Assignment 3

A friend approached and ask me  for advice on purchasing a PC to work from home.then I have asked a series of questions and obtained and he  answers.

The PC I think that you will like is Alienware Aurora R3 Desktop it a bit much in it cost but it will never let you down It can have four different type video card that you can pick it top of it line. the software this thing has is:
  • Intel® Core™ i5-2300 (6MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
  •  Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
  •  6GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
  • 1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6870
  •  1TB (2x 500GB) SATA II (3Gb/s) 7,200RPM (2x 16MB Cache)                                         this will cost you £1,049 at alienwere I pick this because  alienwere has one of the best softwere. I pick this desktop because of the saftware and that he what it to play game on his new desktop.  

If you what to get something less then get the Cyberpower X58 configurator because the software this thing has is:

          • Intel i7 960 Quad Core
          • 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory
          • NVIDIA GT520 1GB Video

• Asus P6X58D X58 MB
• 1TB SATA-II Hard Drive
• 24X Double DVD±R/±RW
• CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case

 It also free with:
  • Battlefield 3 Game for PC with any Intel 3960X, 3930K, 2700K, 2600K or 2500k CPUs
  • Batman: Arkham City Game for all PC with NVIDIA GTX 560 or above
  • NVIDIA GTX 560 2GB Upgrade from GTX 560 1GB Video
  • AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Black Edition Processor Upgrade from X6-1100T
  • TT eSport Azurues Gaming Mouse with purchase of ThermalTake Level 10 GT case
this will cost you £700 at cyberpower I pick this desk top because my friend what to play games on his new desktop and games come with it. also it has good software

If you what somethig not over the top then you what a AMD Quad Core Configurator  the software this has is:




• AMD FX-4100 Processor
• 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory
• ATI HD 6450 1GB GDDR3 Video
• Asus M5A78L-M 760G MB
• 1TB SATA-II Hard Drive
• 24X Double DVD±R/±RW
• CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
   it also free with:
  • Battlefield 3 Game for PC with any Intel 3960X, 3930K, 2700K, 2600K or 2500k CPUs
  • Batman: Arkham City Game for all PC with NVIDIA GTX 560 or above
  • NVIDIA GTX 560 2GB Upgrade from GTX 560 1GB Video
  • AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Black Edition Processor Upgrade from X6-1100T
  • TT eSport Azurues Gaming Mouse with purchase of ThermalTake Level 10 GT case
And This will cost you £406 at cyberpower 

I pick this because of the pice is good for what your getting is can play anythis that has come out the softwere is top of the line 

A.  I run database reports and use spreadsheets ?


If you you only need it for spreadsheets I will ask you to Microsoft Office Home and Student get because you get Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote and this will cost you £109.99  


But if you what to accounts your e-mail in one place then you need outlook get Microsoft Office Home and Business you get outlook as well as Word,Excel,PowerPoint and OneNote this will cost you £239.99


But if you what all the office package then get Microsoft Professional you get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access  and this will cost you £452.98   

A. My children may want to research on the internet and I will need to access work email from home.
 
Sky is a good internet it will cost you £5.00 a mounth but if you have sky T.V it only £3.75 a mounth but it is very easy to hack sky Broadband I was told. your children could go on bad site and you may need to get a new computer in a mouth time. The speed is up to 20MB
  
but the best broad to get the best internet is the Virqin Media XL Broadband and it is not that easy to hack into it also go for gaming online. This will cost you £8.50 a mouth. The speed is up to 30MB 
A. I transfer some large video files (at least 100Mb) which I need to store and run.

Verbatim 1TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive
you can use it to transfer everything from your old computer to your new computer this is why I pick it. it allso the one I use at home this will cost your £77.80 out of Amazon

A. I transfer some large video files (at least 100Mb) which I need to store and run.

A. I enjoy playing computer games.
Then you should buy Razer Onza Tournament Edition Gaming Controller for xbox 360/Pc because it a good controller for playing first person shooter like Battlefield 3 or call of duty
 this will cost you £44.99. Amazon
Or if your into flying games you should get Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick because it a good contrller for playing flight simulator like flight simulator x or fighter plane 
this will cost you £44.59 Amazon

also there strategy game you could like so you the SteelSeries Shift keyboard it a get keyboard for playing strategy games like stircraft 2 warcraft 3.
this will cost you £62.59 I got this of Amazon




A. I take lots of pictures with a digital camera and I would like to transfer these to the computer and print them.

If you like to pint your pictures then you could use CANON PIXMA iX6550 A3 Colour Inkjet Printer is a good pinter.
I pick this pinter because it got good feedback you can get this for 179.99 out of Amazon

Fuiifilm FinePix S2950 Digital Camera-(14MP,18x Optical Zoom) 3-inch LCD

here a Digital Camera so that you can take pitcher and pint it of the pinter I pick this because I hear it is very good Camera for zoom in & out with clear pitcher


Then you could like Epson Stylus SX235 it got what you need in it has wi-fi that is good so if you don't have room in your house for the printer to be next to the computer you can put it anyware in your house as long as it can get power.

A. Cost is not a big problem at this time.

A. Please will you also supply all the software?

what to play online you should use download steam you can download addon from steam talk to other player or buy games. steam is use all over the world. Some PC have steam dowmload in them.
This is free to download at http://www.steampowered.com/
Given all the information above, you should be able to identify all the hardware and software needed to meet this customer’s needs.
Present a specification for the HARDWARE, PERIPHERALS and SOFTWARE including
costs that meet ALL the needs of the above.

You must give reasons for your choices on your specification with reference to the needs of the user.

For the Alienware Aurora R3 Desktop/ Microsoft Professional/ External Hard Drive/ Gaming Controller/ Joystick/  keyboard and the pinter this will cost you £1911.94 + the Broadband that you pick at £5 our £8.50 a mouth

For the Cyberpower X58/ Microsoft Office Home and Business/ External Hard Drive/ Gaming Controller/ Joystick/ keyboard and the pinter this will cost you £1349.95 + the Broadband that you pick at £5 our £8.50 a mouth

For the AMD Quad Core/ Microsoft Office Home and Student/ External Hard Drive/Gaming Controller/ Joystick/ keyboard and the keyboard this will cost you £925.95 + the Broadband that you pick at £5 our £8.50 a mouth