Leadership optimize  There are 10 decisions to make before you
build your next PC  While building a custom system lets you
tailor the components to meet your needs and hold down costs,
you'll need to make some decisions first.  This post was
originally published in the 10 Things Blog in August 2011.
Building PCs is a hobby that many tech enthusiasts enjoy. Even
if building PCs is not your hobby, it is sometimes the only way
to get a machine that exactly meets your needs or meets them at
a reasonable price. Here are 10 things to think about when
building your next PC, some of the choices you may have, and
what to keep in mind when making these choices.  1: SSD vs.
platters  At this point in time, I think the drive selections
have more to do with performance than the CPU choice does.
Modern CPUs have more than enough power for typical loads, but
as the applications we use get bigger and the data they handle
gets larger (video games, multimedia editing, giant-size Outlook
PSTs, etc.), the drives can become the