Computer Hardware Case Study

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You have been hired by Game Expand, a small local organization
that specializes in video game sales and distribution. You supply
video games to all of the retail outlets and rental stores in town.
After the owners purchased the head office, they have asked you
to help in developing the workstations. This entails the purchase
and set-up of all kinds of computer hardware. You will be
responsible for filing a purchase declaration form.
The organization is very small, consisting of only 12 individuals.
The organizational chart of Game Expand is as follows:

12 computers have already been purchased for the office. But the
following items are missing!

The owners are asking you to use the internet to research the
following items. Report what the items are and how many need to
be purchased in order to fulfill the network.
Using full sentences, fill out the purchase declarations, this tells
us what the items are, why theyre necessary, whether its an
input or output device and the cost.
Name of
Item
Monitor

Mouse

Keyboard

Description
A monitor is used to display what the
user is doing on the computer. LCD
flat screens are probably the best
choice for Game Expand Inc. since
they display a high definition picture
and come in various sizes. These
would be best for viewing video
games and developing advertising
displays. They range in prices from
$125 to $330 for a monitor with built
in speakers. I recommend the LG at
$159 because it is a well known
name. We will need to purchase 12
monitors
A mouse is a pointing device that
detects two-dimensional motion
relative to a surface. This motion is
typically translated into the motion of
a pointer on a display

Input /
Output

Suggest
ed Cost

Output

12 @
$159 =
$1,908

Input

10@
$12 =
$120

A computer keyboard is a typewriter- Input

style device, which uses an
arrangement of buttons or keys, to
act as mechanical levers or electronic
switches.

10@
$10 =
$100

Scanner

An image Scanner often abbreviated

to just scanner although the term is
ambiguous out of context (barcode
scanner, CAT scanner,etc.)

Input

10@
$930 =
$9330

Printer

A printer is a peripheral which makes

a persistent human readable
representation of graphics or text on
paper or similar physical media

output

100@
$12 =
$1200

Speakers

They can be connected directly to a

mixing console or other low-level
audio signal source without the need
for an external amplifier.

Outout

10@
$80 =
$800

Input

10@
$68 =
$680

Microphone A microphone, colloquially mic or

mike is an acoustic to electric
transducer or sensor that converts
sound into an electrical signal
Wireless
Router

A wireless router is a device that

performs the functions of a router
and also includes the functions of a
wireless access point.

Modem

10@
$85 =
$850

Input-Output

Ram

RAM ( Random-access memory) is a

form of computer data storage

USB
memory

A USB is a data storage device that

includes flash memory in an
integrated ( universal serial bus)
interface

Ethernet

Ethernet is computer networking

technologies for local area networks
and metropolitan area networks.

10@
$7 =
$70

Projector

A projector or image projector is an

optical device that projects an image
onto a surface commonly a projection
screen.

Game Expand
123 Main St.
Oakville, Ontario.
L6H U8R
(905) 555-1234