Types of Processors & RAM's?

[Disorientated]

I'm going to be honest, I do know what a Processor and RAM do but I know nothing of the different types, could anyone help me out?

[niofalpha]

What do you mean different types?

 

I'm going to be honest, I do know what a Processor and RAM do but I know nothing of the different types, could anyone help me out?

 

 

It's mostly architecture or Intel/ AMD.

 

Or just the amount the processor was nerfed/ core count.

[Feronix]

Erhm we could write an entire essay about that, but it's probably already explained somewhere on the internet.

 

Are you looking for anything specific?

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Here's a breakdown of the current scene and typical recommendations on LTT.

 

Gaming: i5 4690K + DDR3 RAM

 

Gaming and hyper-threaded applications like video rendering: i7 4790K + DDR3

 

Workstation builds: i7 5820K / 5930K / 5960X + DDR4

 

Non-K CPU's are offered for most CPU's and they're for people who don't want to overclock. K-type CPU's are unlocked for overclocking.

 

There's also AMD.. FX-8370 would be alright, the general opinion towards AMD right now is: don't buy one because games don't utilize that many cores, they have a higher TDP than Intel CPU's and lower performance-per-core scores.

[thekeemo]

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what do you mean by different types

for ram there is DDR3 which works for all chipsets before X99 and DDR4 for X99 chipsets

[potatopLays]

if need a build tell me or anyone

[Disorientated]

Just basic information on the different types

it's for my research but It wasn't expanded on

[OriginalPromise]

Intel/AMD makes x86 and x64 chips for desktops (and mobile coming soon) (intel already has a series of low performing mobile chips) Intel specializes in high

ARM, powers your smartphone, Android and iOS runs on an ARM platform.

Ram? DDR2/3/4. There are different RAM sizes, but most of the RAMs out there are DDR3 as of now.

DDR stands for "double data rate", so your hardware monitor such as CPUz will see it as half of the original clock speed.

[SeanAngelo]

know nothing about AMD processors so i'll focus on intel.

 

Intel processors have a 'K' on processors that can be overclocked which mean they are unlocked. Non-K processors aren't able to overclock (correct me if i'm wrong). 

i3 series are mainly dual core, i believe.

i5 series are aimed at gaming, with four cores.

i7 are for more heavy types, such as rendering, editing etc. even though the 47xxk processors have 4 cores, they have hyperthreading which act as secondary set of cores if you like. Some of the i7 processors have 6 or even 8 cores, these have hyperthreading too, so it's aimed at anyone who has a workstation build.

 

As far as RAM (Random Access Memory), there are two types, DDR3 and DDR4. DDR3 works on all chipsets before X99, and DDR4 just recently came out and works on X99 chipsets.

[MaxY]

I just explained it very detailed, but it did not want to post it and just gave me and error But, here are things to remember about types of CPU-s and RAM.

 

CPU - SINGLE & MULTI-CORE! CLOCK SPEEDS! OVERCLOCKABLE-NON OVERCLOCKABLE! x86-x64-bit!

 

RAM - TYPE: DDR-DDR2-DDR3-DDR4! SPEEDS: DDR2-333MHz-UP, DDR3-1333MHz-UP, DDR4-2133MHz-UP!

[Glenwing]

Just basic information on the different types

it's for my research but It wasn't expanded on

 

I'm really not sure what you mean by types.