The power supply converts power from the wall outlet and supplies power to the motherboard and other computer parts. The motherboard holds the CPU and connects all other computer parts. The CPU receives instructions from hardware and software and performs calculations that generate heat, requiring a fan to keep the computer cool. Storage devices like memory, hard drives, and optical drives store and access data, programs, and media for the computer.

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3. The Power Supply, or PSU converts the power received from the wall outlet to the power needed to supply power to the mother board and everything else within the PC.

4. The main job of a Mother Board is to hold the CPU and have all the other computer parts connect to it.

5. This device stores all the information in your computer .

6. The fan plays a very important roll in your CPU. While your working on your computer the CPU is trying to keep up. This causes lots of heat to be produced. So that’s where the fan comes into play. It keeps your computer cool.

7. The computer CPU is responsible for all instructions and calculations it receives from other hardware in the computer and software programs running on the computer.

8. Also known as Random Access Memory. This device is for computer data storage.

9. This device is able to accesses images to display.

10. The DVD/CD Drive is where you can insert any CD’s or DVD’s and can watch or use them on the computer.