Components of a computer

Components of a computer

1. Graphics Card

   • A Graphics Card is a piece of computer hardware that produces the image you see on a monitor.

2. Power Supply Unit

   • This is the supply of power to the computer
   • 1 of 1 This is the supply of power to the computer

3. HDD

   • Is a secondary data type that is non-volatile. Also contains the virtual memory

4. Fan/Heat sink

   • This cools down all the components

5. Sound card

   • The computer can work without it. This component produces sound on a computer that can be heard through an audio input device

6. Motherboard

   • This contains most of the important computer components and connects them to each other
   • This contains most of the important computer components and connects them to each other

7. GPU

   • Graphics Processing unit is used primarily for 3-D applications.
   • Graphics Processing unit is used primarily for 3-D applications.

8. DVD Drive

   • This is the container for the DVD so the computer can read the data
   • This is the container for the DVD so the computer can read the data

9. RAM

   • Random Access Memory Is what the software currently running uses to store the data to run the program. Stores parts of the operating system that is currently being used

10. ROM

    • Read Only Memory This contains the computers boot up instructions and cannot be over written