As processors get faster they also produce more heat. Today’s CPUs can get as hot as 140o F and still be considered running “cool”. To dissipate all that heat we need to cool the processor by using a heat-sink/fan combo. A heat-sink will transfer the heat away from the CPU and the fan will blow […]
As varied as computer cases and processors are, there is just as much variety in motherboards. If processors are the brains, motherboards are your nervous system, connecting all the parts of your body together. Different motherboards support different processors (Intel or AMD), have different features (Onboard sound or video), and different sizes. Since we are […]
Going back to our analogy between a computer and a human, memory, more commonly called RAM, is our short-term memory. Everything that goes into RAM will be forgotten when the computer is turned off. But while the computer is running, it stores all programs we have open in RAM.
For RAM, as most computer components, […]