Title: Class Outline 17
Course: KVCC CPT126 > Section: Class Outlines

The Ideal Computer

Moore’s Law

Additional Capacity

Memory Increase at about 60% each year

Hard Drives increase at about 50% each year

What Kind of user are you?

Types of Devices

Choices

Desktop vs. Laptop

Time consideration

When is it time to upgrade

When should you purchase a new computer

Evaluating CPU

How the CPU Functions

Control Unit

Arithmetic Logic Unit

Machine Cycle

Fetch

Decode

Execute

Store

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

ROM

RAM

Evaluating Storage

Drives

Hard

Solid State

Optical

RAID

Evaluating Video

Evaluating Audio

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