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Title: Two thumbs up from a first-time builder!
Review: UPDATED DECEMBER 2008 to add: This book is now very much out of date, and I have to recommend that you search out something newer. The core principles are sound, but don't follow any of the more specific advice - this book was right on the money immediately before dual-core began dominating the market, which has been several years.[Original review from 2005]This is a REALLY great book. It's not quite "PC Building For Dummies," but it also isn't all confusing and scary. It's maybe "PC Building For People Who Have Used Computers A Lot And Have Brains." It has lots of photos, some highly informative overview chapters, three different step-by-step builds, and a final chapter explaining how to get from hardware to software by installing Windows and the appropriate drivers, etc. Even tells you what the most commonly made mistakes by novice builders are and how to avoid them. If I hadn't found this book, I probably wouldn't have tried to build my own machine.
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