Hard Drive
The hard drive stores everything. When the CPU asks for data, the hard drive spins a disk called a platter, while a reading lens that’s on an arm reads or writes data onto the platter. The faster the platter spins, the faster reading and writing are. On the back of the drive is the interface. This is where all the cables connect to.
Motherboard
The motherboard is a big printed circuit board. The motherboard is the most important part in the computer. The motherboard decides what kind of CPU, hard drive, memory, and video card you can use. Some computers have integrated video and sound cards. Everything in your computer connects to your motherboard. On the motherboard there are data pathways that do all the sending of information called busses. The faster the busses the faster the computer. Some of the parts on the motherboard are: the power connector, which give power to all the parts in the computer. The processor socket which you place your CPU into. The north and south bridge, these are just two chipsets. Memory sockets for your RAM. An IDE connector, where you connect stuff like optical drives into. Another important part is the back panel, where you plug the microphone, mouse, headphones, and keyboard into. Those are most but not all the parts in a PC. There are three types of motherboards. ATX which is pretty standard in most computers. A smaller version, the micro-ATX, which is more common in laptops. And least but not last the mini-ATX, this motherboard is very small.
Case
The case holds everything inside. The main types of cases are full towers, they are the largest. Mid towers, they are still big, but as much room for upgrading as the full tower. Then the micro tower, this is very small; it’s for fitting into small spaces.
Fans
In most of today’s computers there are two fans; the intake fan, and the exhaust fan. The intake fan, it brings cool air into the case. The exhaust fan blows the hot air out of the computer.
The hard drive stores everything. When the CPU asks for data, the hard drive spins a disk called a platter, while a reading lens that’s on an arm reads or writes data onto the platter. The faster the platter spins, the faster reading and writing are. On the back of the drive is the interface. This is where all the cables connect to.
Motherboard
The motherboard is a big printed circuit board. The motherboard is the most important part in the computer. The motherboard decides what kind of CPU, hard drive, memory, and video card you can use. Some computers have integrated video and sound cards. Everything in your computer connects to your motherboard. On the motherboard there are data pathways that do all the sending of information called busses. The faster the busses the faster the computer. Some of the parts on the motherboard are: the power connector, which give power to all the parts in the computer. The processor socket which you place your CPU into. The north and south bridge, these are just two chipsets. Memory sockets for your RAM. An IDE connector, where you connect stuff like optical drives into. Another important part is the back panel, where you plug the microphone, mouse, headphones, and keyboard into. Those are most but not all the parts in a PC. There are three types of motherboards. ATX which is pretty standard in most computers. A smaller version, the micro-ATX, which is more common in laptops. And least but not last the mini-ATX, this motherboard is very small.
Case
The case holds everything inside. The main types of cases are full towers, they are the largest. Mid towers, they are still big, but as much room for upgrading as the full tower. Then the micro tower, this is very small; it’s for fitting into small spaces.
Fans
In most of today’s computers there are two fans; the intake fan, and the exhaust fan. The intake fan, it brings cool air into the case. The exhaust fan blows the hot air out of the computer.
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