Build Your Own PC, 4th Edition - Softcover

Rosenthal, Morris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072255595 ISBN 13: 9780072255591

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"Outstanding, very informative & easy to read! This was the most informative book on building computers I have ever read, and I have read a few. I would recommend this book to anyone who was considering building a PC or who just wanted to see how they were put together, operate, and what you can do with them." -- Amazon reviewer

From the Publisher:

Highly visual and easy-to-read guide to building or customizing a computer.
Shows how to build a PC in basic step-by-step instructions, with illustrations to guide you every step of the way.

Popular Toolbox'inside front cover contains a list of equipment needed to build each project.
Includes a section on how computers work (Chapter 1, 'First Time Builders'), explaining motherboards, CPUs, RAM, etc. in plain English to help readers understand the intricacies of PCs so they can be better informed builders.

Also features chapters on installing an operating system and troubleshooting your machine.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072255595
• ISBN 13: 9780072255591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 240