Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Internal hardware components, cost, image and function

Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core ProcessorThe Processor

Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz
279.99


The processor (CPU, for Central Processing Unit) is the computer's brain. It allows the processing of numeric data, meaning information entered in binary form, and the execution of instructions stored in memory. 


Gigabyte Intel Core i7/i5/LGA1156/4DDR3-2200/CrossFireX/SLI/2GBE/Raid/SATA3/eSATA/USB3.0/7.1-CH/1394 ATX Motherboard GA-P55A-UD4PThe Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P

$184.99

The motherboard is the main circuit board inside your PC for Every component at some point to communicate through the motherboard, either by directly plugging into it or by communicating through one of the motherboards ports.


Ballistix 240-pin DDR3 DIMMRAM
Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC3-12800 DDR3

$57.99

The Ram is used for the following purposes:
• Storage of a copy of the main systems program that controls the general operation of the computer. This copy is loaded into RAM when the computer is turn on; it stays there as long as the computer is on.
• Temporary storage of a copy of application program instructions to be retrieved by the central processing unit (CPU) for interpretation and execution.
• Temporary storage of data that has been input from the keyboard or other input device until instructions call for the data to be transferred into the CPU for processing.
• Temporary storage of data that has been produced as a result of processing until instructions call for the data to be used again in subsequent processing or to be transferred to an output device such as the screen, a printer, or a disk storage device.

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896-P3-1255-AR Video CardVideo Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB DDR3
199.99

A video card, video adapter, graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card is an expansion card whose function is to generate output images to a display. Many video cards offer added functions, such as accelerated rendering of 3D scenes and 2D graphics, video capture, TV-tuner adapter, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 decoding, FireWire, light pen, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors (multi-monitor).


Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card (70SB073A00000)Sound Card

Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card
$84.99

The sound card's four main functions are: as a synthesizer (generating sounds), as a MIDI interface, analog-to-digital conversion (used, for example, in recording sound from a microphone), and digital-to-analog conversion(used, for example, to reproduce sound for a speaker).

What Are the Functions of Hard Drives?Hard Drive

Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB 7200rpm SATA 300 MB/s
$69.99
Besides storing digital information, hard disk drives also contain all of a computer's operating data, including the operating system. In configurations with multiple hard drives, they are also useful in backing up data for archival purposes.


CD-RW and DVD RW

Sony 24x SATA DVD RW/CDRW (Black)
$19.99

CD-RW drives have three different functions: to read CDs, write CDs and read DVDs. This includes CD-ROMs as well as DVD-ROMs. These drives are perfect for installing programs from CD-ROMs, listening to audio CDs, burning audio and data CDs, and watching DVDs.







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