Hardware - Year 8 - ITaP 3 - iTap

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Hardware

What is computer hardware?

Any physical computer component that you can break

What is computer hardware?

What is computer hardware?

Components can be upgraded

What is hardware?

Let's look at the components.

talk about:

graphics cards, sound cards

Motherboards and CPU

storage, HDD, SSD

I/O peripherals

Memory, RAM

PSU

Computing hardware is?

1. The physical components of a computer system that you can touch and see, such as the CPU, Hard drive, graphics card, mouse, and monitor.
2. Hardware is any device that runs on electricity and connects to a computer, like printers, scanners, and speakers.
3. Hardware includes software programs that help the computer function, like operating systems and applications.
4. Hardware refers to the data and information stored on a computer's hard drive or memory.

KO: Understand the key internal components that make up a computer.

All

To be able to indentify the key internal components that make up a computer system.

Most

To be able to explain the key internal components that make up a computer system.

Some

To understand how we can upgrade the internal components that make up a computer system.

Let's build a PC!

Client's brief:

2K monitor - Gaming PC

Around £1500 (+/- £100)

They already have a copy of windows.

I DO
Choose a processor & motherboard

Model what PC partpicker does.

cold call what do we think we are looking for in a CPU

CPU determines motherboard, powersupply wont work if the power is not enough.

model this with 4090

AMD 5800x3D

pick one with wifi built in.

Let's build a PC!

2K Gaming PC
Around £1500 (+/- £100)
They already have a copy of windows.

We DO

Gaming PC - £1,500

Choose a Graphics Card

We Do - Graphics Card

What is hardware?

What do we need to sort by?

All:

Graphics card

Processor

HDD/SSD

Memory (RAM)

Motherboard

talk about:

graphics cards, sound cards

Motherboards and CPU

storage, HDD, SSD

I/O peripherals

Memory, RAM

PSU

Client Brief 3:
Video editing or gaming PC
£1500.
500GB fast storage for programs.

10TB Large, cheap storage for video files.

Pcpartpicker

Ext Task Client Brief 1:
Office PC
A basic working PC, as cheap as you can.

Client Brief 2:

Podcaster PC

£1000

10 mins

budget change to half the budget, 5 minutes.

get at least one done, move onto the other. Show best option.

1st to complete basic cheapest Office PC that works gets a golden ticket

Guess the hardware

5 minutes

golden tickets

What is hardware?

1. Physical components of a computer system
2. how we browse the internet
3. Software that controls computer operations
4. Data input methods

5 minutes

What hardware is this?

1. SSD (Solid State Drive)
2. Graphic Card
3. HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
4. CPU

What hardware is this?

1. Motherboard
2. Graphics Card
3. RAM
4. CPU

What hardware is this?

1. Motherboard
2. SSD (Solid State Drive)
3. HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
4. CPU

What hardware is this?

1. Motherboard
2. Fan
3. RAM
4. CPU

What hardware is this?

1. Motherboard
2. Fan
3. RAM
4. CPU

What hardware is this?

1. Motherboard
2. Fan
3. RAM
4. CPU

What's more important for a gaming PC?

CPU or Graphics Card and why

THINK

30 seconds of thinking

What's more important for a gaming PC?

CPU or Graphics Card and why

PAIR

30 seconds of talking to the person next to you

What's more important for a gaming PC?

CPU or GPU and why?