CPUs and Motherboards
Most people that buy and use computers never give a thought to the central processing unit (CPU) and motherboard of the system. We don’t need to know how the individual parts go together. There are still some of us though, that want to know what’s going on “under the hood.” A select few may even open up a computer and replace or upgrade … Keep Reading → parts when necessary. There are no parts of the computer that are more important than the CPU and the motherboard. When purchasing computer parts individually they sometimes are bundled together, but are often purchased separately. The motherboard is the main circuit board that important parts of the computer such as the CPU, memory, hard drive, and peripheral devices are connected to. Devices either slot or plug into specific designated areas of the board. The CPU is the brain of the computer that performs the processing logic functions for the system. It tells the parts of the system what to do. The biggest and most famous maker of CPU’s is Intel.
