Lab - Research Computer Components

Use the Internet, trade publications, or a local store to gather information about the components you will need
to complete your customers computer. Information is provided for the components that your customer already
has. Use these specifications to make sure that the components you research are compatible with the
components your customer already owns. Be prepared to discuss your selections.

Step 1: Answer the following PC component questions.

a. List three components that must have the same compatible form factor.
Case, power supply and motherboard
b. List three components that must conform to the same socket type.
CPU, Cooler and Motherboard
c. List two components that must utilize the same front side bus speed.
Cpu, RAM
d. List three considerations when you choose memory.
Compatibility, performance, cost.
e. What component must be compatible with every other component of the computer?
Motherboard

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Step 2: Perform research for compatible components for your customer.

Your customer already owns the components described in the table below.

Component Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Case NZXT ATX Mid Tower $39.99

Source 210 2 x USB 2.0 Front Ports
Bottom Mounted PSU
Wire Management Support
Dual 120mm Front Intake
Also fits 2 x 120/140mm fan
Motherboard ASUS LGA 1150 $104.99
H97-PRO Gamer Core i7 / i5 / i3
Intel H97 Chipset
DDR3 1600/1333 MHz Non-ECC,
Un-buffered
32GB Maximum
Dual Channel Memory Supported
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
2 x PCI Express x1
4 x SATA 6Gb/s
4 x USB 3.0
Hard Drive Western Digital SATA 6.0Gb/s $52.99
WD5000AAKX 500GB
7200 RPM
16MB Cache

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Search the Internet, trade publications, or a local store to research the following components, make sure they
are compatible with the components that your customer owns. Enter the specifications in the table below.

Component Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 850W. US$119.59

220-G2-0850-XR Fully
Modular Power Supply
80 Plus Gold certified, whit up to
90% efficiency under typical
loads.
NVIDIA SLI & AMD Crossfire
Ready.

CPU Intel Core i7 - 4790K 8M Cache, up to 4.40GHz Socket US$337.00

FCLGA 1150

Heatsink/Fan Corsair Hydro Series H105 Extreme CPU cooling US$103.99

Extrem Performance Liquid performance with extra-thick
CPU Cooler 240mm radiator

RAM G.Skill F3-1600C9D - 19GXM Memory type - DRR3 US$91.60

Ripjaws X series Capacity - 16GB (8GBX2)
Tested Speed - 1600MHz
Tested Voltage - 1.50v

Video Adaptor EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Virtual Reality Ready US$305.99
Card
DirectX12 Ready
Gamestream to NVIDIA SHIELD
EVGA "ACX 2.0" Cooling
Technology
EVGA's 24/7 Technical Support;
Base Clock: 1266 MHz / Boost
Clock: 1367 MHz
Memory Clock: 7010 MHz
Effective; CUDA Cores: 2048;
Memory Detail: 4096MB GDDR5
Memory Bit Width 256 Bit /
Memory
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Bandwidth: 224.3 GB/s

Recommended PSU: 500W or