Cores – This is essentially the equivalent of another processor to deal with the information so before dual core CPU’s, motherboards used to come with two slots for a CPU. Usually a modern CPU has multi cores which can process hundreds of millions of commands per second. However, all of the extra processing power generated extra heat so a better cooling system is required.
Clock Speed – This is the speed of which the CPU executes instructions and it is measured in MHz and GHz per second. Megahertz and Gigahertz.
Motherboard – This is the main structural piece of a computer, it holds bus lines for data to be transferred across and connects the various hardware together, it has ports and slots for all other hardware. The motherboard is usually…show more content… Specialist Cards
Graphics Card – A graphic card deals with translating and outputting to the display, it specialises in dealing with digital data and it has full control of the user display on the monitor. A graphic card is much like the CPU as it deals with binary and data in the same way it also contains RAM that hold all of the active data that is being displayed to the user. Graphics cards can vary in price and the better a graphics card the more clearly it can display images.
Network Card – The network card is usually interrogated into the motherboard and it deals with connecting the computer to a network such as LAN or servers.
Audio Cards – The Audio card is much like other specialist cards, it deals with instructions relating to audio and sound.
SSD – The solid-state drive contains all of the personal data stored on the computer; this is usually very large and can contain 1TB of storage space. It is considered a better version of the electromagnetic storage drive that uses moving parts to store and read data.
