Hi, I'm new to computerforums and I have a somewhat weird question.
Can someone give me some illustrations or analogies that explains how computers work? (For instance, use car analogies, or sports analogies, be like, "increasing the RAM is like_____", or "Memory is like ____", ) More specifically:
Comparing different types of RAM
Comparing video cards
How much memory you would need for different types of work
Memory vs. storage
2 cores vs 4 cores...?
I'm trying to learn about computers, but I am a visual learner, and have trouble comprehending how fast computers are, or how much RAM you would need for X amount of work...nothing makes sense because I can't "see" how computers work, or differences between things, or compare proportions like in a chart. When I read something like: "4 processing cores; 4.8 GT/s QPI speed; 2.66GHz processor speed per core; 8MB Intel® Smart Cache", it makes my head spin. So basically I'm asking someone to explain something like that in plain english.
Thanks for reading...hopefully I will get helpful responses. I've read many articles I've found online, but nothing is making sense because I can't compare anything to something outside of the computer world.
P.S. If I am not posting in the correct forum, can someone tell me which one to post in?
Can someone give me some illustrations or analogies that explains how computers work? (For instance, use car analogies, or sports analogies, be like, "increasing the RAM is like_____", or "Memory is like ____", ) More specifically:
Comparing different types of RAM
Comparing video cards
How much memory you would need for different types of work
Memory vs. storage
2 cores vs 4 cores...?
I'm trying to learn about computers, but I am a visual learner, and have trouble comprehending how fast computers are, or how much RAM you would need for X amount of work...nothing makes sense because I can't "see" how computers work, or differences between things, or compare proportions like in a chart. When I read something like: "4 processing cores; 4.8 GT/s QPI speed; 2.66GHz processor speed per core; 8MB Intel® Smart Cache", it makes my head spin. So basically I'm asking someone to explain something like that in plain english.
Thanks for reading...hopefully I will get helpful responses. I've read many articles I've found online, but nothing is making sense because I can't compare anything to something outside of the computer world.
P.S. If I am not posting in the correct forum, can someone tell me which one to post in?