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Central Proccesing Unit
What is it: The central processing unit is where all of the information is processed.
What does it process: The central processing unit processes 1's and 0's.
Fact 1: The central processing unit works along with the computer system to perform all tasks.
A warning: Do not over clock your CPU it is not good for it and it can possibly destroy it.
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Hard Drive
What is it: The Hard Drive is where all of you Data is stored.
Facts about the Hard Drive: The Hard Drives can come in many different sizes and forms. There are so many sizes we can not display them below.
Types of Hard Drives: There are two types of Hard Drives
SATA (Serial ATA): The advantage of having a SATA drive is that it runs faster. They also help reduce the bottleneck between the PCI, CPU and other PC componets.
IDE: The pins used on a IDE are 40/80 and SATA uses ones that are not quite as big and the data tranfer rate on them are slower.
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Memory
What is it: The memory of a computer improves system performance!
Facts about memory: Memory currently comes in the following sizes the more memory you have the better your system performance will be!
512 megabytes
1 Gigabyte
Note: Make sure the memory you are buying is compatible with your system and even the memory stick you already have.
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What is it: The mother board is the boss of all of the Hardware on your computer. It also controls things like usb ports and even you're Internet connection.
What it does: The mother board controls the order in which things boot up by using the Bios.
The mother board is in charge of alot of other things also which are listed below! Not all boards have the following features!
Lan ( on most motherboards)
Graphics card (on some motherboards)
Sound card (on some motherboards)
Usb ports ( on most motherboards
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The Ethernet Card is a card which lets you get on the internet if you are using a wired connection.
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What it does: The Graphics Card allows you to see what you are seeing on your monitor and lets you control how the appearance of the operating system appears.
Video Card Memory: A Graphics or Video Card has either shared or internal memory.
Processing ability: Graphics Cards have GPU to help take the stress of the main CPU in the computer.
Outputs: The outputs are found on the back off the computer when your Graphics Card has been installed correctly they are
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SVGA
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DVI
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S-Video
How does the card not overheat? The card has a heat sink which has no moving parts and also relies on the system fan which can be found in the back of your computer.
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The sound card controls the quality of sound that you hear out of your PC speakers. Most sound cards come in 24 bit sound and newer cards have HD or High Definition capabilities.
The different color plugs in the back of the sound card represent the following
Pink: Microphone jack
Green: Digital media output
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