Here’s a partial list of the components I used when building the AV-Editor computer that I refer to in the A+ Exam Cram 220-901/220-902 and A+ Complete Video Course.
- Motherboard: Asus X99-A
- CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K
- CPU heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5
- RAM: Kingston DDR4
- Case: Antec Performance Series P-100
- Power Supply: Antec BP550
- Hard Drive #1: Samsung 850 SSD
- Hard Drive #2: Intel 750 Series 400 GB
- Hard Drive #3 (added in 2017): Samsung 960 Pro M.2
- Optical Drive: Samsung DVD 24X
- Video Card: EVGA GT 730
- Video Card #2 (added in 2017): Asus GTX 970
- Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T8E AC1750
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