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Know your hard drives !!

A hard drive is a laptop’s long-term memory. It’s where you can store all the files, folders, applications.

There are two types of hard drives

1. Hard disk drive (HDD)

2. Solid-state drive (SDD). 

Hard disk drive (HDD)

 A hard disk drive (HDD) stores data on magnetic spinning disks, and a physical arm sits over these plates to read and write data. The performance of an HDD depends on how fast it is,

Solid-state drive (SSD)

Unlike traditional hard drives, a solid-state drive (SDD) doesn’t have any moving parts. Instead, these kinds of hard drives use flash memory, which allows them to load applications and transfer files much faster.

Random Access Memory (RAM)   , how much RAM do you need !!

RAM is a short term memory where it stores the temporary data for the program running in the laptop

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster it will be.

2 GB of RAM

 It is enough memory for few browser tabs open, write documents, play very low-end games.

4 GB of RAM

It is enough memory to run a few lightweight programs at a time, or few browser tabs, do basic image or video editing, play low-resolution games.

8 GB of RAM

This is enough memory to run several programs at once. Use photo or video editing programs, stream content, and play most games at decent resolution and frame rate.

16 GB of RAM

It is enough memory to run as many programs as you want without slowing your computer down. This amount of memory is for hardcore gamers, video editors, gaming streamers, and other demanding software.

32 GB of RAM This is enough memory to edit high-resolution video (4K), model 3-D environments, or work with extremely large files .

Check for CPU COREs

More cores a CPU has, the faster it will be in running multiple programs at once

2 Cores: For Basic Tasks

4 Cores: For Everyday Multitasking

6 Cores: For Gamers and Content Creators

8 Cores: For Professionals

Always check for processor suffix

FOR INTEL PROCESSORS

C – Desktop processor with high performance graphics H – High performance graphics K – Unlocked Frequency Multiplier – typically much more expensive gamer CPUs M – Mobile as in laptops, tablets… Q – Quad-core R – Desktop processor with high performance graphics S – Performance-optimized lifestyle T – Power-optimized lifestyle and typically lower performance U – Ultra-low power – always lower performance X – Extreme edition – typically gamer and workstation CPU’s with as many as 10 cores Y – Extremely low power – typically used in tablets

FOR RYZEN PROCESSORS

M – Low Power Mobile U – Standard Mobile H – High Performance Mobile S – Low Power Desktop with GFX T – Low power Desktop G – DT with GFX

X – High Performance with XFR

Always check for processor versions

FOR INTEL PROCESSOR

10th-gen: Released on 2019-2020

11th-gen: Released on 2020-2021

12th-gen: Released on 2022

13th-gen: Released on 2022-2023 (latest)

FOR RYZEN PROCESSOR

3rd-gen: Released on 2019-2020

4th-gen: Released on 2020-2021

5th-gen: Released on 2020-2021

6th-gen: Released on 2022

7th-gen: Released on 2022-2023 (latest)