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1. Steve is a college graduate who has just joined as a trainee in the Technical Support department of a large organization. The organization is considering to upgrade the desktop computers used by employees. Therefore, Steve's supervisor has asked him to perform a market research and create a report that compares the specifications of the following hardware components from various vendors: Microprocessors RAM modules Hard disks Motherboard Help Steve to perform the desired task.

The following table lists the latest microprocessors from Intel and AMD.

                    Intel microprocessors

i7 Extreme processor
Features      Specification
1. Number of cores   6
2. Number of threads  12
3. clook speed   3.5 Ghz
4. Internal cache  15 MB
5. Data bus  64-bit
6. Max memory size  64 GB
7. Memory type   DDR3-1066/1333/1600
8. Memory bandwidth  51.2 GB/s
9. Expansion option PCIe 2.0
10. Socket support                           FCLGA2011

                     AMD microprocessors


Features                   Specification
1. Number of cores      8
2. Clock speed           4.2 Ghz
3. L2 cache                 8 MB
4. L3 cache                8MB
5. Memory type          DDR3-1333/1866
6. Expansion option    PCIe 2.0
7. Socket suttort        AM3+938-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA)

The following table lists the latest RAM modules modules from Kingston and Transend.

                         Kington RAM
HyperXBlu

Features    Specification
1. Caacity   Upto 16GB
2. Frequency   DDR2 up to 800MHz, DDR3,1333MHz- 1600MHz

                       Transcend RAM

Features        Specification
1. Capacity      Uto 16GB
2. Frequency   DDR3: 1333MHz-1600 MHz


The following table lists the latest hard disks from seagate and western Digital.

                       Seagate
ST4000DM000

Features         Specification
1. Capacity        4TB
2. Data transfer rate    6GB/s
3. form factor      3.5 inches

                      Western Digital

Black

Features       Specification
1. Capacity       4TB
2. Data transfer rate     6 GB/s
3. from factor      3.5 inches



The following table lists the latest motherboards from ASUS Intel.

                   ASUS

SABERTOOTH X79

Features                                 Specification
1. Chip Manufacturer                        Intel
2. Chipset                                  X79 Express
3. Form factor                              ATX
4. No.of PCIe slots                         4
5. Processor socket                         LGA-2011
6. Processor suppoted                       Intel i-7
7. No. of SATA interface                    8
8. No. of expansion slots                   6
9. No. of USB 3.0 Ports                
10. No. of USB 2.0 Ports                    6
11. No of memory slots                      8
12. Memory technology                       DDR3 SDRAM
13. Audio                                   7.1

                    Intel

Desktop Board DX79SR
Features                            Specification
1. Chip Manufacturer            Intel
2. Chipset                          X79 Express
3. Form factor                  ATX
4. No.of PCIe slots             4
5. Processor socket          LGA-2011
6. Processor suppoted      Intel i-7 Extreme edition
7. No. of SATA interface     8
8. No. of expansion slots     6
9. No. of USB 3.0 Ports      4
10. No. of USB 2.0 Ports    14
11. No of memory slots      8
12. Memory technology      DDR3 SDRAM
13. Audio                   10-channel (7.1+2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem