Okay dokey heres another one for you clever bunch! I want to expand my knowledge for computer components! I want to know
1.What's their job, what do they affect?
CPU
GPU
Hard Drive (Internal & SSD)
RAM
Motherboards
2. And then the positives and negatives of
Air Cooling VS Water Cooling
CPU AMD VS Intel
GPU AMD VS Nvidia
Internal VS SSD
Motherboard AMD VS Intel
Thank you in advance for extending my knowledge!
- CPU - The Central Processing Unit. This manipulates the individual bits of data to produce some sort of 'information'. Does a lot of maths, costs a lot of money. They affect the direct speed of processing of the machine.
- GPU - Graphical Processing Unit. This takes draw and render data and draws when you see on the screen. Also Costs a lot of money, also does a lot of maths. Has many, many, many more processing cores than a CPU and is an incredibly powerful piece of silicon. Some apps like Bitcoin miners etc. can make use of these specialised processing units for other tasks. They are unfortunately not generalised enough to be used in place of the CPU.
- HDD/SSD - The non-volatile storage of the computer. HDD is typically reserved for mechanical disks that work via magnetic variance, SSD for solid state disks that work via electrons on silicon. Fun fact, a Full loaded Amazon Kindle (ssd storage) weighs more than an empty one. An empty and full magnetic disk weigh the same. SSD is preferred these days due to the truly random access of the data, providing massive boosts in data transfer speeds. HDD use a CHS - Cylinder, Head, Sector layout for their storage, so data has to be 'looked up' before it can be read.
- RAM - Random Access Memory is volatile (loses its content when it loses power) storage that is fast to access and can be randomly accessed (data can be accessed at any point, you dont have to go from start to finish until you find what you want). Used to store data for applications and the OS that are typically currently in-use.
- Motherboards - This is the mainboard in the system to which everything else connects. It generally has a main chipset known as the Northbridge - this is wht connects your CPU to various functions like the SATA controller that accesses the drives, the PCIE controller for GPUs, and other add-in card etc.
Air vs Water - depends on the system used for liquid cooling. Closed loop all-in-one coolers are more or less just as good as air-to-air coolers. Custom loops can be much much more effective. With any cooling system the performance of it comes down to the temperature of the medium used and the rate that heat can be dissapated to the atmosphere. Water cooling is usually more effective than air when its a custom loop and coolant and radiator set up. Can be quiet(er) but still needs fans to move air over the radiator to disappate that head.
AMD vs Intel - Too much to get into in a short diatribe here, Intel is generally better performing with more down per cycle, where as AMD was seen as throwing as much at the CPU and seeing what sticks. AMD was good at just brute power, but that power wasnt always used the best. They have changed a good bit in recent years, AMD have always been a more affordable option, with Intel commanding a premium price for GENERALLY premium performance. The average user probably sees little to no difference. Due to Intel's market dominance most games etc. are optomised best for intel.
GPU AMD vs NVidia - More or less as above. Nvidia are the Market leader, their cards are seen as the premium. That is not to say that AMD dont have some great offerings out there. It really comes down to preference on these in my opinion, I am more an Intel and Nvidia fan. Again due to nvidia's market power, most stuff is geared towards nvidia products.
Internal vs SSD - I assume you mean HDD vs SSD. SSD is faster and truly random, at the cost of lower capacity. HDD is 'slower' but can store vastly more data. HDD is mechanical in operation and there for susceptible to shock damage. This causes something called a head-crash, this is like pulling the needle off a vinyl record.
Mobo AMD vs Intel - Basically NO difference here. as AMD and Intel dont make MOBOs, they make the Chipset that is then implemented on the mobo. All there is to say really is an AMD board wont work with an Intel CPU and vice-versa. All the chipsets offer more or less the same features.
Fucking hell hobbs you dont ask much do you
