Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computer Components
- CPU
- Purpose/Role
- The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is
the "Heart" of the computer and is
there to process instructions
- Capacity/Speed
- The typical clock speed
of a CPU is 2 gHz
- Brands/Manufacturers
- The 2 biggest manufacturers
are Intel and AMD
- Typical Price
- The typical price of a
CPU is £150
- Extra Info
- Clock speed * number
of cores = Instructions
per second
- GPU
- Purpose/Role
- The GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
processes instructions related to
graphics
- Capacity/Speed
- The GPU has a typical
speed of 2gHz
- Brands/Manufacturers
- NVidea, Asus and
Intel
- Typical Price
- The typical price of a
GPU is £600
- RAM
- Purpose/Role
- RAM (Random Access Memory) is a
piece of hardware that stores
volatile memory
- Capacity/Speed
- The typical RAM
size is 8GB
- Typical Price
- The typical price of
DDR4 RAM is £180
- Brands/Manufacturers
- Samsung, OCZ and Hynix
- Mother Board
- Purpose/Role
- The motherboard allows the
components to communicate with
each other
- Capacity/Speed
- N/A
- Typical Price
- The typical price of a
motherboard is £200
- Brands/Manufacturers
- ASUS, Biostar and ASRock
- Secondary Storage
- Purpose/Role
- To allow more
data to be stored
- Capacity/Speed
- Sizes vary widely
- Brands/Manufacturers
- Samsung and Henan
- Typical Price
- Prices vary widely
- Network Card
- Capacity/Speed
- The typical network card can
handle 1 GB/s
- Typical Price
- The typical price of a
network card is £300
- Brands/Manufactures
- Melco, Emulex and Cisco
- Purpose/Role
- The network card allows the
computer to connect to a
wired/wireless network