Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
by Chambers, Mark L.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-02-03
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
* Packed with over 300 detailed, step-by-step photos and illustrations-including eight pages in full color-this innovative guide breaks the PC-building process into small, easily achievable tasks * A bonus DVD starring the author shows people how tackle key steps, including building the foundation, adding a processor and RAM, installing a video card, setting up a hard drive, hooking up CD and DVD drives, and installing an operating system * From selecting parts to troubleshooting problems, this is the clearest, most accessible PC-building guide ever-a book whose progressive, task-by-task chapters show people exactly how to construct the computer they've always wanted * Includes options for creating every type of specialized PC, from souped-up gaming and multimedia machines to inexpensive office and family computers
Author Biography
Mark L. Chambers has been building, customizing, and repairing PCs for over 20 years for himself and clients. As a consultant, he helps everyday folks update, maintain, and troubleshoot PCs.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Preparations and Planning | |
| A Screwdriver Is All You Need | |
| What Type of PC Should I Build? | |
| Assembling the Basics | |
| Building the Foundation: The Case and Motherboard | |
| A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and a CPU | |
| Installing Your Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard | |
| Adding Video Hardware | |
| Installing Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices | |
| Choosing and Installing an Operating System | |
| Adding the Fun Stuff | |
| Installing an Optical Drive | |
| Let Your PC Rock! | |
| Modems and the Call of Broadband | |
| Advanced PC Options | |
| So You Want to Add a LAN? | |
| Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, and Printers | |
| Building a Gaming PC | |
| The Part of Tens | |
| Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User's PC | |
| Ten Important Assembly Tips | |
| Ten Ways to Maintain Your PC | |
| Ten PC Pitfalls to Avoid Like the Plague | |
| Appendixes | |
| About the DVD | |
| The PC Builder's Glossary | |
| Index | |
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