Ian Sinclair's Build Your Own books have established themselves as authoritative and highly practical guides for home PC users and advanced hobbyists alike. All aspects of building and upgrading a PC are covered, making this the book the computer retailers don't want you to read! By getting to grips with the world of PC hardware you can avoid the built-in obsolescence that seems to be part and parcel of the fast moving world of PCs, and escape the need to buy a new PC every year. You can also have a PC that keeps pace with the ever increasing demands that new software applications place on your system.The new edition of this book is based round building and upgrading to the latest systems such as Pentium III and dual-processor Celeron motherboards running Windows 95/98 or Windows 2000. As well as guiding you round the inside of your CPU Ian Sinclair also covers monitors, printers, high capacity disk and tape systems, DVD drives, parallel port accessories....
