INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS BASIC PARTS THIS IS YOU LAST CHANCE FOR THESE NOTES!!!!!!

MAJOR PARTS NEEDED FOR A FUNCTIONAL COMPUTER IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE AND BUILD CASE(READ TO SEE IF THE CASE COMES WITH A POWER SUPPLY).MOTHERBOARD(MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTHERBOARD AND CASE MATCH, ALSO NOTE WHAT THE MOTHERBOARD HAS INSTALLED ONBOARD).CPU(CHECK TO SEE IF PROCESSOR COMES WITH THE HEATSINK/FAN).MEMORY(MAKE SURE RAM IS COMPATIBLE WITH MOTHERBOARD).HARD DRIVE (NOTE IF IT IS AN IDE OR SATA) OPTICAL DRIVE (NOTE IF IT IS AN IDE OR SATA) CABLES(THE ONLY ONES NEEDED WILL BE FOR BOTH DRIVES, IDE OR SATA) MONITOR KEYBOARD MOUSE SOFTWARE(OPERATING SYSTEM)

TYPICAL CASE WITH POWER SUPPLY. NOTE THAT THE DESCRIPTION TELLS YOU THAT THE CASE IS AN ATX MIDTOWER AND COMES WITH A POWER SUPPLY. THE COMPUTER CASE

IF THE CASE DID NOT COME WITH A POWER SUPPLY, YOU NEED TO PURCHASE ONE. THIS IS AN ATX POWER SUPPLY WITH SATA ADAPTER AND MOLEX ADAPTER. BOTH CAN POWER HARD DRIVE OR OPTICAL DRIVE. SATAMOLEX MINI OR FLOPPY CONNECTOR P4 4-PIN CONNECTOR 20 OR 24-PIN ATX CONNECTOR

THE MOTHERBOARD SATA PORTS PCI EXPANSION SLOTS PCI EXPRESS SLOT IDE PORTS MEMORY BANKS OR SLOTS FOR RAM ATX CONNECTOR CPU SOCKET FRONT PANEL CONNECTOR

THE MOTHERBOARD CONTINUED WHEN CHOOSING A MOTHERBOARD, MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ WHAT IT CONTAINS. THIS ONE HAS A VIDEO CARD, NETWORK CARD, AND A SOUND CARD. THEREFORE IT HAS ALL THAT IS NEEDED. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE MOTHERBOARD SEPCIFICATIONS TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT COMPONENTS.

CPU-CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT TWO MAJOR TYPES-AMD AND INTEL READ THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCESSOR. IT MUST MATCH THE MOTHERBOARD. IF IT IS DISPLAYED IN A BOX, IT USUALLY HAS A HEATSINK WITH FAN IN THE BOX.

HEATSINK/WITH FAN THE HEATSINK/FAN CAN BE DESIGNED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. SOME OLDER PROCESSORS USED JUST THE HEATSINK, BUT THE NEWER MORE POWERFUL PROCESSORS REQUIRE A HEATSINK WITH A FAN. HEATSINK FAN

MEMORY-RAM WHEN CHOOSING RAM, MAKE SURE THAT THE TYPE AND BUS SPEED MATCH WITH THE MOTHERBOARD.

3.5” HARD DRIVE EIDE OR PARALLEL HARD DRIVE SERIAL ATA OR SATA HARD DRIVE NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN CONNECTOR PORTS

OPTICAL DRIVE THE OPTICAL DRIVE HAS THE SAME CONNECTORS AS THE HARD DRIVE, EITHER IDE OR SATA

CABLES CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE CABLES FOR YOUR DRIVES. IDE SATA

MONITOR CHOOSE THE MONITOR. MONITORS COME WITH CABLES.

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

SOFTWARE(OPERATING SYSTEM) YOU MUST CHOOSE AN OPERATING SYSTEM TO CONTROL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HARDWARE AND TO EXECUTE THE COMMANDS OF THE OPERATOR. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS, THE MOST COMMON ARE THE WINDOWS-BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS.

MULTIMEDIA ASSIGNMENT DOWNLOAD YOUR PICTURE FROM THE JUMP DRIVE SAVE IT IN YOUR PERSONAL FOLDER OPEN PHOTOSHOP CREATE AN IMAGE ON A 8.5 X 11 INCH CANVAS. IT SHOULD CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO IMAGES OF YOU AND VARIOUS OTHER IMAGES IN THE BACKGROUND(AT LEAST THREE, ALL FROM OTHER IMAGES FROM THE INTERNET, THEY MUST BE APPROPRIATE) REMEMBER TO CROP YOUR FINAL IMAGE BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME. SAVE YOUR WORK AS A PSD EACH DAY SO THAT YOU CAN RESUME WORK THE NEXT DAY NAME IT 1 ST NINEWEEKS AND SAVE YOUR FINAL IMAGE AS A JPEG IN YOUR PERSONAL FOLDER YOU WILL BE GRADED ON ATTENTION TO DETAIL, CREATIVITY, AND OVERALL QUALITY