OWN YOUR OWNTower PC

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The standard tower-style PC is blessedly modular, designed to be opened up and upgraded.By Robert Bruce Thompson

Tower PCs are endlessly modifiable. Most tower PC upgrades take only a few minutes and require no more than a Phillips screwdriver. At relatively small cost, you can increase your system’s performance, improve reliability, reduce noise, extend life, and add features. Here, from the recent book, Repairing & Upgrading Your PC (O’Reilly), are the ten most popular PC upgrades and how you make them.

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