Hardware & Software Standards

Hardware Standards

Standard Users

High End Users

Processor

Intel Core i3-540

Intel Core i5-750

Memory

3 GB DDR3

4 GB DDR3

Hard Disk

160 GB

320 GB

Media Drives

16x DVD-Writer

Graphics Card

NVIDIA G310 GeForce (minimum / equivalent)

Monitor

17" LCD Monitor

Operating System

Win 7 Professional

Network Card

100/1000 MB/s

Academic Licenses

Office 2010

Note:

All Computer purchases require full three (5) years warranty for labour and parts as stated by the warranty agreement provided by the supplier.
Department must be notified that the MS Office XP Pro license will be charge to the department for every new PC purchased.
The University covers the Licenses for McAfee Virus Defense Suite and other standard software.
Additional Peripherals. These items can only be ordered if they are approved by Head of Department.

Low End		Middle End		High End
Processor	Xeon 3.0 GHz Dual Capable	Processor	Xeon 3.0 GHz Dual Core 4MB L3 Cache 800 MHz FSB	Processor	Xeon 3.0 GHz Dual Core 4MB L3 Cache 1333 MHz FSB
Memory	512 MB to 12 GB	Memory	1 GB to 16 GB	Memory	1 GB to 16 GB 667 MHz
Hard Disk	Standard	Hard Disk	No HDD Ship Standard Rack Mounted	Hard Disk	No HDD Ship Standard Rack Mounted
Media Drives	16x DVD-Writer	Media Drives	16x DVD-Writer	Media Drives	16x DVD-Writer
Monitor	None	Monitor	None	Monitor	None
Operating System	None	Operating System	None	Operating System	None
Network Card	Gigabit	Network Card	Gigabit	Network Card	Gigabit
Academic Licenses	PCI Raid Controller Smart Array Controller Redundant System Fan	Academic Licenses	Smart Array Controller Redundant System Fan DRAC4 Remote Management Card	Other Requirements	Smart Array Controller Redundant System Fan DRAC4 Remote Management Card

All Computer purchases require full three (3) years warranty for Labour and parts as stated by the warranty agreement provided by the supplier.

Software Type	Proposed Applications	License Required
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Business OS 10.x for Macintoshes	MS License
Office Application	MS Office 2007 MS Office for Mac	MS License
	Winzip	N/A
	Acrobat Reader 9.0	N/A
Email	MS Outlook Eudora for Mac	N/A
Web Browsing	Internet Explorer Firefox Netscape Navigator	N/A
Desktop Security	McAfee Defense Suite 8.5 Virex for Mac Anti-spyware Client Firewall	Corporate

All Computer purchases require full three (3) years warranty for Labour and parts as stated by the warranty agreement provided by the supplier.
Department must be notified that the MS Office XP Pro license will be charge to the department for every new PC purchased.
The University covers the Licenses for MCAfee Virus Defense Suit and other standard software.
Additional Peripherals. These items can only be ordered if they are approved by Head of Department.