Power and Cooling
Heart of the Cards
What's in Store
Raid: Shadow Legends
Just a Memory
100

This component converts AC power from the wall into DC power usable by a PC.

(Heal or critical!)

What is the PSU?

100

This is the long slot on a motherboard used for graphics cards.

What is a PCIe slot?

100

This is the most common interface used to connect internal drives.

What is SATA?

100

This RAID level mirrors data for redundancy.

What is RAID 1?

100

This type of memory stores data temporarily while the computer is powered on.

(Heal or critical!)

What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?

200

A modular PSU helps improve this inside the computer case by reducing cable clutter.

What is airflow or cooling?

200

Before touching any components, you should do this to avoid damaging them.

(Heal!)

What is ground yourself or use an anti-static wrist strap?

200

SSD stands for this.

What is Solid State Drive?

200

This RAID level uses striping to improve performance, but has no fault tolerance.

(Heal!)

What is RAID 0?

200

This DDR generation offers the highest data rates and largest maximum module size as of 3.3.8.

What is DDR5?

300

These two items work together to transfer heat away from the CPU. (Not fan).

What are the heat sink and thermal paste?

300

This type of card improves a computer’s visual display capabilities.

What is a graphics card (or video card)?

300

This is a spinning magnetic storage device.

(Loot wheel!)

What is Hard Disc Drive?

300

This configuration uses multiple drives and parity for fault tolerance.

What is RAID 5?

300

This term describes installing identical memory modules in paired slots to double data bandwidth.

What is dual-channel memory?

400

This is a type of cooling system that pumps coolant around the PC for heat removal.

What is a liquid cooling system?

400

This is a highly recommended tool for inserting an SSD into an M.2 slot.

(Ambush!)

What is a screwdriver?

400

M.2 drives connect directly to this part of the motherboard.

(Loot wheel!)

What is the M.2 slot or PCIe bus?

400

This RAID level has two sets of parity info across all discs. 

(Ambush!)

RAID 6. 

400

These smaller memory modules are typically used in laptops and compact devices.

What are SODIMM?

500

Having two PSUs in a system to ensure uptime if one fails is called this.

What is redundant power supply?

500

After physically installing a card, you often need to do this in the OS.

What is install the drivers or configure the device?

500

These two methods allow a DVD to store more information.

What are multi-layer and double-sided data storage?

500
This piece of hardware allows a RAID array to quickly connect to a network as a single system. 

NAS (Network Attached Storage) 

500

This type of RAM can detect and correct single-bit memory errors to improve system reliability.

What is ECC (Error-Correcting Code) Ram?