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camieabz   06-24-2001 at 02:50:29 PM

I'm after some decent computer building / upgrading / overclocking books.
Lets say from novice onwards.
I am U.K based and I already have the P.C. support handbook & Build your own PIII (outdated , talking of K7 coming soon).

I might get the 2001 edition of the former, but I'd like some suggestions.

P.S. I'm building a PIII, but I also want to learn about AMD systems.

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dhlucke   06-25-2001 at 03:49:39 AM
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I went to a local book store a month ago (barnes and noble) which is very huge, but it was stupid. Basically they only write books once a year or less, so the newest book was for the athlon 600. Let me know if you find anything, but I'm pretty sure the net is your best source for information.

I read through a handfull of those books that they had and there was absolutely nothing usefull. Overclocking was not mentioned, and no specific hardware was recomended. For video I was shocked since the only information given was the difference between 2D/3D/PCI/AGP. That is useless information today. For hard drives it was all historical. I couldn't find a single book that explained RAID (which is the reason I went there in the first place), the list goes on, and I was disapointed.

As far as the net though there are tons of good sites...

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TheAntipop   06-25-2001 at 07:48:43 AM
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The stuff they will say in the old is going to be almost the exact same thing you will find in the new one. I say just search the Tom's Hardware Guide Archives and find his guide to building a computer. It is pretty comprehensive and is completely free.

eh, i'll procrastinate later...

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HolyGrenade   06-25-2001 at 09:28:03 AM
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Whats the point. All these books are rubbish. Besides, why would you need a book on hardware upgrading and stuff. By the time the books are published, the hardware they write about are likely to be ancient.

You could have a look at books on other subjects I saw in "Garry and Mike": <b>Card counting for meatheads, Catching card counters for meatheads, Sex for meatheads</b> and <b>Advanced hooking for meatheads</b>. :wink:


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FatBurger   06-25-2001 at 08:23:01 PM
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There are some books worth reading. I've got books on Windows 2000, Java 2, Networking, C++ and Security sitting on a shelf to my left right now. All but the Networking book are great. That one ended up being too much of a history lesson to do me much good.
Anyhow, broad books seem to be pretty worthless (except for some stuff like interpreting motherboard beeps), but some of the more specific books are good.

Books I have:
Java 2 Complete
Windows 2000 Complete
Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networking
Instant C++ Programming
Hacking Exposed 2nd edition
A+ Certification book (can't remember which one, it's at home)

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TheAntipop   06-26-2001 at 07:30:12 AM
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Advanced hooking for meatheads


would that be... oh never mind.

eh, i'll procrastinate later...

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HolyGrenade   06-26-2001 at 10:51:06 AM
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Yes, I believe it would.


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HolyGrenade   06-26-2001 at 10:52:47 AM
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Hehay! I have that hacking exposed book aswell. I've had it for months. I haven't opened it yet.


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