Computer Hardware Assessment

Computer Basics and Operati ng Systems – Purchasing a computer for use in your career pathway

Overview
In this assessment, you prove that you understand the components of a computer and what you would purchase as an entry level professional
in your career pathway. You will have a budget of $1000 to work with.

Instructions
1. Using your web browser, navigate to http://www.bestbuy.com or any retail site that sells computers.
Name of retail establishment ____________Bestbuy_______________________
URL of site ____________ http://www.bestbuy.com ______________________________

2. Search for a new desktop computer. Your budget is $1000. Locate the computer that you would purchase.

a. Paste the URL to your selected computer here: HP Victus 15.6" Gaming Laptop Intel Core i5-12450H 8GB Memory

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 512GB SSD Mica Silver 15-fa0031dx - Best Buy

b. What is the cost of the computer you selected? 499 on sale!!!!

c. What features made you select this computer over others? It’s a gameing computer with 8gb memory ☹ but it has 512 Solid

state drive to boost smooth performance with a high frame frate!

3. Search for a new laptop computer. Your budget is $1000. Locate the computer that you would purchase.

a. Paste the URL to your selected computer here: CLX SET Gaming Desktop AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 64GB DDR5 4800

Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD + 6TB HDD White TGMSETRTH2A04WM - Best Buy

b. What is the cost of the computer you selected? 4500

 c. What features made you select this computer over others? 64 gb momory with a 1 TB SSD. On top of the top of the

line CPU and GPU making this one crazy package if I had the money I would jump on it.

4. Based on the two computers you selected, which would you purchase and why? Depending on my budget, but

if I had the money to pay for the elctricty and the money for the computer I would pick the desktop. Although it’s a hard choice

because the laptop makes gaming possible anywhere.

Rubric
Description Points Your Score
Retail site is identified by name and URL 5
Desktop computer is identified for purchase 5
Laptop computer is identified for purchase 5
Purchase decision is explained for which computer to purchase 5
TOTAL 20