Reflection 5

Reflection 5

In this reflection I am going to compare my old computer to my new one I just built. I first start by comparing the CPU’s. (CPU is the central processing unit; it’s like the brain of the computer) In the old computer, the CPU was the very worst componet in the computer. It only had one core (which means it can’t work on multiple programs at high speeds) and it was only 1.6 GHz. (giga hertz is a way to measure the speed of a CPU) In the new computer, the CPU has 4 cores, so it can work on a lot of things at once. It’s also twice as fast as the old one. I can’t really compare the CPU’s because my old CPU was an Intel made processor, and my new one is an AMD processor. There measured in speed differently. The case of the new computer is way cooler than my old one. The hard drive in the old computer is the same as the one in my new computer. I also got new RAM (random access memory, it stores the most viewed programs and websites for faster viewing) that’s 4 GB big, when the old one was 650 MB big. My new computer also has a card reader, the old one did not. A card reader is just little slots on the outside of the computer that let you put cards in it like a SD card from a camera. The optical drive is the same. I got a built in graphics card on my new computer to start out with. (A built in graphics card is a chipset built into the motherboard.) I also got a more powerful power supply. The old one only put out 280 watts, the new one 680 watts. And the new one has more fans. I really like my new computer!