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Title: Building a PC for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Mark L. Chambers ISBN: 0-7645-4247-8 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.1 (29 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great inspiration
Comment: One day I was trying to play a star trek demo that I downloaded and it woudln't run on my cyrix MII machine, so I said "forget this, im going to buy a new comptuer", then I said "nah, i will just pay a friend to make it", then i said "forget that...I WILL MAKE IT". I then went out and bought this book. The first 2 or 3 chapters give you alot of inspiration..and "you can do it"'s. The author gives you alot of invaluable background information, but I didn't find myself using the book to make the pc. I mean how many words does it take to tell how to install a pci card..and the author didn't quite give you enough details about what to buy specifically, In the beginning when it came down to video cards and a motherboard, i found myself looking into newsgroups (which the author reccommended). Well the moral of the story is i promised myself i wouldn't write a review unless it was from my new computer..and here I am fulfilling my promise. a PIII 550, 15.0 gb hard drive, 128mb ram, 32 mb tnt2 video card, 16 pci soundblaster, blah blah blah..i spent $1200 grandtotal including monitor. be prepared to spend money for a good system. You will not find a secret to building your own computer for $300. my system works, this book got me started, but once i was past the starting phase I needed more resources. Good luck to anyone trying to build a computer and if you have any questions email me at [email protected] AND [email protected] and i will try to help you.
Rating: 1
Summary: Any similar alternate book would be better.
Comment: While I was reading/assembling my computer I found the book to be poorly written, with not nearly enough specific info. I was very frustrated, and needed to purchase a different book to correctly assemble my rig. Since then I've read 15-20 other books related to computer hardware/software/networking affording me a fair amount of perspective. This book ranges from badly outdated general info. to just plain incorrect info. I can say now with confidence that using only this book as a reference will almost guarantee an improper assembly of your computer. You will be frustrated and you will probably waste a decent amount of money.
Rating: 3
Summary: pretty good
Comment: For the absolute beginner, this book is an excellent tool.
Its only problem is that in attempting to cover a broad amount of information in a small amount of space, it must leave out particulars such as in depth explanations of the various components of each part. Explanations such as these would make choosing parts and understanding jargon a lot easier and would make the book more resistant to the passage of time (the recommendations are quite dated).
If you want a computer that would have been the bee's knees in 1999 this is a great resource; otherwise, you will definitely need to use this book in conjunction with a more exhaustive source.
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Title: Build Your Own PC, Third Edition by Morris Rosenthal ISBN: 0072195584 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 18 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies, Sixth Edition by Andy Rathbone ISBN: 0764516655 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 07 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Do-It-Yourself PC Book: An Illustrated Guide to Upgrading and Repairing Your PC by Kyle Macrae, Dell Keegan-Martin ISBN: 0072133775 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 30 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Build Your Own High-Performance Gamer's Mod PC by Joel Durham Jr., Edward Chen ISBN: 0072229012 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Tom's Hardware Guide: High Performance PC Secrets by Thomas Pabst, Michael Desmond, Larry Barber ISBN: 0789716860 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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