Reference no: EM132845938
Assignment - Lab - Research a Hardware Upgrade
Introduction - Use the Internet, a newspaper, or a local store to gather information about hardware components. Your customer's computer currently has onemodule of 2 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard disk drive, and a PCIe video adapter card with 256 MB of RAM. Your customer wants to be able to play advanced video games.
Instructions -
Step 1: Research memory options.
Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different 8 GB modules of DDR3.
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Brand and Model Number
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Features
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Cost
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Patriot Memory
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PC3-12800(600MHz) at CAS11 latency timing
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54.99
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Kingfast
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Non ECC Unbuffered memory drivers PC3-12800(600MHz) at CAS11 latency timing
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42.99
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Question - Based on your research, which RAM would you select? Be prepared to discuss your decisions regarding the RAM you select.
Step 2: Research hard disk drive options.
Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for a3 TB 7200 rpm SATA 3 hard disk drive and a 500GB or 1TB solid state drive (SSD).
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Brand and Model Number
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Features
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Cost
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SegateBarraCuda(SATA)
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7200 RPM 64 MB Cache
6 Gb/s interface
Plus protect data
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129.99
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WD(Western Digital)(SATA)
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7200 RPM32 MB Cache
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130.99
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1TB SSD(Samsung) and MZ76EW1T0B/AM
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Max Sequential Read and Write: 550MBps
MTBF = 1500000 hours
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149.99
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Question - Based on your research, which hard disk drive would you select? Be prepared to discuss your decisions regarding the hard disk drive you select.
Step 3: Research video adapter card options.
Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different PCIe video adapter cards with at least 1 GB of RAM.
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Brand and Model Number
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Features
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Cost
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5450
100292DDR3L
Model# 0
SKU 2YIMCDBO8LD
UPC 24077705004
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PCI Express 2.1x16bus interface DDR3 memory Microsoft DirectX 11
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202.47
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MSI Geforce GT710
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PCI Express 2.0x8bus interface DDR3
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194.99
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Question - Based on your research, which video adapter card would you select? Be prepared to discuss your decisions regarding the video adapter card you select.