Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC

Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC
Tinkerers rule! At least, you had better believe this, if you want to
benefit from this book. Smith is talking to hands on hobbyists, which
want truly unique machines. Often heavily souped up. The pages of the
book are in colour, which helps show even motherboards and videocards as
pretty. Candidly, those of you who think this is impossible should pass
on this book.
The text goes through the basics of each type of
component, for virtually all the types that can go into a computer. As
already mentioned, motherboards and videocards. But also power supplies,
memory, monitors etc.
It is important to note that the photos
are not just of isolated items. Several series of photos show clearly
how to install a component. The colour photo sequences are well done.
More useful than traditional black and white sketches that vendors might
supply. These are common because vendors have slim margins, and more
elaborate colour diagrams are costly. So the book tries to address this
gap, amongst the issues it addresses.
Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC