Question

You accepted a position at the company to lead a team of 3 multi-media developers (excluding yourself). This team will be responsible for graphic design, animations, and promotional material. Your role is to manage the team members, their hardware and software needs, and projects. Your employer asks you to assess the HARDWARE needs for the team and propose a computer configuration that would meet the functions of the team yet the least expensive.

Based on the information that you were given above (and not more), do your research (internet, friends, companies, etc…) and answer the following questions (briefly but at least close to 200 words):

What are the TOP two (2) MOST important computer parts you would need to consider for the team computers and why? (RAM, CPU, Graphics Card, Hard Drive, etc...) For these computer parts that you identified in the previous question, what general specifications would you recommend and why?

Answer 1

Multimedia software is processor-intensive, and it only becomes more so every year. For most programs, you’ll want a processor (or “CPU”) that runs at least 1Ghz (meaning the computer can make one billion calculations per second). That’s the minimum; look for an even faster processor if you can afford it. But there’s more to computer speed than just the processor.

There’s also Random Access Memory, or “RAM,” or sometimes just “memory.” (Not to be confused with storage memory. Easy, right?) RAM is kind of like short-term memory; it’s the stuff that your computer keeps at the forefront of its mind. The more RAM you have, the more things you can process at once, because it’s faster than going to the hard drive for the files in use. You’ll want, at minimum, 8Gb of RAM; more if you can afford it. (You’ll find “more if you can afford it” is a pattern.)

Once you’ve passed these minimums, you might wonder where to spend your money on speeding up your computer even more. The fact is, once your CPU is past the gigahertz range, you’re unlikely to notice a performance increase by getting a faster processor. Your money would be much better spent on RAM. 16 or even 32 gigs will definitely make your work fly by.

Further for more computation-intensive and efficient rendering one can always install a GPU on a machine {Desktop computers},because as you go more in the depth of multemedia development more and more thinngs you would need to process along with maintaining quality and time efficiency ,for this the solution we have is the GPU which has a very high efficiency when a large amount of parallel processes are requested .

Hard drive

There are two types of hard drives: Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and Solid State Drives (SSD).

the real advantage of SSDs is their speed. If your internal hard drive is an SSD, you’ll notice your computer boots faster, and programs launch faster. For your external drive, data transfers more quickly from SSDs than HDDs.

Recommended specifications
Processor	Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent	Intel® 7thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent
Operating system	Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1803 or later	Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1809 or later
RAM	8 GB of RAM	16 GB of RAM for HD media 32 GB for 4K media or higher
GPU	2 GB of GPU VRAM	4 GB of GPU VRAM
Hard disk space	8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (will not install on removable flash storage) Additional high-speed drive for media	Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache Additional high-speed drive(s) for media
Monitor resolution	1280 x 800	1920 x 1080 or greater
Sound card	ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model	ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
Network storage connection	1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only)	10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow
Internet	Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.*