April 14, 2009
Welcome to this edition of The Computer Builder. In this issue, let's learn about the file system - FAT, FAT32 and NTFS and all that jazz. We also look at why your PC might sometimes reboot itself.
Term Of The Week
File System - Hard disks have different file systems. File systems from the earlier versions of Windows include FAT16 and FAT32. These file systems are increasing outdated and are now replaced by NTFS, which is a faster and more secure file system.We also specify hard drives in terms of their interface, or the way in which they communicate with the rest of the PC. The hard drive interfaces out there include Serial ATA (SATA), IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) and SCSI (Small Computer System Interconnect). SATA is the latest and more common interface used by hard drives these days, IDE is increasingly becoming obsolete. SCSI is used more by enterprise level computers, rather than the home user.
Tip Of The Week
If your power supply is not supplying enough power to the various components in your system, you observe that the PC reboots by itself from time to time. So make sure you get a good power supply unit to prevent this from happening. These days, to power those powerful Intel processors, fast video cards and other components, you should get a power supply of 500W or more. A 700W to 800W power supply unit is ideal.
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