HOW TO BUILD A BARE BONES PC
PROJECT 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PAGE
1 Case 3
2 Power Supply 3
3 CPU 3
4 CPU cooling fan 3
5 Motherboard 3
6 Main Memory 3
7 Video Display Card 3
8 Monitor 3
9 I/O Card 3
10 Floppy Drive 3
11 Hard Drive 3
12 Keyboard 3
SOME OPTIONAL EXTRAS
1 Cache Memory 4
2 CD-ROM 4
3 CD-RW 4
4 Sound Card 4
5 Speakers 4
6 Modem 4
7 DVD 4
8 Tape back-up 4
9 Zip Drives 4
WORK CITATIONS 6

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
CASE is also called the system unit, is it the core of a computer system. Usually it’s a rectangular box placed on or underneath you desk. Inside the box are many electronic components that process information.
POWER SUPPLY unit or PSU is the component that supplies power to a computer. The personal computers can be plugged into standard electrical outlets. The PSU regulates the voltage to eliminate spikes and surges common in most electrical systems.

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) is the one that acts as the “brain” of the computer. The CPU selects instructions, processes them, performs arithmetic and logical comparisons, and stores results of operation in memory.
CPU COOLING FAN are mounted directly on top of the computer’s central processing unit for the sole purpose of dissipating heat on that one single chip. It helps to cool down the computer when is hot.
MOTHERBOARD is the main circuit board of the computer, and is also the mainboard or logic board. It is the biggest piece of silicon inside of the computer. Attached to the motherboard are the CPU, ROM, memory RAM, PCI slots, and USB ports. In addition includes controllers for the devices like the hard drive, DVD drive, keyboard, and mouse.
MAIN MEMORY is the primary storage as memory, is the only directly accessible to the central processing unit.
VIDEO DISPLAY CARD also called graphics accelerator, can speed up both 2D and 3D graphics rendering. In order to give the CPU a break and help it run more efficiently, a video can be used to process the graphics portion of the processing load.
MONITOR displays information in visual form, using text and graphics. The part that displays the information is called the screen. There are two types of monitors the CRT (cathode ray tube, and LCD (liquid crystal display). The LCD monitors have the advantage to be thinner and lighter, while the CRT monitors are generally more affordable.
I/O CARD the locations in the memory that are designated by use a various devices to exchange information amongst themselves and the rest of PC.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE is a computer disk that enables a user to save data to removable diskettes. Floppies come in three basic sizes: 8 inch, 5 inch, and 3 inch. Floppy disks are slower to access than hard disks and have less storage capacity, but they are inexpensive.
HARD DRIVE is the computer’s main storage media device that permanently stores all data on the computer.
KEYBOARD is used mainly for typing text into the computer. It has keys for letters and numbers, some special keys are: The function keys, found on the top row, perform different functions depending on where they are used. The numeric keypad is located on the right side of most keyboards, allow you to enter numbers quickly. Finally the navigation keys, such as the arrow keys, allow you to move the position within a document or webpage.
SOME OPTIONAL EXTRAS
CACHE MEMORY is random access memory that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular RAM.
CD-ROM is the abbreviation of compact disc read only memory; it is a type of computer memory in the form of a compact disc. A CD-ROM drive uses a low power laser beam to read digitized data that has been encoded in the form of tiny pits on an optical disk.
CD-RW stand for Compact Disc Rewritable, it is a rewritable optical disc. In 1997 was known as “Cd-Writable”.
SOUND CARD it is an internal computer expansion card that makes possible the input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs.
SPEAKERS are used to play sounds. They are into the system unit or connected with cables. Speakers allow you to listen to music and hear sound effects from the computer
MODEM help to connect the computer to the Internet. A modem is a device that sends and receives computer information over a telephone line or high-speed cable. Sometimes modems are built into the system unit; higher speed modems are usually separate components. DVD is a type of compact disc able to store large amounts of data. A DVD player is a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. TAPE BACKUP is the ability to periodically copy the contents of all or a designated amount of data from its usual storage device to a tape cartridge device so that, in the event of a hard disk crash or comparable failure, the data will not be lost. The Tape backup can be done manually or, with appropriate software, be programmed to happen automatically.
ZIP DRIVES is a type of removable disk storage capable of holding a moderate amount of computer information.

WORK CITATIONS

Windows Microsoft http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/parts-of-a-computer Tech Terms http://www.techterms.com/ Computer Hope http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/fdd.htm WEBOPEDIA http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/floppy_disk.html Search Storage http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/cache-memory Wise geek
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