2 Best CPUs for PCs and Personal Experience with installing RAM on a Desktop PC

CPUs for PCs do not have Error Correction Code-ECC.
This is very important as this does not allow for the CPU to be able
to find or fix data errors .

The Top 2 brands for CPUs for PC's based on research done on the internet mainly Tech Radar
https://www.techradar.com/news/best-ram
Yielded the following results.

1. Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB
 which is selling for anywhere to $163.99 from Tiger Direct-
$424.46 from Walmart.

This CPU is one of the most well known brands of CPUs for PCs
it has CL 16 latency and heat spreaders to maximize cooling
and to obtain maximum performance from this CPU.


2. The G. Skill Trident  Z RGB was next it is also 16GB




The G. Skill Trident is optimized for intel Processors/

The Price range on this CPU Started at $139.99 from New EGG-

$261.99 also from New EGG.

It has lighting effects to showcase your PC
It has the most updated Intel XMP 2.0 Profiles.





The research my class did on both RAM for Severs and RAM for PCs
was very informative and watching videos about different types of CPUs
and the way that they performed based on the category and the budget that the buyer has
to purchase them was very interesting and taught me a lot more than I already knew about CPUS
I have not had to install any RAM in my current occupation
However when I was working with another major Restaurant Chain,
I had to go into stores and upgrade the RAM for a major POS Windows Deployment Project
as I could not do this remotely.  This was done to due to the outdated hardware at most of the stores'in the Central Ohio area that would not be able to support Windows 10 or the software needed to run int tandem with it to make the store's Back Of The House (BOH) Pc's ran smoothly so that they could
complete their Daily//Nightly Tasks and Checkouts. 
Those installs and upgrades had to be done in a timely manor so as not to interfere with
the day to day operations of the stores.

POS Terminals I have used in my IT Career

The field that I have been for about 4-5 years now
has been Enterprise Technology.

I have worked for 3 major restaurant chains that all utilized Point OF Sale systems
that were designed or supported by NCR.

I have worked with both Windows 7 and Windows 10.

The Current POS I deal with on a daily basis is the  P1235 .and the P1230

P1235




P1230





The P1235 is designed to support Win 10
Has a hard drive of 8GB

The P-1230 was designed for Win 7 and older versions of Windows
it has a hard drive of 4gb.

Recently within the last 2 years.  The companies that I worked for
all implemented  the use of both Windows 10 and the P1235 POS Terminal.

This is due to the fact that all Credit Card Processing software and hardware
had to be upgraded to Windows 10 in order to be in PCI Compliance.

The Pin Pad that is used to process Credit Card transactions is a Veriphone VX 820

Which looks like this


These are connected to the POS terminal with  a USB Connection.




I have also used the P 1530 and P1535 Terminals also NCR Hardware


The P1535 is the newer of the two models if you have ever been to a Wendy's or Bob Evans

You may recognize these two POS Terminals they are the most widely used POS Systems in my field.




The P 1535 has a flat screen

it is similar to the 1235 POS , however the number in the model
lets you know that it Has a 15 in Screen instead of a 12 in Screen.\
Both the P1235 and P1535 are Win 10 and Android Ready

You can read more about them here from Radeon's Web site

http://radeontech.com/ncr--p1535-pos-terminal.html.



Most of my IT career I have supported this POS Hardware and
Have had to troubleshoot them both on site and via remote desktop Software known as VNC.

Most of what I am currently doing involves a lot of remoted support and file transfers via

NCR Command Center which allows me to remote into POS Terminals and Kitchen Controllers
at the 2500-3000 Stores that we support daily..

IT Trends in POS Technology

I am currently working as a Level 1 Help Desk Specialist for a major restaurant chain.

The bulk of my day revolves around solving  a lot of common IT related issues
that arise with restaurant technologies and deployment upgrades that are
pushed so that the POS Systems in the store's  are running in an efficient manner
and also  so that the systems are following PCI Compliance which is the Data Security Standard for the Payment Card Industry.  Companies have to upgrade their payment processing software and hardware such as Credit Card Pin Pads and POS Terminals so that they are not exposing customers valuable Credit Card information when they use their Credit Cards either in a store or to place an order online via the web or an app.

Right now the biggest trend in the industry is the demand for Online Ordering.
Currently most companies business is done through online ordering via an app or a third party delivery service like Door Dash or Post Mates .

Locally, due to the Coronavirus here in Ohio.
As of 9:00 PM EST all restaurants and bars have been shut down for in store dining
and only Carry Out and Delivery is available for residents wanting to eat out.
More Delivery and Carry Out orders will drive the need for POS and Credit Card Payment
Processing Software to work harder than ever.

When the POS and Software malfunction and are not processing orders properly
is when our team gets the call to remedy the issue to the best of our ability and utilization
of all of our skills and tools to tackle the problem.