Building a PC For Dummies free download

BUILDING A PC FOR DUMMIES

Writer : Mark L. Chambers

Published Year : 2006

Publisher : Wiley Publishing, Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-0-471-76772-5

ISBN-10: 0-471-76772-7

Size : 7 MB

CONTENTS

Part I: Can I Really Do This?

• Chapter 1: What’s in a Computer, Anyway?
• Chapter 2: What Type of PC Should I Build?

Part II: Building Your PC

• Chapter 3: Building the Foundation: The Case and Motherboard 
•  Chapter 4: A Bag of Chips: Adding RAM and a CP
• Chapter 5: The Three PC Senses: Ports, Mouse, and Keyboard 
• Chapter 6: Images “R” Us: Adding Video and a Monitor
• Chapter 7: Make Room! Your Hard Drive and Other Storage Devices

Part III: Adding the Fun Stuff

• Chapter 8: Putting the Spin on CD-ROM and DVD
• Chapter 9: Let Your PC Rock! 
•  Chapter 10: Modems and the Call of the Internet

Part IV: Adding the Advanced Stuff

• Chapter 11: Attack of the SCSI Monster
• Chapter 12: So You Want to Add a LAN?
• Chapter 13: Life in the Fast Lane with Broadband
• Chapter 14: Input and Output: Scanners, Cameras, Video Capture,and Printers
• Chapter 15: More Power User Toys

Part V: The Part of Tens

• Chapter 16: Ten Reasons Not to Buy a Retail PC
• Chapter 17: Ten Tools and Tasks for a Power User’s PC
• Chapter 18: Ten Important Assembly Tips 
• Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Speed Up Your PC
• Chapter 20: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague