MAJOR PARTS NEEDED FOR A FUNCTIONAL COMPUTERIN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE AND BUILD

CASE(READ TO SEE IF THE CASE COMES WITH A POWER SUPPLY).MOTHERBOARD(MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTHERBOARD AND CASE MATCH, ALSO NOTE WHAT THE MOTHERBOARD HAS INSTALLED ONBOARD).CPU(CHECK TO SEE IF PROCESSOR COMES WITH THE HEATSINK/FAN).MEMORY(MAKE SURE RAM IS COMPATIBLE WITH MOTHERBOARD).HARD DRIVE (NOTE IF IT IS AN IDE OR SATA)OPTICAL DRIVE (NOTE IF IT IS AN IDE OR SATA)CABLES(THE ONLY ONES NEEDED WILL BE FOR BOTH DRIVES, IDE OR SATA)MONITORKEYBOARDMOUSESOFTWARE(OPERATING SYSTEM)

TYPICAL CASE WITH POWER SUPPLY. NOTE THAT THE DESCRIPTION TELLS YOU THAT THE CASE IS AN ATX MIDTOWER AND COMES WITH A POWER SUPPLY.

THE COMPUTER CASE

IF THE CASE DID NOT COME WITH A POWER SUPPLY, YOU NEED TO PURCHASE ONE.

THIS IS AN ATX POWER SUPPLY WITH SATA ADAPTER AND MOLEX ADAPTER. BOTH CAN POWER HARD DRIVE OR OPTICAL DRIVE.

SATA MOLEX

MINI OR FLOPPYCONNECTOR

P4 4-PINCONNECTOR

20 OR 24-PINMOTHERBOARDCONNECTOR

THE MOTHERBOARD

SATA PORTS

PCI EXPANSION SLOTS

PCI EXPRESS SLOT

IDE PORTS

MEMORY BANKS OR SLOTSFOR RAM

ATX CONNECTOR

CPU SOCKET

FRONT PANEL CONNECTOR

THE MOTHERBOARD CONTINUED

WHEN CHOOSING A MOTHERBOARD, MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ WHAT IT CONTAINS. THIS ONE HAS A VIDEO CARD,

NETWORK CARD, AND A SOUND CARD. THEREFORE IT HAS ALL THAT IS NEEDED. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE MOTHERBOARD

SEPCIFICATIONS TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT COMPONENTS.

CPU-CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

TWO MAJOR TYPES-AMD AND INTEL

READ THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCESSOR. IT MUST MATCH THE MOTHERBOARD. IF IT IS

DISPLAYED IN A BOX, IT USUALLY HAS A HEATSINK WITH FAN IN THE BOX.

HEATSINK/WITH FAN

THE HEATSINK/FAN CAN BE DESIGNED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. SOME OLDER PROCESSORS USED JUST

THE HEATSINK, BUT THE NEWER MORE POWERFUL PROCESSORS REQUIRE A HEATSINK WITH A FAN.

HEATSINK

HEATSINK

FAN

MEMORY-RAM

WHEN CHOOSING RAM, MAKE SURE THAT THE TYPE AND BUS SPEED

MATCH WITH THE MOTHERBOARD.

3.5” HARD DRIVE

EIDE OR PARALLEL HARD DRIVE

SERIAL ATA OR SATA HARD DRIVE

NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN CONNECTOR PORTS

OPTICAL DRIVE

THE OPTICAL DRIVE HAS THE SAME CONNECTORS AS

THE HARD DRIVE, EITHER IDE OR SATA

CABLES

CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE CABLES

FOR YOUR DRIVES.

IDE

SATA

MONITOR

CHOOSE THE MONITOR. MONITORS COME WITH

CABLES.

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

SOFTWARE(OPERATING SYSTEM)

YOU MUST CHOOSE AN OPERATING SYSTEM TO CONTROL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HARDWARE AND TO EXECUTE THE

COMMANDS OF THE OPERATOR. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS, THE MOST COMMON ARE THE WINDOWS-BASED

OPERATING SYSTEMS.

VOCABULARY

• CMOS DDR ETHERNET VGA• BIOS BYTE DVI ZIF• SATA KILO HDMI I/O• RAM MEGA LCD NTFS• ROM GIGA LED OEM• EIDE TERA NIC DPI• ATX GOOGLE PCI PPI• SDRAM POST PS/2 PPM• COMPUTER SYSTEM-HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, USER