Hello, everyone! I’ve been doing some research into computer hardware lately, and one thing that I keep coming across is this idea that the speed of a processor, while important, isn’t the only thing that affects a computer’s overall performance. I’m having a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around this because I always thought that a faster processor meant a faster computer. Can anyone explain why this isn’t necessarily the case? I’m really interested to learn more about this!
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To put it simply, the CPU is your brain. There are other components in your computer e.g the Graphics card, which process images and would be akin to your eyes. The RAM is your short term memory and the hard drive is your long term memory. If you have a really good brain, but a bad memory recalling ability, it might take a while for you to recall something and slowing you down, i.e a slow PC. Same with the graphics card, if you can’t process the images fast enough it becomes laggy and start stuttering.
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