What is a gaming desktop computer?
Gaming desktop computers are complete systems that are designed to optimally run computer games, specifically those that are memory and graphically intensive. These computers are typically top of the line and have price tags that reflect this.CPUThe CPU, or the central processing unit, does most of the data processing. Gaming desktop computers have top-of-the line processors, such as the Intel Core i7 processor. On top of this, it is common to “overclock” the processor. Overclocking is setting the processor to run faster than the rated speed.RAMRAM, or random access memory, is where the operating system, applications and such write data to. Writing data to RAM is preferable over the hard drive because access to data in RAM is significantly faster than to the hard disk. Gaming computers have a lot of RAM.Graphics HardwareGaming desktop computers need to have at least one dedicated video card (versus the video card being built onto the motherboard). Serious gaming computers run dual vide