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by Edward Chen (Author), Joel Durham Jr. (Author) "Two of the most overlooked components of a computer system are the case and power supply ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne; illustrated edition edition (1 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0072229012
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072229011
  • Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Rev it up, take it into overdrive, and transform your ordinary desktop PC into a cool looking, high-performance gamer’s mod PC. Learn to acquire and install the latest CPUs, the largest hard drives, and the fastest RAM. Plus, tweak sounds and video cards so applications and games look and sound better. Also explains physical modifications including painting and lighting design.


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Improve the skin and heart--the box and inner components--of your PC. Authors Joel Durham, Jr. and Edward Chen show you how to customize your machine to gain power, prestige, and excitement. Learn to improve performance and upgrade components with the latest CPUs, the largest hard drives, and the fastest RAM. Discover physical modifications such as painting, lighting, windows, and specialized controls. Build Your Own High Performance Gamers' Mod PC is a complete, illustrated step-by-step guide to the skills, tools, and accessories you'll need to build a juiced up box that will help you enjoy gaming even more.

  • Improve the looks and performance of your PC
  • Tweak video and sound cards so applications and games look and sound better
  • Customize your box with neon, LED, Electro luminescent lights, and more
  • Design and create case windows
  • Add exciting switches, controls, and other custom features
  • Apply professional painting techniques
  • Learn from more than 200 photographs and illustrations
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4.0 out of 5 stars A review of the Build Your Own Pc book, 15 April 2003
By Tim Moulding (Bristol United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I have recently purchased the Build Your Own High Performance Gamers Mod Pc book.

At first inspection the book looks well presented with good quality photos and as your would expect nicely broken down into simple chapters. A usefull feature of this book is the what you should need page. This tells you exactly what you need to build and mod a pc.

Looking through the book there are chapters about all the different parts of a pc Eg motherboard and cpu. These chapters are well presented and simple due to the big diagrams and bullet points. Another use feature is the advice as to which computer hardware(parts) would be good to use. This is good for people with little knowledge of building a computer. But this book is not just pictures when needed the book goes into detail but still explains simply. This is very much a step by step guide.

The only problem I found with the book is the lack of modding information. The three catogories in the modding section are painting, adding a window and lighting. So if you brought this book with modding in mind then your money would be best spent elsewhere.

Overall this book is very good. If your a beginner and brought this book im sure with limited IT knowledge you could build a great pc.

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