Mark L. Chambers

Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If you've dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy. Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you: * What tools you need (not as many as you might think!) * All about operating systems * How to install CD and DVD drives * The scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together from start to finish * How to connect a monitor and install a modem * All about setting up and configuring the hard drive * Secrets for securing your system, and more Included is a bonus DVD showing you how to install the motherboard, CPU, RAM, ports, hard drive, video and sound cards, a DVD drive, and more. With Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, you can have the computer you want plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470462195
• Artikelnr.: 37292365

Autorenporträt

Mark L. Chambers has been building, customizing, and repairing PCs for over 20 years for himself and clients. As a consultant, he helps everyday folks update, maintain, and troubleshoot PCs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 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 CPU. Chapter 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 a LAN? Chapter 13: Input and
Output: Scanners, Cameras, and Printers. Chapter 14: Building a Gaming PC.
Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power
User's PC. Chapter 16: Ten Important Assembly Tips. Chapter 17: Ten Ways to
Maintain Your PC. Chapter 18: Ten PC Pitfalls to Avoid Like the Plague.
Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: About the DVD. Appendix B: The PC
Builder's Glossary. Index.