Build your own PC for dummies
Subtitle: do-it-yourself
By: by Mark L. Chambers
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780470196113
Subjects: Microcomputers; Amateurs' manuals; Design and construction
Notes: Includes index.

DVD system requirements: PC (running Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista) or Macintosh computer (running Apple OS X or later) DVD-ROM drive; sound card and speakers ; 512MB of RAM or greater; can also be played on a DVD player connected to a television.
Table of contents: title: Preparations and planning. A screwdriver is all you need ; What type of PC should I build?; title: Assembling the basics. Building the foundation : the case and motherboard ; A bag of chips : adding RAM and a CPU ; Installing your ports, mouse, and keyboard ; Adding video hardware ; Installing your hard drive and other storagte devices ; Choosing and installing an operating system; title: Adding the fun stuff. Installing an optical drive ; Let your PC rock! ; Modems and the call of broadband; title: Advanced PC options. So you want to add a LAN? ; Input and output : scanners, cameras, and printers ; Building a gaming PC; title: The part of tens. Ten tools and tasks for a power user's PC ; Tem important assembly tips ; Ten ways to maintain your PC ; Ten PC pitfalls to avoid like the plague; title: Appendixes. A, About the DVD ; B, The PC builder's glossary.; title: DVD. Installing your motherboard; title: Installing your CPU; title: Installing your RAM; title: Installing your ports; title: Installing your hard drive; title: Installing your optical drive; title: Installing your sound card; title: Maintaining your hard drive.