Assignment 2 task 2

 My final decisions on tech used for my console.







Internal Storage For my console, I am going to use a hardrive for storage as from experience when using consoles, I believe hardrives work well and fastly. I have always liked the Xbox360 elite hardrive in which is a 320GB and also I find that it stores plenty and from usuig it for 4 years now, I have still alot of memory left for me to store progress in. Furthermore, I think I will be using the 320GB hardrive for my new console.

Portable storage media From research, Ive found that the best one for my style console would be to have the 2.5 SATA hardrive with an add on HDD bracket for backup. This style portable storage should really work well with the other technology in the console and it should give plenty of storage to last for years.

Power supply For the console I will just use a lead in which plugs into a power socket for power as any other console such as the PS3

Contoller -  My controller will be the same shape as the Xbox360's. However, I will use the different button configuration and triggers. The controller will be powered by batteries but the batteries will be held at the bottom of the controllor. The controller of  my console will be mainly black. I will add an LED to the 1,2,3 AND 4 buttons so they light up in the dark e.g, red and yellow. (Considering that I am removing the XBY AND A buttons) However, I will take away the dpad and replace this with a small touch screen pannel as I belive this will be more interesting and more intriging for the players as the Xbox 360 pad has never had its dpad taken away before I will however take away the xbox360 style RB AND LB buttons and replace them with the PS3 ones as I find them softer and more accurate. I will also change the analogs 



Connectivity The multiplayer will run on a theme called PWTW in which stands for play with the world. This will basically be like PS3 NETWORK but for my console. However to get access to multiplayer you will need to pay £30 a month and have access to the internet at home e.g. WiFi

In addition, on the pad will be a a button saying T in the middle of it lighting up red to portray the console name TRINITY 




Adding up the cost of the console Parts

RAM - This stands for random acess memory. In games, RAM is used for the quick access to data for games. It basically controlls how fast games data runs e.g. slow or fast. There are many different types of RAM such as SRAM. SRAM means Static random-access memory. It is a type of semiconductor  memory that uses bistable latching circuitry to store each bit. In my console, I will be using a RAM of 8GB. I have chose this as it is used in the XBOX 1 and has been analysed to work very well.    
 £83



CPU - This stands for central processing unit and this helps games process smoothly. Meaning it processes the consoles progress. Furthermore, The CPU I will be using for my console is going to be 8 core AMD custom and it will have a frequency of 1.75.  This type is also used in the XBOX 1 and from research it is one the best CPU's ever used in a games console.

£134

Graphics Processor - Is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display. 
The GPU I will be using for my console is a Semi-custom AMD Radeon GP; integrated into a APU. This is used in the amazing PS4 and from research, I have been told that it works very well and produces fantastic graphics.

£200


Video display - This determines the video quality for the games and console e.g. 480p. For my console I will be using a dispaky of 1080i. I believe this will give a fantastic image and work smoothly with the other technologies involved in the console.

Audio - This determines how the sound will run and sound for the players when the sound is generated from the game. For my console I will be using a Dolby digital with WMA pro and HDMI. This should work fine for my console.

£80

Storage media - This determines how much progress can be saved on the console whether from games or even apps. The storage media I will e using is the 320GB hardrive and for anouther storage type, you will be given a free  2.5 SATA hardrive with an add on HDD bracket for backup in case you run out of memory for the internal hardrive.

£75

Power supply. This is needed to produce electricity so that you can play games through the console. For my console I will be using a lead in which plugs into the all for power.

£30





Overall My console will cost the public £602. Plus an extra £30 

if the users want to by their yearly online pass called PWTW. 

So with that in mind either £602- £632