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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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At this point, a lot of new techs throw their hands in the air. How do you

keep up? How do you know which CPU will give your customer the best

value for his or her money and provide the right computing firepower for his

or her needs? Simply put, you need to research efficiently.

Your first stop should be the manufacturers’ Web sites. Both companies

put out a lot of information on their products.

• www.intel.com

• www.amd.com

You can also find many high-quality tech Web sites devoted to reporting

on the latest CPUs. When a client needs an upgrade, surf the Web for recent

articles and make comparisons. Because you’ll understand the underlying

technology from your CompTIA A+ studies, you’ll be able to follow the

conversations with confidence. Here’s a list of some of the sites I use:

• http://arstechnica.com

• www.anandtech.com

• www.tomshardware.com

• www.bit-tech.net

Finally, you can find great, exhaustive articles on all things tech at

Wikipedia:

• www.wikipedia.org

NOTE Wikipedia is a user-generated, self-regulated resource. I’ve found it

to be accurate on technical issues the majority of the time, but you should

always check other references as well. Nicely, most article authors on the site

provide their sources through footnotes. You can often use the Wikipedia

articles as jumping-off points for deeper searches.

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