SELECTING THE RIGHT BATTERY FOR YOUR PC

Selection of a battery is directly linked with your back up needs. Commonly available batteries for laptops are of 4-cell, 6-cell, 8-cell and 12-cell. Batteries with 4-cell being are having lowest power backup and are least expensive whereas 12-cell will be having highest backup and are highly expensive.

The battery backup depends upon many factors. Some of the prominent factors are:

1. Processor power utilization.
2. Other hardware such as Memory, HDD power utilization.
3. Screen size and brightness used.
4. The condition of the battery.
5. Cooling ability of the laptop.
6. OS and BIOS dependency.
7. Charger power rating and battery type.

Ensure compatibility of battery with your system. You can check the price and model of battery from most of the manufacturer’s website. The purchase can be made from the manufacturer’s website or from an e-commerce website such as e-bay, amazon etc.