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Forum #1 - Research A Hardware Upgrade

The document provides instructions for researching hardware upgrade options for a customer's computer to allow them to play advanced video games. It instructs the reader to research options for a CPU, motherboard, RAM, storage, and video adapter card and fill out tables with the brand, model number, features, and cost of two options for each component. It then asks the reader to select one of the options for each component and explain their choice.

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Forum #1 - Research A Hardware Upgrade

The document provides instructions for researching hardware upgrade options for a customer's computer to allow them to play advanced video games. It instructs the reader to research options for a CPU, motherboard, RAM, storage, and video adapter card and fill out tables with the brand, model number, features, and cost of two options for each component. It then asks the reader to select one of the options for each component and explain their choice.

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Forum #1 Lab - Research a Hardware Upgrade

Introduction

Use the Internet to gather information about hardware components. Your customer’s computer

currently has one module of 2 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard disk drive, and a PCIe video adapter card with

256 MB of RAM. Your customer wants to be able to play advanced video games and use Revit and

Lumion. His target game is: Cyberpunk 2077 in RT High or RT Ultra setting. Based on the apps´

requirements select parts to do the upgrade. (You can look at local or external sellers)

Instructions

Step 1: Research CPU options.

Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different

CPUs. The first must be an AMD processor and the second one an Intel processor.

Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Question:

Based on your research, which CPU would you select and why?

Step 2: Research motherboard options.

Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different

MOBOs. Make sure both motherboards are compatible with the processors you selected in the previous

chart. Example: Processor 1 must be compatible with MOBO 1. Processor 2 must be compatible with

MOBO 2.
Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Question:

Based on your research, which MOBO would you select and why?

Step 3: Research memory options.

Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different

RAM modules.

Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Question:

Based on your research, which RAM would you select and why?

Step 4: Research storage options.

Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for 2 different

hard disk drives and 2 different solid-state drives.

Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Question:

Based on your research, which storage device would you select and why?

Step 5: Research video adapter card options.

Shop around, and in the table below list the brand, model number, features, and cost for two different
PCIe video adapter cards.

Brand and Model Number Features Cost

Question:

Based on your research, which video adapter card would you select and why?

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