This visual how-to manual is loaded with photographs and images to help you see exactly how to assemble from scratch--or simply upgrade--your PC easily. Organized in three main sections, this easy-to-follow guide will lead you through making preparations to build your PC, which includes guidance selecting and purchasing the right parts. Next, you�ll learn how to build the actual computer, including internal components, and finally, there�s a section on maintaining and troubleshooting, to help keep your creation on its best behavior..
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
out of date:
It's a good book but is a few years old so the material is dated. I wouldn't recommend it.
Easy to read and comprehensive:
This book helped me build my own PC, which I still use today (some 5 years later). It covers ALL of the steps necessary to successfully put a PC together. Very easy to read, well-illustrated, and comprehensive, I can't think of anything that this book lacks. If you want to build a PC, buy this book!!! You won't regret it.
A Birthday Gift That Got Used.:
This was one of the 'how to' books I bought for my husband for his birthday. He had been remarking how he was tempted to build his own computer! Just last night he said he was ready to put his newly built computer in a permanent place - thanks due to several times referring to these books and got the answers he needed! He was glad to cross compare what one book said and how another might reword the same topic. Bottom line: A Computer Was Built!
A solid reference:
This is probably the best "how-to" book on home PC building. Most are either too specialized (case modding, fancy cooling solutions, etc) or too basic (pick a motherboard... pick a CPU... put them together... The end!), but this work is just right. It is very informative, even to someone who considers themselves a very experienced PC user, yet remains straightforward, and anticipated many common concerns. The only downside is that this type of book is out of date very soon after publication. This volume... more info
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