Contents

Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
Explain how the use of a computer will affect your decision in selecting the type of
components explaining the emphases in following circumstances:............................................1
Building a server......................................................................................................................1
Office PC.................................................................................................................................2
Gaming PC...............................................................................................................................2
Home PC..................................................................................................................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................3
Design computer system to suit the purpose of use stated..........................................................3
Show evidence of research and a full specification of machine components..........................3
Compatibility and Inter-Operability between selected components........................................7
Research to compare advantages of more than one brand of the components........................8
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................10
Test plan.................................................................................................................................10
Routine maintenance:............................................................................................................10
Produce upgrade plan............................................................................................................12

Task 1
Explain how the use of a computer will affect your decision in selecting the type of components
explaining the emphases in following circumstances:
Building a server
The initial two choices you have to make are the body and the motherboard.
It's not that basic as it may appear at first.
While picking a suspension, it's imperative to consider your general
methodology for your servers. Will you be building a powerhouse with the
expectation of virtualizing the equipment, or will you be building numerous
single reason gadgets? For our situation, we were anticipating virtualizing a
solitary effective box with an extension plan of including extra capable boxes
and virtualizing those. While picking your motherboard, the essential
contemplations are the quantity of attachments, the attachment sort (which
decides processor support), and RAM limit/DIMM spaces. Before looking at
motherboards, it's clearly useful to recognize what processor(s) you'd get a
kick out of the chance to run with in your server.

When you pick the motherboard, give careful consideration to the bolstered
parts (RAM and CPU particularly). Some have certain prerequisites for
similarity.
Office PC
Building another PC has dependably been an energizing and nerve-wracking
knowledge, yet the way of it has changed throughout the years. The do-itwithout anyone else's help approach was at one time a test, requiring critical
aptitude and conveying a respectable danger of decimating a great many
dollars in equipment. Today, get together is clear, yet that deterrent has
been supplanted by new obstacles. Indeed, even a spending PC can sensibly
most recent five years or all the more, so the parts that you pick are, critical.

Figure 1Main components for building an office PC

Gaming PC
Building the best gaming PC for your financial plan isn't as hard as you may
think. In any case, with such a variety of segments to look over, where do
you begin? Right here, that is the place. We've chosen the best bits to
purchase whatever your financial plan. So whether you've scrabbled together
smouldering an opening in your pocket, read on to discover what you ought
to purchase.
Main components for building a gaming PC
Intel Core i5 6600k
Nvidia GTX 1070
Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4-2666 16GB (2x8GB)
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
EVGA SuperNOVA G1 650W
Thermaltake Commander FX
Phanteks 140mm Case Fan

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv iTX

Home PC
Building your own particular PC isn't some arcane hard job or esoteric skill
that exclusive and the most hard core equipment nerds can pull off. Truth be
told, gathering a DIY PC is really clear once you've settled on your parts list.

Figure 2Main components for building a Home PC

Task 2
Design computer system to suit the purpose of use stated
Show evidence of research and a full specification of machine
components
Motherboard

The motherboard is the principle circuit leading body of a PC.

EVERYTHING in a PC framework is associated with it!!!

Made in various sizes

Parts

These are the components that are associated with Motherboard.

CPU

Hard Drive

Optical Drive (DVD, CD, etc.)

RAM

Video Card

Power supply

A motherboard contains the accompanying parts, attachments, and

connectors for parts

Exercise: What parts are normally associated with every opening or

port?

RAM space

Processor attachment (for CPU)

The chipset is the "paste" that interfaces the CPU to whatever is left of
the motherboard.

consists of two sections: the north extension and the south scaffold
BIOS

Basic Input/output System

BIOS is an inherent programming (code incorporated with a chip) that

works the essential elements of a PC

BIOS contains all the code required to control the console, show
screen, circle drives, serial interchanges, and various incidental
capacities

Other Important Specifications

CPU Socket opening that the houses the CPU in a PC framework.

Each attachment is intended to house particular sorts of CPU's and

may not be perfect with others

CPU Central Processing Unit

Central Processing Unit

The part of a PC that translates and executes guidelines.

It's the "brains" of the PC.

The attachment kind of the motherboard and CPU MUST match!!!

Hertz

One hertz: is a one cycle for every second

Along these lines

1 kilohertz (KHz) = 10241 hertz

1 megahertz (MHz) = 10242 hertz

1 gigahertz (GHz) = 10243 hertz

The physical association between the motherboard and CPU

The space where the CPU is appended to the motherboard

Clock rate

Measured in cycles every second (hertz)

Cache

Temporary capacity for information that is gotten to as often as

possible.

Frequently got to information is duplicated into reserve

Copied Data can be gotten to once put away in reserve as opposed to

getting to unique information (which tends to take additional time).

Measured in bytes (e.g. megabytes)

Used in CPU, motherboard, web programs

Type of CPU's

Current processor is the Intel Core 2 which is the eighth era of CPU
from the x86 engineering

Core 2 replaces the Pentium 4 CPU's

Core 2 comprises of three models

Core 2 twosome a solitary chip containing 2 particular processors

that work all the while

Core Quad a solitary chip containing 4 unmistakable processors

Core Extreme twosome or quad with a higher processor and transport

speed intended for servers and top of the line workstations

AMD

Sempron 32-bit CPU's promoted towards the esteem advertise

Athlon 64 the initial 64-bit CPU focused on towards the normal buyer

Athlon 64 XP AMD's first double center processor which contains two

Athlon 64 Cores in a solitary chip

Power Supply Unit

Supplies power to segments in a PC framework

Converts AC (broadly useful) to low voltage DC utilized by the

framework

Typical voltages provided are:

3.3 volts (computerized circuits)

5 volts (computerized circuits)

12 volts (engines, fans)

Design Processing Unit

Translates picture information from the PC into an organization that can

be shown by the screen

Performs estimations identified with creating a picture (This requires

memory!)

Each motherboard bolsters just a constrained scope of video card

positions

Soundcard

Used by the PC to record and play sound by changing over simple

sound into advanced data and back once more.

Compatibility and Inter-Operability between selected components

Sixth Generation Intel Core i56 processor + 6M Cache, up to 3.2
GHz - The two noteworthy players in the processor field are Intel and AMD.
Intel makes the "Centre Duo" and "i arrangement" class of processors. AMD
makes the "Athlon" and "FX" class of processors.
6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM-RAM remains for Random Access Memory
and it is the place in your PC where the product and information that is in
current utilize are kept for faster access by the processor. It is much quicker
to keep the procedures in RAM than to peruse and compose the information
to the Hard Disk or different sorts of capacity. Smash is the slightest costly
approach to build your frameworks execution. There is DDR, DDR2, PC4200,
PC-3200 DDR, PC-2700 DDR, PC133, PC100, SDRAM, RDRAM, the rundown
continues endlessly.
1TB - 7200RPM SATA II hard drive - The Hard Drive is the place the
information and applications are put away. The normal size hard drive that
most organizations offer right now is 1 Terabyte (TB). This ought to be bounty
for the normal client. A bigger Hard Drive gets to be imperative on the off
chance that you are into advanced music or video altering so remember that
when acquiring.
XFX GeForce 7300 GT 512MB DDR2 PCI Express Video Card - The
design quickening agent or illustrations card is the part of the PC that sends
the data that you see on the screen. Numerous new PCs are currently sold
with a design quickening agent incorporated with the motherboard. It might
be alluded to as "installed video" or "incorporated video". Locally available
video is fine for essential capacities like Web perusing and writing records
however it won't be reasonable for gaming or top of the line illustrations
applications.

Blu-beam player and SuperMulti DVD copier - The Blue-beam permits

you to watch motion pictures on your PC and the SuperMulti DVD Burner
permits you to copy and get to DVD's. They do hold significantly more data
than a customary CD, 4.7 Gigabytes contrasted with 700 Megabytes,
however they are somewhat more costly. On the off chance that you are into
advanced video then the DVD-RW is the approach yet everyone ought to at
any rate have a CD-RW (Compact Disk Reader Writer) to keep his or her
critical information went down.
10/100/1000 Ethernet card, 802.11b/g/n WLAN - These are
correspondence segments that are genuinely standard in most new PCs. The
Ethernet card is utilized for systems administration as well as "Broadband"
Internet get to. The 802.11b/g/n is chiefly for what is called "Remote"
Internet get to. On the off chance that there is an alternative, get them both.
Microsoft Windows10 - This is an Operating System. The Operating
System is the product that advises the equipment what to do. Windows 10 is
stacked on the greater part of the new PCs sold today. On the off chance that
you have a decision, get the Windows 10 rendition. It costs around twohundred and fifty dollars yet it has every one of the fancy odds and ends that
an Operating System will ever require.
Research to compare advantages of more than one brand of the
components
Windows when all is said in done backings most processors and
motherboards in view of the i386 (x86; 32-bit) or x86_64 (AMD64/EM64T; 64bit) structures. Put just, most accessible customer processors (particularly
from AMD or Intel) will work with the Windows 10 working framework, and
also most inward and outside gadgets, including Wireless Receivers,
Graphics Cards/GPUs, and Storage Devices.
GNU/Linux data and equipment bolster lists
As a standout amongst the most well-known open-source (free) working
frameworks, GNU/Linux is a decent (and prominent) elective. Linux is a UNIXlike arrangement of operation frameworks and comes in a wide range of
disseminations (AKA "distros, for example, Ubuntu, Debian, openSuSE,
Fedora, and Mandriva. Linux can perform a considerable lot of an
indistinguishable capacities from Windows and elements comparative
projects.
Linux has forms for a wide range of models, including i386, x64 and
PowerPC. It additionally bolster a wide range of processors, empowering it to
be utilized on Palm PCs and even iPods. There are a wide range of forms of
Linux, created by various organizations and associations. These are called
"appropriations" or "distros" for short. For a desktop PC, you ought to make a

point to pick a desktop dispersion, one where the organization/association

has desktop clients as a top priority, e.g.
Hackintosh
Hackintosh is a Windows-based PC which runs Mac OSX. This is to a great
degree hazardous and could harm your entire motherboard in the event that
it is not done legitimately. Macintosh OSX is composed in view of Apple PC's
and attempting to port them to a PC is unsafe and troublesome. On the off
chance that despite everything you need to endeavor the same , read this.
You ought to utilize a practically identical Intel CPU which should've been
utilized by Apple as a part of one of their PCs.
You'll have to discover which variant of Mac OSX will work with the CPU. For
example , an Intel Core2Duo T7200 with GMA950 illustrations shouldn't run
OSX 10.8 or later. Additionally utilizing new Intel CPU's on a more seasoned
form of Mac OSX can bring about part freezes. Representation additionally
matter. Look into your CPU/GPU mix to check whether it works.
What will be the primary capacity of the computer?
In case you're going to construct a PC sans preparation for a particular
reason, you'll need to remember that reason while picking your segments;
don't simply go to the store or an online shop and begin purchasing.
Consider what you need to utilize the PC for, you might have the capacity to
spare cash by indicating costly, premium parts just where required.
Any sensibly designed PC worked from current parts will offer satisfactory
Internet perusing and word-preparing abilities. For an office PC, this is
regularly all that is required. For whatever length of time that you give
enough RAM to your picked working framework (256 MB to 1 GB for XP or
Linux, 2 GB for Vista) any processor you can purchase new will give
satisfactory execution. In the event that the PC is for gaming, a quick
processor, the expansion of a top of the line design quickening agent card (or
two) and additional RAM will give a more tasteful gaming knowledge. Other
than gaming, PCs proposed for video altering, genuine sound work,
CAD/CAM, or liveliness will profit by beefier segments which are particularly
intended for that reason.
Straightforward web surfer
To give essential usefulness to a client who simply needs web surfing, a little
word preparing, and the periodic round of solitaire, it's imperative not to go
over the edge. Such a client has no requirement for a first class processor or
3D illustrations card. An unassumingly arranged framework with a
satisfactory Internet association will suit this client best and can be gathered
inexpensively.

Task 3
Test plan: It is a type of document that describes all the main components
functions are working properly or not, it shows among all other test items like
features to be tested, the tasks to be tested, which will do each task, test
environment.
All the components that are used are been tested as per there
functionalities, the speed of the computer will be tested by the outcome of
the tasks that are assigned to that system.
Test Items:
CPU
Motherboard
Memory
Storage
Power supply
Optical drive
Features to be tested:

Speed of the CPU

Application execution and handling of the Motherboard.

Fast processing and fetching the data from memory.

Optical Drive is reading the Disk properly and managing the space
efficiently.

Operating system testing: For hardware functions such as input and output
and memory allocation, the operating system acts as an intermediary
between programs and the computer hardware, although the application
code is usually executed directly by the hardware and frequently makes
system calls to an OS function or is interrupted by it.
1.

Processor management: all the assigned process are been handled

efficiently.

2.

Memory management: The memory allocation and deallocation should

be done smartly.

3.

Device management: All the available devices should be used smartly

and allocated for each application.

4.

Application Interface: Application interface should be more reliable

and attractive and easy to use.
Routine maintenance:
Routine maintenance Tasks:
Backup your data

Daily

Scan for malware

Weekly

Defrag your hard drive

Monthly

Scan your hard drive for errors

Monthly

Backup your hard drive as an image

Twice a Year

1. Working System security upgrades

Microsoft continually discharges overhauls for Windows and the Microsoft
Office Suite to alter security issues and to enhance execution. These
redesigns fall into 3 classifications: High Priority, Suggested and Drivers.
Recommended upgrades are discretionary and can enhance execution,
however are not as basic. Don't hesitate to overhaul these in the event that
you'd like. Driver upgrades can now and then cause cerebral pains; unless
you know you require the redesign or you're experiencing difficulty with the
gadget the overhaul is for, I wouldn't introduce it.
2. Update Anti-Virus Software
At the point when was the last time you overhauled your Anti-Virus
programming? In the event that you can't recall, then shots are you are
outdated. On the off chance that you need to keep your PC free from
infections, it's insufficient to just have an against infection program. New PC
infections are made constantly, so it's critical to overhaul your infection
definitions frequently and run booked sweeps on your PC.
3. Spyware Prevention Software
Trust it or not, one of the greatest sicknesses to hit PCs aren't infections, yet
spyware. There hasn't been a PC I've touched in the previous year that
wasn't tormented with some type of spyware. Spyware is a general term for
a program that covertly screens your activities. While they are now and then
malevolent, similar to a remote control program utilized by a programmer,

programming organizations have likewise been known to utilize spyware to

accumulate information about clients.
4. Circle Cleanup and Defragmentation
These two support things are utilized together. The Disk Cleanup apparatus
helps you free up space on your hard drive to enhance the execution of your
PC. The device recognizes documents that you can securely erase, for
example, brief Internet records and things you've set in the waste, and
afterward gives you a chance to pick which documents to erase.
Once you've evacuated the impermanent and pointless records from your
PC, you can run the Disk Defragmenter to expand the general execution of
your framework. At the point when documents are divided, the PC must
pursuit the hard circle when the record is opened to sort it pull out. The
reaction time can be altogether more.
5. Reinforcement Your Data
After this diligent work of staying up with the latest and secure, it would be a
disgrace if youre hard drive fizzled and you needed to start from the very
beginning. Equipment issues are more normal than you might suspect, so
having a solid reinforcement framework set up is an unquestionable
requirement. Ought to something turn out badly, you'll be grateful for a
helpful reinforcement.
How would I make a reinforcement?
On the off chance that your PC accompanies a CD or DVD copier, they can
make for a decent reinforcement medium. You could likewise utilize an
outside hard drive, or go down your information on the web on the off chance
that you have a broadband association.
What do I move down?
The most vital thing to reinforcement is your informationWord records,
photographs, Excel spreadsheets and so forth. You don't need to
reinforcement your whole hard drive, only the things you can't supplant.
There's no compelling reason to move down your product since it can be
reinstalled utilizing the first CDs or re-downloaded.
At the point when To Backup
Notwithstanding how you reinforcement or what you reinforcement, the most
imperative component in having a solid reinforcement framework is that you

do it consistently. Contingent upon how frequently you utilize your PC, once
per month might be adequate.
Produce upgrade plan
Before upgradation and before choosing to upgrade you require an up
gradation in hardware, ensure you really have a hardware issue. Do these
fundamental computer housekeeping tasks to begin with, and check whether
your PC's execution improves forward:

Unnecessary applications and softwares should be uninstalled.

Remove viruses, spyware, and other malware.

Defragment your hard drive

Figure 3Guidelines for deciding what to upgrade

The simplest approach to speed up your computer is to include more RAM. In

the event that your PC appears to be slow and the projects you're running
appear to take up a considerable measure of memory, including RAM can
make your PC can give a better output. If your PC is low on capacity, it can
likewise be entirely simple to include an extra hard drive.

Short Report
Features and functions of different types of operating systems

Basically, operating system is the software installed in the hard drive which helps the computer
hardware to connect and operate with the computer software which is installed in the system.
There are many operating systems are available in the computer system, such as:
Types of Operating System:
Batch Operating System: The Batch operating system is the type of the operating system in
which the user unable to directly interact with the computer. They have to prepare his task which
they want to submit in an offline device just like the punch cards and submit it into the computer
operators. In this type of operating system the computer programmers have to leave their
programs with the operator and the operator then sorts the programs with the similar-requirement
into the batches.
Features and functionality of the Batch operating system:
Maximum utilization of the processor.
There is enough setup time for the tasks are saved.
The performance of the operating system is increases since the job are sequenced
together.
Time Sharing Operating System: In this type of operating system various people located at the
various terminals to use the particular computer system at the same time. It works just like as the
logical extension of the multiprogramming. The processors time of the Time sharing operating
system are shared among all the user simultaneously is termed as the time-sharing.
Features and functionality of the Time sharing operating system:
The time sharing operating system provides quick response to user.
It avoids the duplication of data which is stored in the computer system.
It minimize the idle time of the CPU.
Distributed Operating System: The distributed operating system is the type of the operating
system which use the multiple central processors to serve the multiple real-time applications and
multiple users. In this type of the operating system the data processing jobs are also distributed
among all the processors accordingly.
Features and functionality of the Distributed operating system:
In the distributed operating system the users at one site may able to use the available
resources on another site with the help of the resource sharing facility available in this.
In this operating system the users are also able to speed up the exchange of data with one
another with the help of electronic-mail.
It provides the better service to the computer.
Reduction of the delays time in the data processing.
Reduction of the load time on the host computer.
Network Operating System: The network operating system runs on the server and provides the
capability to the server to manage the data, user, groups, application and other networking
functions.
Features and functionality of the Network operating system:

In the network operating system the centralized servers are highly stable.

In this operating system the security is managed on server.

Upgrades to new technologies and hardware can be easily integrated into the system.

Remote access to servers is possible from different locations and types of systems.

Real Time Operating System: The real-time system is type of operating system which is
defined as the data processing system in which the time interval required to respond and process
to the inputs is so small that it controls the environment. The time taken by the system to respond
to the input and display of required updated information is termed as the response time.
Features and functionality of the Realtime operating system:
It is Consistent.
Reliable
Scalable
Better performance.
Predictable.
Recommend an operating system for your designed computer.
Window10 is the real time and multitasking operating system which has many advantages such
as: sleeker, adaptive, most similar to window7, and it also include the extended built-in mobile
device management, so i would like to recommend the Window10 operating system for the
designed computer system.

References
MakeUseOf. (2016). How To Test Your PC For Failing Hardware. [online] Available at:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-test-your-pc-for-failing-hardware/ [Accessed 27 Oct.
2016].
Blogs.helsinki.fi. (2016). Basic parts and functionality of the computer | ICT Driving Licence.
[online] Available at: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/ict-driving-licence/1-introduction-to-the-use-ofcomputers/1-1-computer-functionality/basic-parts-and-functionality-of-the-computer/ [Accessed
27 Oct. 2016].
En.wikipedia.org. (2016). Reliability, availability and serviceability (computing). [online]
Available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability,_availability_and_serviceability_(computing) [Accessed
27 Oct. 2016].
Softwaretestingfundamentals.com. (2016). Test Plan Software Testing Fundamentals. [online]
Available at: http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/test-plan/ [Accessed 27 Oct. 2016].
Schoolworkhelper.net. (2016). Computer Components and Specifications | Online Homework
Help | SchoolWorkHelper. [online] Available at: http://schoolworkhelper.net/computercomponents-and-specifications/ [Accessed 27 Oct. 2016].

PCWorld. (2016). PC Maintenance: What Tasks When?. [online] Available at:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/188123/pc_maintanence.html [Accessed 27 Oct. 2016].
Vision Design Group. (2016). 5 routine maintenance tips to keep your PC running smoothly Vision Design Group. [online] Available at: https://www.visiondesign.com/5-routinemaintenance-tips-for-a-fast-efficient-pc/ [Accessed 27 Oct. 2016].