Ib qho ntawm kev lom zem ntawm cov neeg ntawm peb lub sijhawm yog video games. Qhov nrov tshaj plaws thiab kuj muaj cov pheej yig tshaj plaws. Nws yog txaus kom muaj lub console lossis lub computer nrog qhov kev ua si nruab. Tab sis dab tsi yog tias qhov xav ua si sib tsoo, khov lossis sib tsoo?
Raws li rau lub consoles, txhua yam yog yooj yim no dua ntawm khoos phis tawm. Ib qhov kev ua si tso tawm rau lub console tshwj xeeb (PS3, Xbox360, thiab lwm yam) yuav luag txhua qhov muaj peev xwm thiab muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm lub console ntawd. Thaum koj yuav, koj yuav tsis ntshai tias qhov kev ua si yuav tig mus ua swb (cov nyhuv ntawm tus ncej qis) lossis yuav tsis pib txhua, koj tsuas yog xav hloov kho koj lub console software hauv lub sijhawm nrog PC, txhua yam yog ntau ntau nyuaj. Cov ntau ntawm cov haujlwm ua haujlwm (cov khoos phis tawm, tsim tawm, kev sib dhos ntawm cov Windows), cov khoos kas uas tau teeb tsa, cov tsav tsheb, cov lis dej num thiab, thaum kawg, cov khoos phis tawm ntawm lub khoos phis tawm ua rau nws tsis tuaj yeem tsim kev ua si rau txhua PCs ntawm ib zaug, tsuas yog rau qee yam, uas yog txiav txim siab los ntawm cov yam ntxwv ntawm lub khoos phis tawm. Nws hloov tawm qhov xwm txheej uas koj yuav tsis muaj peev xwm mus ua si qhov kev ua si tshiab. Txhawm rau kom tsis txhob nkim nyiaj tsis muaj nuj nqis, koj yuav tsum ua tib zoo nyeem cov txheej txheem cov cai ntawm kev ntim nrog kev ua si, nrog rau paub meej cov yam ntxwv ntawm koj lub khoos phis tawm. Qhov ua tsis tau raws li ntawm lub PC nrog cov kab ke ntawm qhov kev ua si yog ib qho ua rau muaj kev sib tsoo pib. Ntawm no yog ib ntawm peb yam tseem nyob: sim los kho qhov kev ua si rau cov tsis muaj ntawm koj lub PC, hloov kho lub Cheebtsam ntawm koj lub computer, lossis sim kho kom ceev ("overclock") koj lub PC. Hauv kev nkag siab tias es tsis txhob yuav ib qho kev ua si uas muaj daim ntawv tso cai, debugged, ntau tus yuav lossis rub cov ntawv muaj txiaj ntsig. Lawv feem ntau ob peb zaug pheej yig dua, tab sis kuj tsis tshua zoo. Txog ntawm qhov ntawd, los ntawm kev yuav ib qho pirate, koj tau ua txhaum txoj cai. Qhov laj thawj kawg ntawm kev ua si tsis zoo yog kev ua tsis zoo nyob hauv PC software. Cov no suav nrog: tsis yog qhov qub (ua haujlwm) ua haujlwm, tsis muaj cov tseev kom muaj ntawm cov tsav tsheb (tshwj xeeb, cov tsav tsheb hloov video), kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov program tiv thaiv (thaum ua haujlwm lawv siv lub sijhawm ua haujlwm tseem ceeb thiab lwm cov khoom siv PC) Cov. Rov kho qhov system mus rau qhov qub, hloov daim npav tsav tsheb nrog cov tshiab tshaj plaws (rub tawm hauv lawv daim ntawv qub los ntawm cov tuam txhab tsim lub vev xaib, cov rooj sib tham tuaj yeem nqa teeb meem ntau dua), tseem rub tawm thiab teeb tsa qhov tseeb ntawm DirectX, zoo, xiam oob qhab tag nrho cov kev tiv thaiv thiab tiv thaiv spyware cov kev pab cuam thaum ua si Yog hais tias cov kev ua si tsis pib qeeb qeeb tam sim ntawd, tab sis tsuas yog tom qab qee lub sijhawm txij li hnub pib, nws yuav muaj qee qhov ntawm koj lub khoos phis tawm tsuas yog overheating. Saib xyuas qhov ntsuas kub ntawm PC thaum muaj kev ua si (siv cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb). Yog tias cov kev ntseeg tau lees paub, ntxuav qhov system system los ntawm hmoov av, hloov lub thermal paste. Yog tias qhov ntawd tsis pab, tig rov qab txias ntawm koj lub cev.