A resource guide explains how to economically build a complete chip-based system out of mail order parts and peripherals while reviewing the necessary components, including motherboards, CD-ROM, printers, monitors, fax/modems, and memory chips. Original. (Intermediate).

Build-it-yourself guru Aubrey Pilgrim delivers a top-to-bottom update of his bestselling guide to building a complete, custom-made Pentium-chip system--including peripherals--at a fraction of dealer prices. Pilgrim provides new, updated or expanded coverage of all the latest Pentium chips, multispeed CD-ROMs and other new multimedia components, Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp, and hard-drive specs.

Illustrated instructions assist the reader in assembling a desktop PC using the Pentium Pro microproccessor chip

A complete, step-by-step instruction manual with illustrations on how to build, install software and troubleshoot your own personal computer using Pentium III technology.

If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy. Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you: What tools you need (not as many as you might think!) All about operating systems How to install CD and DVD drives The scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together from start to finish How to connect a monitor and install a modem All about setting up and configuring the hard drive Secrets for securing your system, and more Included is a bonus DVD showing you how to install the motherboard, CPU, RAM, ports, hard drive, video and sound cards, a DVD drive, and more. With Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, you can have the computer you want plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Do you want more computer than you can afford? A powerful machine that's bigger, better, faster? One with lots of bells and whistles? Here's a way to get it! With tools you already own (like a screwdriver) and no technical experience you can easily build a leading-edge, high-performance, super fast machine such as a Pentium II and get all the computer you dream of. Think of the bragging rights you'll earn. You'll be able to say, "I built it myself!"

Written for the novice, this step-by-step book strips away the mystery and fear most people have about the internals of a personal computer and helps the average consumer confidently select and buy the right components and assemble them into a high-performance Pentium II PC.

The design, operation, and technical strategy of the Pentium--both the how and the why.

"Build Your Own PC" is a highly visual guide to building a computer from start to finish with a minimal text approach that clearly gets concepts across to readers. A visual Glossary defines each part of a PC, while more than 150 step-by-step photos guide their way.