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 customer’s 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 Mainboard
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b. List three components that must conform to the same socket type.
CPU, Power supply, and RAM cards/memory
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c. List two components that must utilize the same front side bus speed.
CPU and RAM
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d. List three considerations when you choose memory.
Size, Frequency of use, and Type of RAM
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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.

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Component Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Power Supply Sea Sonic 550 Watt

SS-550TH SS-550HT Dual+12V rails
SLI certified
Up to 88% efficiency
ATX12V/EPS12V form factor

CPU Core 2 Duo E6300 LGA 775

BXB0557E6300 1.8G GHz operating frequency
1066 MHz front side bus
2M shared L2 chache
64 bit supported
Conroe core

Heatsink/Fan Tuniq Tower 120 LGA775

120mm fan
3 pin power

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RAM Patriot 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM

PDC22 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
G6400LLK CAS Latency 4
Timing 4-4-4-12
Voltage 2.2V

Video Adaptor XFX PCI Express X16

Card PVT71PUDD3 600 MHz Core clock
256 MB BDDR3
1600 MHz Memory clock
256-bit memory Interface

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