Our CPU is one of the hottest devices in our computer, so it’s important to have an efficient cooling system. In this video, you’ll learn how heat sinks, on-board fans, case fans, liquid cooling, and passive cooling can be used to keep your system running at peak efficiency.
Our modern processors can do much more than traditional CPUs. In this video, you’ll learn about the speeds of CPUs, on-board caches, hyper-threading, virtualization features, and much more.
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Intel and AMD continue to produce a wide range of processors, and you’ll find many different CPU sockets in use on today’s motherboards. In this video, I’ll summarize the important Intel and AMD CPU sockets that you’ll need to know for your CompTIA 220-901 A+ certification exam.
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There are many ways to combine our storage devices to increase performance or provide redundancy. In this video, you’ll learn about the most popular RAID types used in our storage systems.
There seems to be a different storage device type for nearly every application. In this video, you’ll learn about optical storage formats, hard disk drives, solid-state drives, hybrid drives, hot-swappable drives, flash memory drives, and tape drives.
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There’s a PC expansion card for nearly any customization requirement. In this video, you’ll learn about the expansion card installation process and options for audio, video, network, and storage expansion.
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Our PC memory can hold a number of interesting characteristics. In this video, you’ll learn parity memory, ECC memory, registered memory, multi-channel memory, and single- and double-sided memory.
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Our computers rely on many different types of memory to perform their magic. In this video, you’ll learn about ROM, RAM, and the differences between DDR, DDR2, and DDR3.
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The connectivity from the computer case to the motherboard consists of many wires and connectors. In this video, you’ll learn about the motherboard jumpers and connectors.
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The chipsets of our modern motherboards have evolved over time, and much of our legacy motherboards is now contained inside of our CPUs. In this video, you’ll learn about the legacy Northbridge and Southbridge, and you’ll learn which components are now part of our modern CPUs.
