NIIT ACPC LAB@HOME 1 ~ mkniit

1. Steve is a college graduate who has just joined as a trainee in the Technical Support department of a large organization. The organization is considering to upgrade the desktop computers used by employees. Therefore, Steve's supervisor has asked him to perform a market research and create a report that compares the specifications of the following hardware components from various vendors: Microprocessors RAM modules Hard disks Motherboard Help Steve to perform the desired task.

The following table lists the latest microprocessors from Intel and AMD.

                    Intel microprocessors

i7 Extreme processor
Features                                 Specification
1. Number of cores                           6
2. Number of threads                         12
3. clook speed                               3.5 Ghz
4. Internal cache                            15 MB
5. Data bus                                  64-bit
6. Max memory size                           64 GB
7. Memory type                               DDR3-1066/1333/1600
8. Memory bandwidth                          51.2 GB/s
9. Expansion option                          PCIe 2.0
10. Socket support                           FCLGA2011

                     AMD microprocessors


Features                                 Specification
1. Number of cores                            8
2. Clock speed                                4.2 Ghz
3. L2 cache                                   8 MB
4. L3 cache                                   8MB
5. Memory type                                DDR3-1333/1866
6. Expansion option                           PCIe 2.0
7. Socket suttort                             AM3+938-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA)

The following table lists the latest RAM modules modules from Kingston and Transend.

                         Kington RAM
HyperXBlu

Features                                 Specification
1. Caacity                                   Upto 16GB
2. Frequency                                 DDR2 up to 800MHz, DDR3,1333MHz- 1600MHz

                       Transcend RAM

Features                                 Specification
1. Capacity                                  Uto 16GB
2. Frequency                                 DDR3: 1333MHz-1600 MHz


The following table lists the latest hard disks from seagate and western Digital.

                       Seagate
ST4000DM000

Features                                 Specification
1. Capacity                                  4TB
2. Data transfer rate                        6GB/s
3. form factor                               3.5 inches

                      Western Digital

Black

Features                                 Specification
1. Capacity                                  4TB
2. Data transfer rate                        6 GB/s
3. from factor                               3.5 inches



The following table lists the latest motherboards from ASUS Intel.

                   ASUS

SABERTOOTH X79

Features                                 Specification
1. Chip Manufacturer                        Intel
2. Chipset                                  X79 Express
3. Form factor                              ATX
4. No.of PCIe slots                         4
5. Processor socket                         LGA-2011
6. Processor suppoted                       Intel i-7
7. No. of SATA interface                    8
8. No. of expansion slots                   6
9. No. of USB 3.0 Ports                  
10. No. of USB 2.0 Ports                    6
11. No of memory slots                      8
12. Memory technology                       DDR3 SDRAM
13. Audio                                   7.1

                    Intel

Desktop Board DX79SR
Features                                 Specification
1. Chip Manufacturer                        Intel
2. Chipset                                  X79 Express
3. Form factor                              ATX
4. No.of PCIe slots                         4
5. Processor socket                         LGA-2011
6. Processor suppoted                       Intel i-7 Extreme edition
7. No. of SATA interface                    8
8. No. of expansion slots                   6
9. No. of USB 3.0 Ports                     4
10. No. of USB 2.0 Ports                    14
11. No of memory slots                      8
12. Memory technology                       DDR3 SDRAM
13. Audio                                   10-channel (7.1+2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem

3. Download the reference file, ACPC_LHS1_Ex2_Reference.docx, to view the problem statement. Note: This is a paper-based exercise. You need to upload the solution of this exercise in a Word document as a zip file.

Mark is a system technician and has his own PC assembling and repairing workshop. He gets a requirement from one of his clients wherein he needs to assemble three PCs: a home PC for basic use, a personalized PC for graphic designers, and a high-end PC for playing high resolution games. The different PCs and their requirements are:

1.       The home PC should meet the following requirements:

a.       The PC should be assembled in the lowest possible budget.

b.       The PC should be able to run the office and accounting applications effectively.

2.       The personalized PC should meet the following requirements:

a.       The user should be able to run the image and video editing software.

b.       The user should be able to run those applications that require extensive processing.

3.       The high-end PC should meet the following requirements:

a.       The PC should enable the user to play high resolution 3D games smoothly.

b.       The motherboard should acquire minimum space in the system unit.

c.        The user should be able to run multiple processing applications and graphic-intensive applications simultaneously.