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34 Cards in this Set
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motherboard |
most complicated part of the pc first item to consider when building pc |
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what to consider when getting a mb |
form factor cpu socket and chipset buses
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cpu sockets pin grid array (PGA) |
pins alligned in uniform rows around socket |
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cpu land grid array (LGA) |
uses pads rather than pins LGA 775, 1366
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cpu flip chip land grid array socket |
chip is flipped over so that the top of the chip is on the bottom and makes contact with the socket |
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cpu staggered pin grid array |
pins staggered over socket squeezes more pins into a small space easily bent |
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cpu ball grid array |
not really a socket cpu is soldered to mb
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zero insertion force socket |
all current cpu sockets side lever lifts cpu up and out of socket |
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amd socket
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pga architicture |
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amd sockets |
am1,am2+,amd2+,amd3,amd3+,f,fm1,fm2,sockets 940,939,754,A |
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chipsets control |
memory, motherboard buses, some peripherals |
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chipset manufacturers |
intel, AMD, Nvidia, Sis, via |
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motherboard chipsets |
north is fast cpu and memory south for usb |
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Intel I7 and X58 |
Nehalem chipset memory controller within cpu housing memory in cpu quick path technology |
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Sandy Bridge Chipset |
memory and graphics controller in cpu 2nd gen cpu + uses ddr3 memory |
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ivy bridge chipset |
3rd generation cpu uses less power single platform controller hub |
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amd a series (trinity) |
competes with ivy chipset |
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amd 7,8,9 series |
performance good graphics overclocking compatible |
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amd 580x |
crossfire |
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amd 780v |
business |
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amd 740G 690 |
low end systems |
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bus |
system of pathways used for communication |
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carrier by bus |
power control signals memory addresses data |
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data and instructions on binary |
on or off |
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data path size |
8 bit bus ( 8 wires ) |
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system clock |
times activites on the motherboard |
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megahertz |
one million cycles per second |
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gigahertz |
one billion cycles per second |
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PCI-e |
not compatible with pci or pci-x more advanced uses serial which is faster than parallel slot sizes x1,x4,x8,x16 latest is 3.0 |
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pci riser card |
installs in pci slot and provides another slot at a right angle |
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Accelerated Graphics Port |
older standard for motherboard for video expansion |
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agp standards |
1,2,3 |
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motherboard settings |
enable or disable connector or port set cpu frequency, system bus, other buses control security features control pc boot |
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three ways to configure older motherboards |
dip switch, jumper, cmos |
