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have any of you read or have this book about building pc's

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so my aunt got me this book and i'm wondering if its good so is it even good?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Building-PC-Easy-Steps-Windows/dp/1840786019/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414256959&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+build+a+pc

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Check the reviews, it seems to be a good book ;)

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Check the reviews, it seems to be a good book ;)

ok

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                         The Austrailian king of LTT said that I'm awesome and a funny guy. the greatest psu list known to man DDR3 ram guide

                                                                                                               i got 477 posts in my first 30 days on LinusTechTips.com

 

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There's a book on this? :o

it seems so

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My system is the Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Microsoft Signature Edition

                         The Austrailian king of LTT said that I'm awesome and a funny guy. the greatest psu list known to man DDR3 ram guide

                                                                                                               i got 477 posts in my first 30 days on LinusTechTips.com

 

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....how is it possible to sell such a thing?! i mean.. its FREE on youtube... and in MANY varieties AND for MANY different systems and budgets, including why some parts were chosen, ALSO they are up to date unlike some old book...

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....how is it possible to sell such a thing?! i mean.. its FREE on youtube... and in MANY varieties AND for MANY different systems and budgets, including why some parts were chosen, ALSO they are up to date unlike some old book...

 

He got it for free as well so...

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Why would you buy a book when you can get more in-depth guides for free on Youtube?

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Have you tried reading it? :P

yes i have read some of it and it talks about 1155 sockets cpu's from intel

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My system is the Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Microsoft Signature Edition

                         The Austrailian king of LTT said that I'm awesome and a funny guy. the greatest psu list known to man DDR3 ram guide

                                                                                                               i got 477 posts in my first 30 days on LinusTechTips.com

 

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He got it for free as well so...

getting some old outdated book, and actually wanting to learn from it is probably worse than not reading it :P

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You can get the free version of this book at www.youtube.com/linustechtips

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This Forum or Book? I would choose the Forum, before reading a book about PCs/

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You can get the free version of this book at www.youtube.com/linustechtips

 

 

The very true my friend.

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The book would be interesting, but it can not compete with the information the internet provides. Especially forums like this one where we, as a whole community, would want to help any PC-builder. YouTube and other sites also give plenty of information.

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well i got it from my aunt so i got it for free

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My system is the Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Microsoft Signature Edition

                         The Austrailian king of LTT said that I'm awesome and a funny guy. the greatest psu list known to man DDR3 ram guide

                                                                                                               i got 477 posts in my first 30 days on LinusTechTips.com

 

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Why would you buy a book when you can get more in-depth guides for free on Youtube?

....how is it possible to sell such a thing?! i mean.. its FREE on youtube... and in MANY varieties AND for MANY different systems and budgets, including why some parts were chosen, ALSO they are up to date unlike some old book...

 

Did you guys look at the book preview :P?

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Books are fine, however only viable for a short time as technology changes here and there over time and then the book is rendered useless for any new PC owner.

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Books are fine, however only viable for a short time as technology changes here and there over time and then the book is rendered useless for any new PC owner.

I'd say that they'd last a pretty decent time. Installing an intel LGA 1150 Processor is still the same as a 755 processor, installing RAM hasn't changed since ever, neither have power supplies for that matter.

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