Processors & RAMs *Explained*

  When a potential buyer wants to buy a computer, they should always see what processor and RAM it uses as it will determine how fast it can get the job done. But the main problem is they don't understand how that 2 things work together, all they know is "newer/bigger chip, faster performance". That is true in some way, but to know which type of processor and RAM is right for you, you'll have to understand the works of both together.

  

(from left) This is a Core 2 Duo processor (showing the 2 cores at the top)... and this is Core i7 Extreme (4 cores) cool eh?

The Processor
  To make it short, choosing a good processor means how fast can it process your datas, how fast can it complete it. There are several things that come with the processor :

•   Clock Speed determines how fast can the processor performs in an activity, like a stopwatch. But when you are just using your computer for daily usage, you wouldn't need that high of a clock speed. Imagine comparing a race car speed with the speed of a guy running, you wouldn't be able to use up that much speed as the car if you're the runner.  Besides, running a high-speed processor would need lots of money and uses lots of electricity.

•  Threads are processes(activities) like gaming or word processing cut into pieces. The processor will switch between threads fast enough to look like they're running at the same time. Some processors have multi-threading technology that literally allows threads to run together rather than keep switching. This allows much smoother multi-tasking.

•   No. Cores in the lowest processors, including Pentium and Celeron, are 2 and only 1 in ultra-low battery usage processors. High-end processors like Core i7 have 4 cores. Cores mainly handle threads(explained above). If you have read above, then you can see here that a core switch between threads for multi-tasking. By having 2 cores, 1 core can work on a single activity and another work on multi-tasking, or both working together on 1 thing.

Kingston RAM

The RAM
  RAM is part of the cpu that also decides how fast your computer will be. So I suggest you buy a quality RAM like from Kingston.

• Temporary storage for datas, unlike the hard disk. Datas are sorted here from where they came from, then is send to the specified places.

• Storage size increases, then the more datas that can be sorted.

     So here's the wrap-up :

• Fast processor + Small RAM = less things get done, because even if you process things fast, you wouldn't have enough space for all those things to be sorted
  
• Slow processor + Big RAM = less things get done too, this time you have lots of space to sort datas, but the datas comes in slow
• Fast processor + Optimum RAM = good multi-tasking, I refer to the RAM as "optimum" because too big the RAM, then you'll have to apply the 2nd equation

   Even if you have fast processor, having a 4G RAM would not make much difference, the processor can only use the RAM space to so much only. Unless you are using Windows Vista or 7, then you go get that big RAM.

  Additional reading can be obtained here (Multi-cores & RAMs), and credits from part of the explanation goes to Intel website. To see what is the specification of your Processor and RAM on your computer :

My Computer properties

Steps :

1. Right click 'My Computer' > 'Properties' ...& done!
   

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