Book Review - Build It Yourself Visually: The Ultimate Game PC for Under $999
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If you've ever wanted to build a PC but want *exact* instructions on what to buy, where to buy it, and how to put it all together, here you go... Build It Yourself Visually: The Ultimate Game PC for Under $999 by Joel Durham. No guesswork here...
Contents: Special Considerations for Game PCs; Preparing Your Shopping List; Buying Your Components; Preparing Your Tools and Workspace; Introducing the Case; Mounting the Power Supply; Installing the Motherboard; Dropping In the CPU; Adding Memory; Installing the Graphics Card; Introducing the Audio Device; Installing the Floppy Drive; Installing the Hard Drive; Installing the Optical Drive; Setting Up the Speakers; Attaching the Monitor; Connecting the Input Devices; Installing Windows XP; Installing the Drivers; Keeping Your System Up-To-Date; Optimizing Your System; Benchmarking to Quantify Your System's Performance; Glossary; Index
The Build It Yourself Visually series relies, as you can probably surmise, on a graphic-heavy format to show the reader exactly how to do something. In many cases, it's just a lot of screen shots that show each step in a program or installation. In this situation, it's valuable in that you get pictures of each component as well as each installation step. This book goes beyond other "build your own PC" books in that it tells you *exactly* what to buy, why it is the preferred choice (cost vs. performance), and then points you to the CPUSolutions.com site where they have a special area set up to complement the book. You can buy the very same components listed in the book, therefore assuring yourself that the parts you get and assemble are the same ones you'll see in the instructions. For those who are a bit gun-shy to begin with, that's a nice safety net. And if you're confident of your skills to "wing it" a bit, you can spend a bit more and upgrade per their recommendations listed on each component. Either way, the end result should be a solid gaming system for less than you would have spent to buy it off the shelf... Not to mention the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself.
A solid title for the target they're shooting for, and one I would recommend to someone that fits that category...
If you've ever wanted to build a PC but want *exact* instructions on what to buy, where to buy it, and how to put it all together, here you go... Build It Yourself Visually: The Ultimate Game PC for Under $999 by Joel Durham. No guesswork here...
Contents: Special Considerations for Game PCs; Preparing Your Shopping List; Buying Your Components; Preparing Your Tools and Workspace; Introducing the Case; Mounting the Power Supply; Installing the Motherboard; Dropping In the CPU; Adding Memory; Installing the Graphics Card; Introducing the Audio Device; Installing the Floppy Drive; Installing the Hard Drive; Installing the Optical Drive; Setting Up the Speakers; Attaching the Monitor; Connecting the Input Devices; Installing Windows XP; Installing the Drivers; Keeping Your System Up-To-Date; Optimizing Your System; Benchmarking to Quantify Your System's Performance; Glossary; Index
The Build It Yourself Visually series relies, as you can probably surmise, on a graphic-heavy format to show the reader exactly how to do something. In many cases, it's just a lot of screen shots that show each step in a program or installation. In this situation, it's valuable in that you get pictures of each component as well as each installation step. This book goes beyond other "build your own PC" books in that it tells you *exactly* what to buy, why it is the preferred choice (cost vs. performance), and then points you to the CPUSolutions.com site where they have a special area set up to complement the book. You can buy the very same components listed in the book, therefore assuring yourself that the parts you get and assemble are the same ones you'll see in the instructions. For those who are a bit gun-shy to begin with, that's a nice safety net. And if you're confident of your skills to "wing it" a bit, you can spend a bit more and upgrade per their recommendations listed on each component. Either way, the end result should be a solid gaming system for less than you would have spent to buy it off the shelf... Not to mention the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself.
A solid title for the target they're shooting for, and one I would recommend to someone that fits that category...
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