Title: Class Outline 18
Course: KVCC CPT126 > Section: Class Outlines

Assignment 6

What makes a CPU Different from another

Clock Speed

Cores

Cache Memory

Cache

Level 1 - Built in - closest fastest but smaller

Level 2 - Built in - farther away so slower but larger storage

Level 3 - Built in - farthest but largest

Benchmarks

Is my CPU sufficient

Resource Monitor/Task Manager

CPU Cooling Sidebar

Evaluating Memory

What is RAM

Why use RAM

Different Types of RAM

SuperFetch

Adding RAM

Evaluating Storage

Drives

Mechanical

How data is stored

Access/Seek Time + Latency

Solid State

Access Time

Hybrid Drives

Fusion Drives

Optical

How do they work

Pits

Nonpits/Lands

BluRay

Should you have an optical drive

Dig Deeper how hard drives work

How much storage do I need

RAID

Zero - Stripe

One - Mirror

Evaluating Other Subsystems

Media Subsystems

Video Cards

What is a video card

How much memory does it need

How video cards work

Chaining Video Cards

SLI/CrossFire X

3D/Virtual Reality

USB 3.1

ThunderBolt

Sound Card

What does a Sound Card do

Surround Sound

MIDI

Evaluating System Reliablility

Backing up

Windows File History

Apple Time Machine

Checking Error codes

Time to upgrade

Recycling old computer

Donating

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