• Intel Pentium 4 processor (3GHz, 800MHz FSB)
• Mini-tower chassis
• 1GB dual channel DDR2 SDRAM
• 200GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 r.p.m.)
• 128MB PCI-Express video card
• Integrated audio
• 48X CD-RW drive
• 19" TFT flat panel XGA (1024 × 768) monitor
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Processor

The main processing chip called a “Pentium 4”, designed and manufactured by Intel. It runs at 3 gigahertz and uses a front-side bus at 800 megahertz.

Chassis

A small, tall and narrow style of case containing the computer system.

Memory (RAM)

Synchronous dynamic random access memory with a capacity of one gigabyte; high-bandwidth, double-data-rate memory.

Hard drive

Capacity of two hundred gigabytes using Serial ATA (serial data connection rather than the original parallel connection); rotates at 7,200 revolutions per minute.

Video card

Electronics for driving the graphics output, with 128 megabytes of memory, using the PCI-Express interface.

Audio

Electronics for controlling the sound output that are built into the main electronics of the computer.

Optical drive

Compact disc read/write drive operating at forty-eight times the speed of the original CD drives.

Monitor

Nineteen-inch flat display screen made from thin-film transistors with a resolution of 1024 by 768.

Operating system

The software used to control the system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional.