Lab – Research Building a Specialized Laptop

In this lab, you will use the Internet, a newspaper, or a local store to gather information about building a
specialized laptop that supports hardware and software that allows a user to perform tasks that an off-the-
shelf system cannot perform. Be prepared to discuss your selections.
For this lab, assume the customer’s system will be compatible with the parts you order.
1. The customer runs an audio and video editing workstation to record music, create music CDs, CD labels, and
to create home movies. The customer wishes to upgrade the components listed in the table.

Brand and Model Features Cost

Number

Audio card 4 x SHARC 21469 Floating-point CoprocessorsUAD-powered $999.99

Universal Audio Plug-in BundleAAX, VST, AU, RTAS
UAD-2 QUAD Core
PCIe DSP
Accelerator

Video Card 1835 MHz Boost Clock $651.99

ASUS GeForce 4k and VR Ready
GTX 1080 8GB 8GB Memory
ROG STRIX
Graphics Card

Hard drive $76

Seagate 3TB 3TB7200RPM64MB CacheSATA III 6.0Gb/s3.5”
7200RPM 64MB
Cache 3.5” SATA
III 6.0Gb/s (Heavy-
Duty)
HardDriveSamsung Sequential Read/Write Performance260GB2.5inch $104.99
850 EVO - 250GB
Internal SSD

External monitors $402.99

ASUS MX27AQ 27”2560x1440 IPS HDMI

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Provide reasons for the components purchased. How will they support the customer’s needs?
_It is assumed that the customer I am building this computer for is running a relatively successful business
considering that they have enough money to upgrade their computer. Based off of this information I chose
some of the higher-end options in order to make their work not only faster, but of a higher quality.
2. The customer runs computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software and
wishes to upgrade the components listed in the table.

Brand and Model Features Cost

Number

CPU 4.00 GHz16MB 6-cores12-Threads $432.99

Intel Core i7 6800k

Video Card 4GBFour DisplayPort 1.2 ConnectorsDisplayPort with $429.99

Nvidia Quadro M2000 AudioHDCP Support

RAM 16GB2400MHz $157

16GB Crucial Ballistix
DDR4X2

Provide reasons for the components purchased. How will they support the customer’s needs?

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_It uses lots of very high-end computer parts mostly made specifically for CAD
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3. The customer uses virtualization technologies to run several different operating systems to test software
compatibility. The customer wishes to upgrade the components listed in the table.

Brand and Model Features Cost

Number

RAM 128GB (8x15GB)DDR4 DRAM3200 MHz 945

Corsair Vengeance
LPX 128GB

CPU 599
Intel Core i7-6850K 15M Cache3.80 GHz6 Core140W
Processor

Provide reasons for the components purchased. How will they support the customer’s needs?

___It has a huge amount of RAM in order to support many different operating systems running at the same time
as well as a higher-end CPU that should also be able to handle the load of multiple operating systems.
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