Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies 9780470196113, 9780470462164, 0470462167, 9780470462195, 0470462191
If you've dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your ow
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English Pages (xx, 308 pages) : illustrations Year 2009;2011
Table of contents :
Do-It-Yourself: Build Your Own PC for Dummies
About the Author
Dedication
Author's Acknowledgments
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Introduction
Why Build Your Own?
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Introducing Colossus
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
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 CPUChapter 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.
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