Building a PC For Dummies
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Building a PC For Dummies

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eBook - ePub

Building a PC For Dummies

About this book

  • 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

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Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780471767725
eBook ISBN
9781118084823
Edition
5
Topic
Informatique
Subtopic
Matériel

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I : Can I Really Do This?
  5. Chapter 1: What’s in a Computer, Anyway?
  6. Chapter 2: What Type of PC Should I Build?
  7. Part II : Building Your PC
  8. Chapter 3: Building the Foundation: The Case and Motherboard
  9. Chapter 4: A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and a CPU
  10. Chapter 5: The Three PC Senses: Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard
  11. Chapter 6: Images “R” Us: Adding Video and a Monitor
  12. Chapter 7: Make Room! Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices
  13. Part III : Adding the Fun Stuff
  14. Chapter 8: Putting the Spin on CD-ROM and DVD
  15. Chapter 9: Let Your PC Rock!
  16. Chapter 10: Modems and the Call of the Internet
  17. Part IV : Adding the Advanced Stuff
  18. Chapter 11: Attack of the SCSI Monster
  19. Chapter 12: So You Want to Add a LAN?
  20. Chapter 13: Life in the Fast Lane with Broadband
  21. Chapter 14: Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, Video Capture, and Printers
  22. Chapter 15: More Power User Toys
  23. Part V : The Part of Tens
  24. Chapter 16: Ten Reasons Not to Buy a Retail PC
  25. Chapter 17: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User’s PC
  26. Chapter 18: Ten Important Assembly Tips
  27. Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your PC
  28. Chapter 20: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague
  29. Part VI : Appendixes
  30. Appendix A: Choosing Your Operating System
  31. Appendix B: Glossary

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