A groundbreaking book that teaches readers how to save energy and money by assembling their own "green" PCs. The author provides step-by-step assembly instructions, and tells how to troubleshoot the finished product. This one-of-a-kind book's features include checklists to help readers select the right equipment, illustrated assembly instructions, a list of "green" suppliers, and more.

You can build a computer that's affordable, high-quality, and with eye-popping performance like My Super PC! Every part, every component and every step in the assembly of a 64-bit desktop computer is described in detail. This book is the companion guide for the web-site www.MySuperPC.com. The book contains the same information as assembly web-pages at the web-site. Using over 250 color images, the steps for building your own computer are given, beginning with a complete parts list, to component description, detailed assembly instructions, setting up the BIOS, installing the Windows XP/Vista operating system and even trouble-shooting common problems.

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.

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.

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 4 or AMD Athlon motherboards running Windows 2000 / ME. As well as guiding you round the inside of your PC base unit Ian Sinclair also covers monitors, printers, video capture, DVD drives, USB and parallel port accessories.... By reading this book PC owners will get to grips with the world of PC hardware and 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. The new edition of this book is based round building and upgrading to the latest systems such as Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon motherboards running Windows 2000 / ME. As well as guiding users around the inside of their PC base unit. The book also covers monitors, printers, video capture, DVD drives, USB and parallel port accessories, and much more. According to a New York Times article it is estimated that between 2000 and 2007, 500 million computers will become obsolete. The National Safety Council estimates that by 2004 315 million PCs will be obsolete. Two points that highlight how most people are unaware how simple the process of upgrading their own PC is.The third edition has been updated throughout with new and expanded sections including: • Sound capture and editing • Video capture from analog and digital camcorders, and TV / video • New fast motherboards, including RAID and other types with up to eight IDE devices controlled • Very fast processors in the range 1.5 to 2.0+ GHz • Cooling and fan-noise problems • Using large hard drives (60 Gb and more) • The new USB-2 standard* Covers all aspects of building and upgrading a PC, making this the book the computer retailers don't want you to read * Guides PC owners to create the PC you really want, not just the off-the shelf package offered by manufacturers * Helps you create a PC that keeps pace with the ever increasing demands that new software applications place on their system

The names Oprah, Michael Jordan, Donald Trump, and Bill Gates are great personal brands, and yours can be a personal brand too. This insightful book guides professionals and businesspeople to harness the power of their personal brands to build their client base. Readers will be able to carve a niche in the market in an inexpensive and productive way.

This book contains a CD.