![Choosing a Motherboard
Supports the chosen Processor
Storage connectors ( PATA [aka IDE],
SATA150, SATA 3.0)
Memory type and amount
Built-ins (Video, Audio, LAN)
Graphic Card support (PCI-e, AGP)
PCI Expansion slots
RAID support](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7304292-230120041241-4a25b204/85/computer-software-ppt-11-320.jpg)
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- 1. How Computers Work •The Four Basic Operations •The Boot Process •Hardware Components & Their Functions •Differences in Portable Devices
- 2. The Four Basic Computer Operations Input – Getting data from the outside world into the computer Processing – Manipulating the information Output – Presenting data from the computer to the outside Storage – Efficiently and inexpensively holding data for later use.
- 3. Hardware to Provide Four Functions
- 4. The Boot Process 1. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup program loads and runs 2. The Power-On-Self-Test (POST) runs 3. The Operating System loads 4. System Configuration 5. System utilities load
- 5. PC Components Case Processor Power Supply Motherboard Memory Hard Drives Removable Media Drives Video, Audio Functionality Monitor Mouse, Keyboard
- 6. The Processor Single core vs. Dual core Intel vs. AMD Trade-off between price and speed • The newest, fastest processors are always overpriced. Best "bang for the buck" is with the next step down.
- 7. System Memory How much? • Single core or dual core processor • Types of applications What kind? • Types SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM • Motherboard and CPU must support.
- 8. Choosing a Power Supply Enough power for high class video cards Special connectors available for SATA Hard Drives and PCI-E video cards Motherboard may have a 20-pin or 24-pin main connector
- 9. Storage Hard Drives • How much, based on applications used • What type (SATA or PATA)? Optical Drives • CD Burner, DVD-ROM, DVD Burner (Single Layer or Dual Layer) • How many? Two really make copying disks easy. Floppy Drive?
- 10. Hard Drives IDE (ATA) • EIDE – ATA2 aka Fast ATA • ATA3 – Ultra ATA - Improved interface, hard drives can report status information to the MB. • Two devices per channel (or cable) SATA – Serial ATA • One device per channel SCSI – Many devices can be daisy- chained.
- 11. Choosing a Motherboard Supports the chosen Processor Storage connectors ( PATA [aka IDE], SATA150, SATA 3.0) Memory type and amount Built-ins (Video, Audio, LAN) Graphic Card support (PCI-e, AGP) PCI Expansion slots RAID support
- 12. Factors in Choosing a Case 4 Form Factors • Desktop • Mid-Size Tower • Full-Size Tower • Little, Teeny, Tiny Cases (VSFF) External and Internal Drive Bays Front (Top) Panel Multi-Media Connectors Cooling System (can also add-on)
- 13. Display Made up of two components • Monitor • Video card or circuitry
- 14. Monitors CRT • Cheaper • Takes up more desktop real estate • Can tire your eyes Flat Panel • More expensive • Saves space • Sharper Image
- 15. Video Cards PCI • Fits in a standard expansion slot • General purpose video Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) • AGP 2X/4X, AGP 4X/8X, AGP Pro 4X/8X PCI Express (PCIe) • PCIe x1, PCIe x4, PCIe x8, PCIe x16
- 16. Replacing a Video Card Make sure you don't buy too much card for the monitor. It doesn't matter if the original video was built-in to the motherboard. Installing a video card and loading drivers "takes over" from the old video. Get a card the motherboard supports.