Building a PC for Dummies: For Gaming, Multimedia, the Office or the Family, 5th Edition (Dummies Series)
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Shows tech hobbyists how to build the perfect PC, whether they want to create the ultimate gaming machine or combine new and recycled parts to construct an inexpensive computer for a child The do-it-yourself craze is sweeping through the tech community, and this guide is now significantly revised and updated to cover the wide array of new hardware and accessories available Step-by-step instructions and dozens of photos walk first-time computer builders through the entire process, from building the foundation, and adding a processor and RAM, to installing a video card, configuring a hard drive, hooking up CD and DVD drives, adding a modem, and troubleshooting problems Booknews Introduces the hardware components of a personal computer and how to assemble them at home. Individual chapters provide step-by-step instructions for installing the motherboard, RAM and CPU, monitor, hard drive, CD-ROM, sound card, modem, simple networking, ISDN, cable and DSL Internet connection, digital scanner, and SCSI devices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction.PART I: "Can I Really Do This?".Chapter 1: What's in a Computer, Anyway?Chapter 2: "What Type of PC Should I Build?".PART II: Building Your PC.Chapter 3: Building the Foundation: Your Case and Motherboard.Chapter 4: A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and Your CPU.Chapter 5: The Three PC Senses: Your Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard.Chapter 6: Images 'R Us: Adding Video and Your Monitor.Chapter 7: Make Room! Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices.PART III: Adding the Fun Stuff.Chapter 8: Putting the Spin on CD-ROM and DVD.Chapter 9: Let Your PC Rock!Chapter 10: Modems and the Call of the Internet.PART IV: Adding the Advanced Stuff.Chapter 11: Attack of the SCSI Monster.Chapter 12: So You Want to Add a LAN?Chapter 13: Life in the Fast Lane -- with ISDN.Chapter 14: Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, Video Capture, and Printers.Chapter 15: Other Power-User Play Toys.PART V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 16: Ten Reasons Not to Buy a Retail PC.Chapter 17: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User's PC.Chapter 18: Ten Important Assembly Tips.Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your PC.Chapter 20: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague.PART VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: Choosing Your Operating System.Appendix B: Glossary.Index.Book Registration Information.
