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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Computers have 5 basic parts: input devices, processor, storage (both RAM and hard drives are included), output, and a backbone that connects the former 4 together. Each of these have differing capacities and maximum throughput, and they all have to work as fast as the slowest element.
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