Helpdesk: Evaluating Computer System Components

2) is there anything besides storage that I should consider when getting a hard drive?

A. It's also important to consider access time, which is the time it takes a storage device to locate data it's stored for processing, and the data transfer rate, which is the speed at which it transfers data to other computer components.

4) What is optical media used to archive videos?

A. Optical media includes things like compact disc (CD), digital video discs (DVD), or Blu-ray discs (BD), which come in prerecorded, recordable, and rewritable formats.

5) Are external hard drives better for archiving videos than optical media?

A. Yes, an external hard drive with USB 3.0 port has high storage capacity and transfer files quickly.

8) What's the best way to keep my system running efficiently?

B. For optimal performance, one thing you can do is run Disk Defragmenter Utility.

1) How do I determined how much hard drive space I need?

B. You need to calculate the amount of storage required by all of the types of programs and files you willvbe keeping on your system, including the operating system.

6) How can I make sure my games display at their best?

C. Be sure to get a video card with highly rate graphics processing unit, or GPU, and 2 GB or more video RAM.

7) How can I add Dolby surround sound to a system?

D. You need a Dolby Digital compatible sound card.

3) Are there any good hard drives designed for video editing?

D. You'll want to get a hard drive with storage capacity that exceeds 500 GB.