Book Description
Whether you're frustrated with current PC offerings (and their
inflated prices) or are simply looking for a cool project to take
on, building a computer from the ground up using off-the-shelf
parts can offer significant advantages. In these pages, computer
dudes Darrel Wayne Creacy and Carlito Vicencio
outline those advantages and then show you how to build the
computer of your dreams.
The pair begins by explaining what components make up a PC and what
you need to think about when selecting those components, before
helping you determine your needs and suggesting various
configurations to fit those uses. Breaking the process down into
its simplest terms, the authors provide component lists for a
number of different PC setups: for students, home users,
multimedia/home-theater enthusiasts, high-end graphic/video/audio
producers, and more.
Using plain language and plenty of visual and instructional
aids--photos, illustrations, diagrams, step-by-step directions, and
more--the authors ensure that even someone (like you!) who knows
nothing about technology can build the perfect PC!
On a more personal note, the authors are donating a percentage of
their income from this book to the Breast Cancer Research
Foundation–to thank all the women in their lives who have
supported them and battled the disease. For more information about
BCRF, please visit http://www.bcrfcure.org/.
Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- A Special Gift to The Women In Our Lives
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Why Build Your Own PC?
- Parts Are Parts: A Look Under the Hood
- What Kind of User Are You?
- The Home Office PC
- The Gamer
- The Multimedia PC
- The Ultimate Dude
- The Little Dude
- Building A Gamer
- Building A Little Dude
-
Basic Troubleshooting
- My computer won't turn on
- My keyboard won't work. Or maybe it's my mouse that's busted?
- My computer turns on, but nothing happens on the screen
- I get a Non-System Disk Error when I try to boot up
- My sound doesn't work. Seriously, I can't hear a thing
- My PC boots up, but then it starts beeping and doesn't get past the first screen
- Windows freezes up on installation
- Index