PC Hardware Buyer's Guide
If you're one of the many who has decided to build your own personal computer system, you know that doing so can be quite a challenge. The information can be overwhelming—and so can the number of choices.\ It's true, whether you're perusing online sites, or wandering the aisles of your favorite retail store, shopping for PC components is no easy task. Until now. Thanks to PC Hardware Buyer's Guide, the experience of building your own PC system has never been easier.\ This handy pocket guide...
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This book is designed for readers who want to build PCs rather than buy ready-made, name brands. The first section, "Choosing Components" constitutes 91% of the content, and the remaining two chapters present a buying guide and a list of recommended sources. For 17 components (e.g. case, power supply, processor, cooling, motherboard, memory, disk drives, etc.) the desirable and currently available technical features are described, followed by a "what to buy" section, which provides specific recommendations citing manufactures' names and model numbers. These very useful recommendations are classified by various objectives for a PC: least cost, business use, high performance (e.g. gaming), small size, least noise level, among others. Some information is as current as January 2005. However, because information in a book such as this will go out of date quickly given the dynamic state of computer technology, the publisher should consider producing it annually. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Choosing components1Case2Power supply8Processor18Heatsink/fan unit (CPU cooler)32Motherboard37Memory45Floppy drive48Hard drive50Optical drive54Video adapter61Display69Audio adapter84Speakers87Keyboard89Mouse92Network adapter94Modem103Buying components109Buying guidelines109Recommended sources117
