
Buying a PC from a retail computer store or a big mail-order company is easy:
Out comes the credit card, the boxes arrive at your house, and installation
is as simple as plugging in the keyboard, mouse, speakers, and monitor.
Even the most experienced PC hardware junkie will have to admit that a
novice can save time and potential headaches by buying a retail PC.
If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out
for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true!
Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy.
Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also
save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide
what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells
you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you:
* What tools you need (not as many as you might think!)
* All about operating systems
* How to install CD and DVD drives
* The scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together
from start to finish
* How to connect a monitor and install a modem
* All about setting up and configuring the hard drive
* Secrets for securing your system, and more
WHAT IS INSIDE:
+++ Part I: Preparations and Planning
Chapter 1: A Screwdriver Is All You Need
Chapter 2: What Type of PC Should I Build?
+++ Part II: Assembling the Basics
Chapter 3: Building the Foundation: The Case and Motherboard
Chapter 4: A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and a CPU
Chapter 5: Installing Your Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard
Chapter 6: Adding Video Hardware
Chapter 7: Installing Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices
Chapter 8: Choosing and Installing an Operating System
+++ Part III: Adding the Fun Stuff
Chapter 9: Installing an Optical Drive
Chapter 10: Let Your PC Rock!
Chapter 11: Modems and the Call of Broadband
+++ Part IV: Advanced PC Options
Chapter 12: So You Want to Add a LAN?
Chapter 13: Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, and Printers
Chapter 14: Building a Gaming PC
+++ Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User’s PC
Chapter 16: Ten Important Assembly Tips
Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Maintain Your PC
Chapter 18: Ten PC Pitfalls to Avoid Like the Plague

For 20 years, Upgrading and Repairing PCs has been the industry’s #1 guide to PC hardware: the single source for reliable, step-by-step information on identifying and fixing problems, adding hardware, optimizing performance, and building new PCs from scratch. Now, this 19th Edition has been completely updated to focus on today’s technologies and today’s maintenance challenges!
From processors and motherboards, memory to storage, video to power, and networking to Internet connectivity, it’s all here: technical details, practical insights, and step-by-step solutions to difficult problems. Updates include new CPUs like the Intel Core i Series and AMD’s Phenom family…solid state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives…motherboard form factors, chipsets, power supplies, DDR3 memory, Windows 7 readiness, and a whole lot more!
Your guide, Scott Mueller, has taught thousands in his legendary personal seminars and millions more through his books and videos. Nobody knows more about choosing, installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining PC hardware. Whether you’re a professional technician, a small business owner who doesn’t want to pay for service calls, or a home PC enthusiast, this is the one book you need!
Download them both:
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