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

Everyone who loves computers yearns for a new, superfast Pentium Pro-powered machine. Blazingly quick, smaller, and much cooler than earlier chips, the Pentium Pro is the processor that brings mainframe power to the desktop PC. And now you can afford to own one! With this clear, step-by-step guide, anybody who knows which end of the screwdriver to grip can build their own Pentium Pro processor PC and save as much as half the cost of an off-the-shelf model.

With nearly 50,000 copies sold since its 1997 release, "Pentium Pro Processor System Architecture" is now updated in a second edition to include the Pentium II processor and MMX technology. The Pentium II processor adds MMX technology, which consists of 57 new instructions designed to enrich and accelerate multimedia and communications.

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.

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.