Building a PC: In Easy Steps by Stuart Yarnold
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- ISBN: 1840783265
- Publisher: In Easy Steps
- Pub. Date: January 2007
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Synopsis
Prebuilt computer systems are often a compromise between what manufacturers want to sell and what consumers want to buy. For those who are looking for something more than the standard PC, one solution is to build it from the ground up — a solution that, with the help of this book, is surprisingly simple. Written in concise, jargon-free English, Building a PC in Easy Steps walks the reader through every stage of building and setting up a computer: buying parts and avoiding sales scams; mastering and installing the CPU, memory, video, and other components; altering default settings in the BIOS for optimum performance; and installing and configuring device drivers. Graphics clearly illustrate every step in the process, and an invaluable troubleshooting chapter helps pinpoint any problems that may crop up. In the end, the reader has a computer system tailored to their exact requirements, built from components specifically chosen for reliability, price, and performance.
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Building a PC: In Easy Stepsby Anonymous
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06/10/2008: I went looking for a computer build and repair book, written by an author and published by a publishing house that knew the subject well enough to make it simple and, dare I say it, even captivating. Well, Stuart Yarnold's 'Building a PC: In Easy Steps' was exactly what I needed. It's written in very straightforward and even charming language, and is printed on high-glossy pages with vibrant, full-color pictures that really jump out at you... With that said, the only minor shortcoming I found with this book is that I'd have liked it to have shown some simplified inflow/outflow diagrams of bus lanes coming into and out of the essential components, particularly the CPU, with a particular emphasis on specifying the width of the bit lanes as they trace through everything.
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