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High level requirements (what will the computer be used for)
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1. General purpose
- Browsing the Web
- E-mail and messaging
- Word processing and spreadsheets, document scanning and printing
- Photo importing, re-touching, scanning and printing
- Light gaming
- Playing CDs and DVDs (and perhaps Blu-rays)
- Backing up of files
2. Gaming
- A range of games including the latest releases
Some considerations include:
* A large games (Steam) library
* Racing games and driving simulators
* Flying games and aircraft simulators
* Oculus Rift or HTC Vive
- Backing up of savegame files
- And that required of a general purpose desktop
3. Graphics
- Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, ...)
- Pen input
- Large, colour accurate VDU
- Secondary VDU for palettes
- Large format, colour accurate printing
- Photo importing and scanning
- Backing up of files
- Browsing the Web and some office tasks
4. Office
- Browsing the Web
- E-mail and messaging
- Word processing and spreadsheets, document scanning and printing
- High volume document scanning
- High volume document printing
- Backing up of files
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Low level requirements (what components will be needed)
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1. General purpose
- Motherboard
- Mid-range CPU
- 4 GB RAM
- 60 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD
- External backup 1 TB HDD
- Low-range discrete GPU
- Blu-ray reader, DVD and CD burner combination drive
- Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces (on motherboard)
- Integrated sound I/O (on motherboard)
- Stereo speakers
- PSU
- Mid-tower ATX case
- VDU 21" 1080p monitor
- Wireless keyboard & mouse
- USB SD-card reader
- Consumer-grade all-in-one inkjet printer and scanner
2. Gaming
- Motherboard
- Mid-range CPU
- 8 GB RAM
- 60 GB SSD and 2 TB HDD
- External backup 2 TB HDD
- High-range discrete GPU (x2 ???)
- Ethernet interface (on motherboard)
- Discrete sound card
- 2.1 Speaker system
- USB headset and microphone
- High power PSU
- Full-tower ATX case
- VDU 27" 1440p VVR monitor
- Wired mechanical keyboard & mouse
- Flight-stick, thrust and rudder controls
- Steering-wheel, gear-shift and pedals
- Oculus VR Headset
- USB SD-card reader
- Consumer-grade all-in-one inkjet printer and scanner
- Blu-ray reader, DVD and CD burner combination drive
3. Graphics Workstation
- Motherboard
- High-range CPU
- 16 GB RAM (guide is 4 GB per core)
- 2 x 1 TB SSD in RAID-0
- External 4 x 4 TB (16 TB) NAS
- Graphics workstation class high-range discrete GPU
- Blu-ray burner
- Ethernet interface (on motherboard)
- Integrated sound I/O (on motherboard)
- Stereo speakers
- High power PSU
- Full-tower ATX case
- Dual 2160p (4K) monitors with >97% Adobe sRGB
- Wired keyboard & mouse
- USB SD-card reader
- Graphics tablet (Wacom)
- Wide format (36-inch) printer
- Colour laser printer
4. Office
- Motherboard
- Low-range CPU
- 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB HDD
- External backup 1 TB HDD
- Integrated GPU (on CPU)
- DVD burner
- Ethernet interface (on motherboard)
- Integrated sound I/O (on motherboard)
- PSU
- Mini-tower micro-ATX case
- VDU 23" 1080p monitor with stereo speakers
- Wired keyboard & mouse
- High duty-cycle, monochrome (B&W) laser printer
- High duty-cycle document scanner
