Mon, 01 May 2006
Extreme PC's
Ben Hardwidge, Building Extreme PC's:
The Complete Guide to Moddingand Custom PC's,
O'Reilly
This larger format paperback is actually a bit more
than a guide to modding PC's. It's also a pretty reasonable
tech history of the PC with lots of illustrations. This sort
of thing can be fairly useful if you've missed out on some of the recent
development chapters of the PC.
The idea though is to banish the beige box and get as
wild as you want in doing so. There are lots of photos to act as
inspiration and descriptions of the different things people
have done along with ways of getting the things done.
The first part of the book looks at aspects of what is
done, including video cards, overclocking, water cooling,
and various useful tools. After that there's an assortment
of modded PC's to contemplate and possibly inspire. Even
if you don't like all the designs, most people who would be
looking at this book will admire the craftsmanship involved.
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