The reason why this CPU is recommended creating and editing graphics is that it is quad core. Quad core CPUs mean that it has 4 physical cores which work load can be spread across, the more cores the better as there is more cores to help speed up the process. The reason why this is good for image editing is that it means that when images are being rendered and edited it means that it will be quick and responsive as the work load can be spread across multiple cores instead of one. Another reason why having 4 cores is beneficial as it meets the requirements of applications such as Photoshop. A Another reason why this processor was chosen is that it has 8 threads. Hyper threading technology allows for tasks to be scheduled in a way that prevents …show more content…
I have chosen to go for a 1TB SSD as it provides enough capacity to install the OS and all the applications required. It also offers enough space for images to be stored on the boot drive. When images and videos are being edited they can remain on the boot drive but once they are done they can then be moved over to the storage drive (Seagate barracuda). It offers enough space for uncompressed pictures ot be stored on the drive without it filling up too quick. Having an SSD as a boot drive will drastically improve boot times as the drive can be read/written to much quicker than a traditional HDD. When editing images or videos information is constantly being written and read therefore making the SSD a good choice for editing and creating graphics. I have chosen to use the Seagate barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HD as the storage drive as Seagate is one of the industry leading companies in terms of storage mediums but they also offer very reliable storage drives. I have chosen a 7200RPM drive over a 5400RPM drive as they offer faster read and write speeds, the Seagate barracuda offers the perfect balance between speed and storage capacity for a storage
Overall, this CPU presents even greater value for the power user than the Phenom II X4 did. Not only is it faster, it runs cooler, has Turbo Core technology, is highly overclockable and has an incredible price. There isn’t much more a CPU can be for the price and we couldn’t have asked for much more. If there was ever a time to truly go the AMD route for power users and overdclockers, this would be it, as AMD has managed to produce their best work since the advent of the Athlon64.
Basic Specification: Silver (Intel Core i7-4700MQ / 1TB HDD / 16GB RAM / Windows 8)
The computer processor is the brain of the system. Our client requires a heavy punch, multi tasking brain. Due to his low income and student status, he does not have a large budget to put towards his computer. The AMD AthlonXP 1900 was chosen because of it's low cost and it's higher performance rating than that of the higher priced equivalent Pentium 4. The AMD AthlonXP 1900's speed is 1.6GHz. This means 1600Hz, which is a very fast processor. Amazingly, the clock speed of this processor is faster, albeit barely, than the Pentium 4 2.0GHz processor, and is much cheaper as well. This is important, as, for less cash, our student can afford a better processor.
A graphics card consists primarily of two parts, memory and GPU. The memory is usually used to store information about each pixel (of a computer screen) until it is ready to be displayed. The GPU is similar to a CPU but it is specifically designed for performing complex geometric and mathematical calculations that are associated with graphics rendering.
The computers of the future are expected to be smaller, faster and smarter. For the past 20 years, CPU performance has doubled about every 18 months. The PC
In my opinion, the major potential in parallel computing lies in the software part. Hardware architectures have been constantly evolving since the last 40 years and sooner or later saturation may start. The number of transistors cannot keep increasing forever. Even though software has evolved, it’s still not up to pace. There is a dearth of programmers trained to design and program parallel systems. Intel recently launched Parallel Computing Center program with the main purpose as “keeping the parallel software in sync with the parallel hardware”. The international community needs to develop the parallel programming skills to keep pace with the new processors being created. As this realization spreads, the parallel architectural landscape will touch even greater heights than expected.
“One of the primary advantages of this system is that the compiler has to do very little work to translate a high-level language statement into assembly. Because the length of the code is relatively short, very little RAM is required to store instructions. The emphasis is put on building complex instructions directly into the hardware.”(www.cs.stanford.edu.com) .This is a major advantage for CISC and its examples of CISC processors are IBM 370/168, MicroVAX II.
As a young college student walking into a Best Buy to purchase a laptop for college can be a little intimidating. There are many things to consider such as hard drive, what processors are the best, which screen has the best resolution, or would you rather build a computer that best suits you. The options are endless and in most cases it can become overwhelming, due to the rapid expansion in technology a variety of products that are available have increased dramatically in the past 7 years. Some of the most important criteria that should be considered when evaluating these products are portability, performance, and price. The MacBook Air is an interesting product, because it isn’t top of the line in any of these criteria. In fact, it has a balance of all three that have made it one of the top selling products of recent. Of course no laptop is made to run the same, but that is what makes this specific different than others.
Although it is true that many people, when confronted with the task of buying a new computer, will simply go to the closest Best Buy and purchase whatever is on the shelf, an increasing number of people these days are turning to building their own computers. Whether they are interested in saving money, or just like the idea of being in control of what goes into their computer, they need to know which parts are the best for their needs, which parts are the best value. Getting this information from an impartial place can be challenging, but thankfully there are a few websites around today that have a reputation for giving honest reviews and going the extra mile to find the best hardware for your money. I am reviewing two of these sites today, Tom's Hardware Guide, and AnandTech.
...helped immensely in offsetting Prescott's enlarged 31-stage pipeline, but did not entirely make up the gap. On balance, Prescotts are slightly slower than Northwoods. In time it is expected that the Prescott P4s will look relatively stronger as SSE3 instructions are adopted in more software application and, especially, as clock speeds rise. But it seems that the real strength of Prescott seems to lie in its Hyper-Threading performance. In the most of the multitasking tests, the Prescott performed better than the Northwood CPU. The Pentium 4 Extreme Edition was the best performer, but unfortunately it is also very expensive. The P4 Extreme Edition had the best results for content creation and video editing applications. Also as Intel suggested the P4 Extreme Edition performed very well for games, but I do not believe it is significant enough to warrant the extra cost.
Speed, packaging, power consumption, RAM & ROM, I/O pins, chip timer, ease of up gradation to higher performance versions, cost per unit.
At the heart of every computer beats the microprocessor. The microprocessor acts like a tiny, fast calculator (Ting interview). The microprocessor itself deals with other elements in the computer. These elements provide either input or output. Input is information flowing into microprocessor and output is information that it generates or splits up (Gookin 116). The overall performance of a computer of your PC depends in large measure of its microprocessor. Clock speed is measured in megahertz (MHz), or millions of pulses (cycles) per minute (Waters 61). You might think of a processor clock as a kind of metronome; with each beat of the clock -each cycle- the processor can execute an instruction from the software (Dais interview).
CPU is the central processing unit, we also can all it processor. CPU is like the brain of a computer. The computer's CPU contains a logic circuitry that can handle or carry out all the instructions of a computer program. There are two components in CPU; the primary components of CPU are control unit (CU) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The control unit is use to interprets the instructions from software and hardware running to the computer and directs all the operations of processors. The arithmetic logic unit is use to perform the logical and arithmetical processing, and also the decision operations. CPU has four main functions, fetch, decode, execute, and store. In the first step of instruction cycle, the CPU wills taking the instruction
I would follow the format presented by Rob Williams, to build my own computer because he has already done the homework and offers several tutorials for the not so gifted and not quite computer literate. Williams, R (2006/11/26), MY SUPER PC. Retrieved November 27, 2006, Web site: Http://www.mysuperpc.com/ . Mr. Williams offers this advice to anyone who is planning to build their own computer, the first rule of building your own PC is called the “six month rule of delayed acquisition”. He suggests that any hardware or software be at least six months old before you purchase it. He cites three very good reasons for following this six month rule the first being that the price will drop drastically in the first six months. Secondly, the bugs in the product will be worked out in this time period. But a third and very important reason to follow the six month rule is that in six months there will be “volumes” of information about an item and how it performs.
The purpose of most buffers is to act as a holding area, enabling the CPU to manipulate data before transferring it to a device. Because the processes of reading and writing data to a disk are relatively slow, many programs keep track of data changes in a buffer and then copy the buffer to a disk.