BUYING A COMPUTER

The computer system that I have decided to build would be based on stability and performance . Stability in the sense that : since it will be operated by different kinds of people . It is essential to have a computer system that can take all the stress . Moreover , I also like the system to be fast (performance ) so that the both student and lecturer would find it a pleasure to operate the computer system

The budget I am working with is 3000

The RAM is the Random Access Memory . It is the primary memory of

the computer . I would prefer to have 2 gig ram on the computer . It is a 240 pin PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM with a speed of667 Mhz . it goes for 28 .99 Two sticks would cost 57 .98

Hard drive . The hard disk is the secondary memory of the computer . It stores all information in a retrieval system . I am proposing a Toshiba 120 gig SATA Hard Drive with a 8 MB buffer size . It costs 121

Monitor I propose a Levono 19 inch flat screen LCD monitor that has a response time of 5 ms . It goes for 295 . The computer system I am proposing is a desktop computer with a Pentium IV motherboard . Most of the components are sourced from hp . The operating system is the Microsoft Vista , Home basic

Software : A number of basic software are needed on the computer system They include Adobe acrobat reader . This software is used to read documents that are created in pdf format . It is a freeware so it would just be downloaded . However , the Microsoft office package that includes Microsoft Word , Powerpoint and Excel would have to be purchased . Also it is important to have a graphics software installed and perhaps a photo editing software . More importantly , it is very important to purchase an antivirus software that would repel virus attacks

Optical drives allow the computer to read discs both compact discs (CD and DVDs . The Optical drive I am proposing is a double layer DVD writer It costs 63 .25

Microsoft Office 2007 149 .95

Kaspersky antivirus 2007 49 .95

Adobe photoshop CS2 199 .99 399 .89 The computer system will be purchased at the local computer store REFERENCES

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