Transcript Cases and Power supplies

Cases and Power supplies
What is the job of a computer case
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Protect all the items inside
Ground all the items inside
Have a way to power on the motherboard
Mount all the electronic items (hard drives,
optical drives, motherboard power supply,
extra cards)
• Mount fans to keep the system cool
Types of cases
Full Tower
Server Blade
Mini Case
Mid Tower
Micro case
Manufactures of cases
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Rosewill
Cooler Master
Antec
NZXT
Corsair
Raid Max
Fractal Design
Thermaltake
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iStarUSA
Supermicro
Norco
In Win
AZZA
DIY PC
Zallman
Apex
Xigmatek
Power Supply
• Power supply takes the voltage from the
outlet 110V AC and changes to DC voltage
• Changes the voltage to +12V, -12V, +5V, and
+3.3V
• Regulates those voltages
• Provides cables for CPU, Video Cards, Hard
Drives, Optical Drives, fans
• Has an internal fan to keep the power supply
from overheating
Types of Power Supplies
• AT – old type not
used today
• ATX – has 20 pin
connector and extra
3.3 volt rail
• ATX12 2.0 changed
the 20 pin connector
to 24 pin connector
• EPS12v – the cpu
connector is now an 8
pin instead of 4 pin
Manufactures of Power Supplies
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EVGA
Corsair
Raidmax
Roswill
ColerMaster
Thermaltake
Apex
SeaSonic