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GHz's and MHz's

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by socom1990, Sep 1, 2007.

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  1. socom1990

    socom1990 Guest

    Ok if I had 3.0GHz's and would that be 3000MHz's.

    Then if I had 2.2GHz's would that go into 2200MHz's.

    Is this how the GHz's and MHz's work?
     
  2. windman43

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    yes...yes it is...
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    mhz is a million hertz a second & ghz is a billion hertz a second. in north america, the electricity runs at 60hertz or 60 cycles a second.
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Indeed, however, there is more to processor speed than mhz. For example a Pentium D 3Ghz is way inferior to a Core 2 Duo at 3Ghz, even though they are the same frequency and have the same number of cores (2) the core 2 is much faster because it has a better architecture.
     
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    architecture means like all the pathways and gates right?
     
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    Partially, Architectural is a "map" that basically connects all the transistors on the CPU to make it fully functional. But there is more
    to it than just transistors and simple electronics, CPU's also contain
    a powerful sub-chip known as a ALU (Arithmetic-logic-unit) It is the most powerful part of your system and is your computer's infrastructure.
     
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    i see thanks...i think ill check wikipedia for some more info. this is catching my interest now...lol
     
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