different viewing options.

4. You can choose a standard or compact screen layout and you will also be asked whether you want to switch to Dark Mode or not.

5. Once you have chosen your ideal preference you can tinker with your display options at any time.

6. When in the new Facebook simply click the downward facing arrow button in the top right hand corner and then choose Display Preferences.

7. From there you can toggle Dark Mode on and offer and also shift between the compact and standard display layout.

You can also go back to 'Classic Facebook' if you wish to do so.

How to BOOST Performance for PC/ Laptop FREE

How to speed up your laptop/PC for free

Welcome on my another blog for how to speed up your PC/laptop for free. Its not always an intelligent move to just upgrade some hardware in your system and called it boost up for PC.

You can actually save a huge amount of money and your efforts but simply following these steps to boost your system performance and get it running like a beast and good thing here is its absolutely for FREE.

For most people your laptop is running a Windows 10. So I will cover all tips and tricks for boosting up windows 10 laptops.

1. Just update Windows 10 

Yes you read it right just update windows 10 till latest update. You can turn ON AUTO update. Yes its just as simple as it sounds. Many updates have more bugs then solutions of previous bugs but its the ultimate thing that boost performance of your laptop. There are many rumour for Windows 20. But nothing is confirmed by Microsoft

 

2. Shut Cortana up for good

For majority of users (including me), Cortana is little more than a frustration baked into the core of Windows 10. Annoying pop-ups, constant data-gathering, and forced Bing search make Cortana the least helpful voice assistant, but fortunately, shutting her down is reasonably straightforward. 
 Under settings page find Cortana and then toggle all its sliders to off. To complete the process, head back out to the main “Settings” menu. Under “Privacy Settings,” you’ll find “Speech” and “Iinking and typing personalization.” and thats it, you just get rid of Cortana that not constantly uses data in background but also affect your laptop overall performance.

3. Turn off startup apps

open task manager click on "more details", then Last fourth tab is "Startup". Here are all apps that start running when your PC just start start up process (like OneDrive, Spotify etc) which results in hanging of system or lacking performance.

4. Uninstall unwanted applications

To identify which application/ software is unwanted just see when you last used it if its over 6 months then you definitely don't need it and just uninstall it. Make sure you clean leftovers of uninstall software Just use the software's like revo uninstaller. It will help to clean leftovers of uninstalled applications.

5. Check for Malwares

Well its most common reason for the low performance of laptop. Afcose you won't feel any difference but if you suspect something or anything just scan your laptop for possible malware. You can use windows 10 in-built antivirus that scans for viruses just check for latest update before scanning.

And that's it guys there also many other ways too I will write them in my another blog but these are most common tricks that will make your PC or Laptop as NEW for FREE!!

Do check my other blogs too here and here