Computer Components

Computer Components

1. GPU

   • Performs rapid maths calculations
   • Minimum of 512MB
   • Manufactures are ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and many others
   • Range from £80-£700

2. Motherboard

   • Holds together many compartments including the CPU
   • 66MHz-800MHz
   • Manufactures like Biostar, EVGA, MSI and many others
   • $250-$500

3. Network card

   • Allows you to connect to the internet
   • Up to 1Gbps
   • Manufactures; Telesis, Broadcom, Chelsio and a lot more
   • £20+

4. RAM

   • Holds all the instructions
   • It could be 16GB, 8GB or 4 or maybe a bigger/smaller value
   • Manufactures are Corsair, G.Skill etc.
   • £170+

5. Secondary Storage

   • Stores data permanently
   • SSD's are very fast but dont hold as much data as hard drives.
   • Companies that make them; Corsair, Kingston, Samsung and many more
   • Price around $125

6. CPU

   • Gives instructions
   • Speed of 3.5GHz to 4GHz
   • Manufactured by TSMC, GF, UMC and Samsung
   • Range from £100-£700
   • With one core it runs at 1B calculations per second
   • With two cores at the same amount it runs at 2B calculations per second