SF‐ Week 6‐ Journal ‐ Hardware Compatibility - Wudong-champlain/Spring2024 GitHub Wiki

  1. What are case form factors and list three. Case form factors are the size of the motherboard and if it will fit in the case. Micro-ATX ATX Mini-ITX
  2. What is a socket for the CPU list three types. The socket for the CPU is the place where the CPU is placed and Intel CPUs have different amounts of needed socket compared to an AMD CPU. PGA BGA LGA
  3. What is a heat sink. A heat sink is a piece of metal that sits on top of a CPU and draws heat away from components
  4. With respect to computers, what is a chassis? The computer case that holds all of the components of a computer.
  5. When building a computer, why is electrical power considered and how is it measured? The power is Walt or W and is measured by how much power each component takes, like the CPU can take 275W and the GPU can take 125W, and we need to add them and that mean’s our computer needs at least a 400W power supply to function perfectly.