"COMPUTER CHASSIS", "CABINET", "BOX", "TOWER"

This is the enclosure that contains most of the components of a computer (usually excluding the display, keyboard and mouse).

AIR COOLING

WATER COOLING

LIQUID NITROGEN COOLING

CREATIVE WAYS TO COOL

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Falcon Northwest Tiki

INPUT/OUTPUT PORTS

Front io ports

Back io ports

UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB)

Usb 2.0 Usb 3.0

Released: speed Power usage: Standard-A connectors:

April 2000 High speed,480 Mbps Up to 500 mA Grey in color

Nov 2008 10 times faster (4.8 Gbps Up to 900mA Blue in color

ETHERNET PORT

An Ethernet port is an opening on computer equipment that Ethernet cables plug into.

VIDEO GRAHICS ARRAY (VGA)

This is a three-row 15-pin DE-15 connector. The 15-pin VGA connector is found on many video cards, computer monitors, and some high definition TVs.

DVI

DVI stands for digital visual interface, and is a standard for connecting computer to digital monitors Using a digital signal for the entire path maintains the image quality at the highest level

HDMI (HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE)

HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed digital audio/video data from an HDMI-compliant device ("the source device") to a compatible digital audio device, computer monitor, video projector, or digital television. HDMI is a digital replacement for existing analog video standards.

AUDIO PORTS
Connectors on the sound cards are colour coded as per the PC System Design Guide.

MOTHERBOARD

A motherboard is a printed circuit board (PCB) found in all modern computers which holds many of the crucial components of the system, such as the central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other periphera

MSI H61M-E23

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place. the CPU is the most important element of a computer system.

TYPES AND SPEED

The second generation Intel core processor family. type 2nd gen intel core i3 processor
2.5 ghz

2nd gen intel core i5 processor

2.80 ghz

2nd gen intel core i7 processor

3.40 ghz

2nd gen intel core i7 extreme edition

3.7ghz

speed

INTEL HYPER THREADING

AMD

Types

AMD Athlon processor

AMD Athlon ll Processor s 2.0ghz

AMD AMD FX 8-Core Phenom ll Black Edition Processors 2.6ghz 3.1ghz

Speed

1.6ghz

GRAPHICS CARDS

A video card (also called a video adapter, display card, graphics card, graphics board, display adapter or graphics adapter) is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display. Most video cards offer various functions such as accelerated rendering of 3D scenes and 2D graphics, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 decoding, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors (multi-monitor).

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 has been hailed by the green graphics giant as "the best graphics card that's ever been made.

AMD RADEON HD 6990

AMD blinked first and opted to release its brand new graphics card architecture well before Nvidia. This is the fruits of its labour, the Southern Island Radeon HD 6990 and, for a short time, it was the fastest graphics card around.

POWER SUPPLY

A power supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a computer. Modern personal computers universally use a switched-mode power supply. Some power supplies have a manual selector for input voltage, while others automatically adapt to the supply voltage.

COOLER MASTER - EXTREME POWER PLUS 500-WATT ATX

This power supply delivers 500 watts of power to your computer and supports most ATX 12V motherboards for wide-ranging use. The built-in fan helps keep components cool.