3.8 select and configure appropriate components for a custom PC configuration to meet customer specifications or needs. Flashcards
A user that is working on a graphics workstation is often working with software that allows ___, and ___. These are sometimes referred to as a ___ system.
computer-aided design, or CAD
computer-aided manufacturing, or CAM
CAD/CAM
Graphic design workstations require what?
A lot of fast memory and powerful graphics processing capabilities.
What hardware components would you select for a CAD/CAM system?
SSD—A solid state drive with faster access times should be selected.
High-end video—A powerful graphics card for complex graphics.
Maximum RAM—Significant memory use during editing.
Audio/video editing workstations perform best if they…
Have an expansion card dedicated to high quality audio/video, lot of storage space, and have multiple monitors.
What hardware components would you select for a audio/video editing station?
Specialized audio and video card—specialized video and/or audio cards provide more processing power than the CPU can give.
Large SSDs—Large files, so a large, fast hard drive is needed. It is also helpful to have an additional solid state drive that can move large working files quickly.
Dual monitors—Edit on one, view output on other.
Virtualization workstations are designed to do what?
Run multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single computer.
What hardware is ideal for virtualization workstations?
Maximum CPU and RAM
Each VM needs CPU power and memory, so you need to maximize CPU cores and RAM. The more CPU cores and memory you have, the more VMs you will be able to run.
What is ideal for a gaming PC?
Fastest audio and video processing, a solid state drive (SSD), high-end graphical processing unit (GPU), and high-definition sound card are needed.
What components would you select for a gaming PC?
SSD—Games cannot load completely into RAM, load from disk at times during game play. SSD for faster load times.
High-end video/specialized GPU—A dedicated GPU is required to provide high-end video.
High-definition sound card—Sound plays a major role in games.
High-end cooling—GPUs and CPUs, generate a lot of heat, so high-end cooling is a must.
___ devices have a dedicated purpose of storing and providing access to files to all users on the network without each user needing to have a local copy.
Network attached storage (NAS)
What is ideal for NAS?
Massive storage space, data redundancy, easy access, fast throughput.
What are some hardware components you’d possibly select for a NAS?
Media streaming—CPU needed for transcoding.
Powerful NIC— Gigabit network interface card/gigabit Ethernet card should be used to minimize the risk of a bottleneck.
RAID array—Magnetic disk array to ensure that data is not lost.
What is a thick client?
A thick client is what most people think of as a standard PC. It stores and runs the operating system and applications locally.
What is a thin client?
Thin clients rely on servers to store applications and do some of the processing for them. So, they do not need as much processing power and memory as a thick client.
What hardware is ideal for a thick client?
Meets recommended requirements for OS—Thick clients do all processing locally, so they should exceed the minimum requirements for the operating system.
They should have enough CPU, disk space, and RAM for applications.
