GROUP 12 WEB DESIGNER

By Iman Malik, Katie Buckland, Maddy Gardner, Leah Purton and Shannon Kaminski

• A web designer is someone who designs websites

WHAT IS A WEB DESIGNER ?

• A computer with an extensive sized RAM: 16 GB

• They might want a 27” monitor with a clear graphic display.

• Preferably, a Quad-Core processor would be suited to a web designer because it provides more cache memory which makes a faster speed of access.

• Intel i7 processor.

WHAT ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS DO THEY NEED?

• To upgrade the monitor it would cost approximately £1000- £2000

• A key upgrade is the RAM. To upgrade to more storage space it would cost approximately £100 for 16 GB.

• This computer does not have much space to upgrade to a new CPU and if it was to be upgraded it would cost approximately £100- £150

• This computer only has 2 PCI slots and to provide more slots on the motherboard it would enable more space to insert graphics cards and TV cards. To do this, it would cost approximately £500 but it would be more cost efficient to buy a motherboard with more PCI slots or buy a graphics card that can fit into other slots.

• To upgrade the components of your computer you would have to upgrade your motherboard which has an approximate cost of £50-£100

APPROXIMATE PRICE TO UPGRADE AND RANK KEY UPGRADES.

• If the computer had an adequate processor it would last approximately 3 years.

• However, some computers can last for a longer period of time depending how upgraded its components are.

FUTURE PROOF

• The web designer may use a graphics tablet to design certain aspects of the website like pictures.

• Another peripheral device that would be useful is a printer to show templates for customers and for personal viewing.

• A microphone could be used to record sound files to upload to the website.

• An optional peripheral that could also be of use is a webcam so that the web designer can upload video files and also video chat meetings with his managing partners.

OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS