Build Your Own PC on a Budget: A DIY Guide for Hobbyists and Gamers
By John Mueller
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Design and assemble an inexpensive yet fast and reliable PC
Construct the PC of your dreams using the practical information contained in this hands-on guide. Build Your Own PC on a Budget explains, step-by-step, how to put together a customized computer that is affordable, stable, and powerful. Discover how to choose the parts that fit your needs, safely connect and test components, add video and peripherals, install an operating system, connect to the Internet, and go wireless. Security, maintenance, and software updates are fully covered in this DIY book.
- Look inside a PC and understand how each component works
- Decide what you want from your PC and develop a design plan
- Create a cost-effective parts list and select the best vendors
- Wire up the motherboard, processor, and add-on boards
- Connect storage devices, display adapters, and peripherals
- Securely connect to LANs, WiFi networks, and the Internet
- Install your operating system, device drivers, and applications
- Maintain your PC, update software, and back up your data
John Mueller
John Mueller is Woody Hayes Senior Research Scientist at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of over a dozen books, several of which have won prizes. Among the most recent of these: War and Ideas (2011) Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda (2010), Overblown (2006), and The Remnants of War (2004). He has also edited the web book, Terrorism Since 9/11: The American Cases (2017). Earlier books include Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery, Retreat from Doomsday, Astaire Dancing, and War, Presidents and Public Opinion. He has published hundreds of articles in scholarly journals and general magazines and newspapers, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.
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