What's In My Computer

By: Elliott Mitchell

Power Supply

The computers power supply is one of the most important things in the computer. If the computer was to have no power it wouldn’t be able to work. The computer power supply keeps the computer running.

Motherboard

The motherboard is a housing for many of the small important components that make up the whole computer. It holds most of the little thing and makes it a lot easier to connect them.

hard Drive

The hard drive a storage device, it holds all the memory of the computer. When you save pictures or music or even visit websites, the information from the sites and the picture all save to the hard drive. The hard drive has discs in it that store the memory through magnetic energy.

Central Processing Unit

The CPU is known as the computer brain. It pretty much tells it what to do and when to do it.

Random Access Memory

Ram is a source of memory that is used when your gathering things online. It makes accessing things in the computer easier.

USB

USB is primarily used for transporting data to and from the computer.

Video/Audio

The video/Audio card is another important piece. It connects to all out puts and inputs of any video or audio throughout the computer.

Fan

There are 3 major fans in the computer. This one keeps the case cool. Helping to keep the over all temp of the computer down.

Heat Sink

The heat sink is like a radiator in a car, The liquid ones use cold water to cool the metal of the heat sink then a fan blows the heat sink and that gives of cold air and helps to cool the computer.

DVD Drive

The DVD drive helps to import CD’S or DVD’S some even burn them as well.

Keyboard and Mouse

The keyboard and mouse is how you control your computer.

Monitor

The monitor also hooks up to the video/Audio card. The monitor displays every thing you do on the computer.

In Class Work

Inside workings of the power supply Power supply and fan

The CPU A Circuit board

computer Apple

1Tb HDD $200

Pro motherboard

$190

pro video card $120

Intel possessor $169

6GB DDR ram