week 11 activate- desgin own computer

1. Activate week 11
I have chosen the following computer from the dell company for a number of reasons. It
has a wide range of options to allow me to change parts of it to make it more suited for
the task. It is able to run windows XP which means it will run faster and smother then if
it was windows vista. It has a large memory and fast processor as well as lots of ram. Its
graphic and audio cards are well suited for the task. The online cost of the computer is
$4199.
Processors
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Quad-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors with up to 6.4GT/s (Intel QuickPath Interconnect) and up to 8MB
shared cache and Turbo Boost Mode on select processors
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All processors are 64-bit, support Intel DBS (Demand Based Switching) and Intel VT (Intel Virtualisation
Technology).
Operating System
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Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate
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Genuine Windows Vista Business
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Genuine Windows Vista Business 64-Bit
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Genuine Windows XP Professional SP2 32-Bit available via downgrade rights
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Genuine Windows XP Professional SP2 64-Bit available via downgrade rights
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS v.5.3 EM64T
Chipset
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Intel 5520 chipset
Memory
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Up to 96GB with dual processors installed. Three channel memory architecture per processor with 1333 MHz and
1066MHz DDR3 ECC DIMM memory.
Up to 12 DIMM slots; 6 slots (2 per channel) on motherboard and additional 6 slots on optional 2nd processor riser
card. The 2nd processor has an integrated memory controller which provides an additional 3 channels of memory
bandwidth.
Graphics
Support for 2 PCI Express x16 Gen 2 graphics cards up to 225 watts and with up to 4GB graphics memory including:
ATI FireProTM V8700
ATI FireProTM V3750
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
All graphics cards support dual monitor configurations; Future availability of NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface)
option
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
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The T7500 supports the NVIDIA TeslaTM C1060 GPU card with 240 cores and 4GB of memory
Hard Drives

2. SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 16MB DataBurst CacheTM up to 1.5TB
SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 8MB DataBurst Cache up to 320GB
SATA 3.0Gb/s 10K RPM with 16MB DataBurst Cache up to 300GB
SAS 15K RPM up to 450GB
Chassis supports up to five internal drives in a SATA boot plus four SATA drive configuration (7.5TB maximum
storage capacity)
Hard Drive Controller
Integrated LSI 1068e SAS/SATA 3.0Gb/s controller supports host based RAID 0 or 1
Optional PERC 6/i PCI-e SAS/SATA hardware RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Single Raid 0 GPT DATA volumes greater than 2TB are available as factory installed option with the optional PERC
6/i PCI-e RAID adapter under Windows XP64, Vista 32Bit/64Bit operating systems
Network Controller
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Integrated Broadcom 5761 Gigabit Ethernet controller
2nd Gigabit port is available with the optional PCI-e Broadcom Gigabit controller card
Audio Controller
Integrated High Definition Audio (Rev 1.0 Specification) implemented with a two-chip audio solution comprised of the
ADI 1984a High Definition Audio CODEC and the ICH10's integrated AC97/High Definition digital controller.
Chassis
Bays
Four internal 3.5quot; HDD bays
Three external 5.25quot; optical bays, one of which can accommodate a fifth HDD
One external 3.5quot; flex bay for floppy drive or media card reader
Slots
All full length except as noted
One PCI-e x16 Gen 2 wired as x4
Two PCI-e x16 Gen 2 slots wired as x8 (one is half length)
Two PCI-e x16 Gen 2 graphics slots
One PCI-X 64bit/100MHz slot with support for 3.3v or universal cards
One PCI 32bit/33Mhz 5V slot
Standard I/O Ports
(11) USB 2.0 (two on front panel, six on back panel, three internal)
(2) IEEE 1394a (one front, one rear)
(1) serial
(1) parallel
(2) PS/2
(1) RJ-45
(1) ESATA port on back panel
Stereo line-in and headphone line-out on back panel
Microphone and headphone connector on front panel
Power Supply
1100 watts 85%+ Efficiency Power Factor Correcting (PFC) power supply
Storage Devices
Optional Removable Storage
DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW, Blu-Ray, USB Floppy Drive, USB media card reader
Optional Modem

3. Dell 56K v.92 Data/Fax PCI modem
Security
Software
Trusted Platform Module 1.2 (TPM 1.2)
Chassis intrusion switch – Optional
Setup/BIOS Password
I/O Interface Security
Hardware
Kensington Lock
Padlock
Internal front panel chassis lock
I will also add in a range of other devices
Device Cost Reason
External hard drive – $199.00 I have chosen to add this as it is need to
western digital 500GB ensure that all assets (eg images, projects ect)
are protected and backed up. I chose this
particular device because it has a good name
and there is a large amount of memory.
$199.00 Because the computer is used for graphic
Tablet- BAMBOO FUN (most design I have chosen to get a drawing tablet to
MEDIUM Wacom Drawing likly US assist in the drawing of images.
Tablets dollars)
http://www.arrowcomputers.com.au/shop/view/western_digital_500gb_external_h
dd/107
http://www.drawittablet.com/product/CTE650
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx?c=au&cs=aubsd1
&id=workstation-precision-t7500&l=en&s=bsd