Need Some Input

[EarthboundHero]

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. So, next week I'm doing a class at my school on computers. The hardware and how everything works, as well as the software and how all that works. I'm going to be using my old FM2+ system as a demonstration, as well as an old socket 939 system for hands on. I have prepared an outline so that I don't forget to mention anything. I was wondering if you guys could give it a look over and give some input. Also, I was wondering if anyone can give me a nice punny name. My Principal needs a name for the class for the sign-up sheets and I want something @LinusTech would be proud of. Thanks for the help guys. 

 

CPU (Central Processing Unit):

CPU (Central Processing Unit):

• Brain

• Physical make-up of a CPU

• Binary, on or off

• Hz, transistors

• Cores, hyper-threading

• AMD/Intel

• Sockets

• APU/CPU

 

Motherboard

• Nervous system

• Layout of a mobo

• Different types of ports and plugs

• VRM (Voltage regulation module)

 

RAM (Random Access Memory)

• Short-term memory

• Types

• Sizes

• Frequency

• Latency

 

PSU (Power Supply Unit)

• Circulatory system

• Sizes

• Efficiency

• Connectors

• Modularity

 

GPU (Graphics processing unit)

• Eyes

• Similar to CPU, but more slower cores (CUDA/Stream)

• PCI-E

• AMD(ATI)/nVidia

• Technologies (G-Sync/Freesync, Mantle/DX/OpenGL, Crossfire/SLI)

 

Case

• Skeletal System

 

Cooling

• Water/Air

• Cable management

• Fans (Sizes, brands, speeds, noise)

• Thermal paste

• Dust

• Air paths

• PWM/DC

 

Storage

• Long-term memory

• SSD/HDD

• SAS/SATA/IDE

 

Peripherals

• Appendages

• Monitors (IPS/TN, response time, frequency, inputs)

• Mouse (DPI, laser/optical)

• Keyboards (Mechanical/membrane)

 

Software

• OS (Windows, Linux, OSX)

[thekeemo]

I would say that the case is the skeletal system and the motherboard is the nervous system

[EarthboundHero]

I would say that the case is the skeletal system and the motherboard is the nervous system

That makes more sense. I'll change that.

[insulin shots]

I would say that all looks pretty good. But damn I wish we had a class like that at my school. I'm in the only computer science class offered and all we learn is Microsoft Visual Basic.