Workstation vs Desktop Computer

• Workstation vs Desktop Computer

1. Cost. Most business PCs cost low
2. Performance. A PC has enough power to do most tasks such as email, web surfing, and word processing. But a workstation has more power.
3. Durability. The internal workings of a workstation are held to a higher standard than those of a PC. Each part (motherboard, CPU, RAM, internal drives, video cards, etc.) is built with the understanding that it will be pushed hard all day long
Computers typically classified as a workstation have these five features:
1 ECC RAM. Error-correcting code memory makes your system more reliable

2 Multiple Processor Cores. More processor cores mean more processing abilities.
3 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks).
4 SSD. Solid State Drives work differently than conventional hard-disk drives. There are no moving parts, so there is less chance of a physical failure
5 Optimized GPU.  Having a higher end GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) means that your CPU will have to do less work processing the screen output

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