Build Your Own Pentium III PC

I was a complete, absolute novice knowing nothing at all about PCs. This book is not just about instructions on how to make your own PC. It gives really important history and background information which is absolutely vital and fundamental to any novice trying to get a good grasp of the subject. By the time it came down to actually building my own PC, I had as good a grasp of the subject at this level as the author himself without having read any other book on the subject. It gives you all the information YOU need to be able to make your OWN judgement about what YOU WANT to build. Best of all, the author has written it in such a personal fashion that you will feel he is actually talking to you and you can imagine him working away in his garage - enabling you to see and appreciate things in a crystal clear way. It left me absolutely mesmerised. Every technical book is only valid for as long as the technology mentioned in it is also valid when you read it. Since computer technology moves really, really fast, the reader should consider some information that was current when the book was written to look at it from a historical point of view - this does not negate the validity of the information in any way. The author makes this fact clear by mentioning phrases like "By the time you read this...." followed by his comments about how things might have changed when you are reading the book at your time - and quite often he is spot on about his predictions, which I am sure needed a bit of digging. The flow of his language is wonderful and I feel sorry for those who criticise it because their first language isn't English - mine isn't either. The only matter you should be careful of is when you read about binary numbers but thats really to do with software at a core level - something that really did not concern me at this level. I have now made 2 PCs, connected to a third, made my own network, and studying MCSE to change my career. Congratulations on a book well conceived, thought out, planned, executed and written!!!!!

I have grown up with the author's books, on building a PC. Considering that from 386/486 there was not much around. I have still his 486, Pent II, when I get around to it get his Pent III.I gave my son his earlier works to get started, and with a 2 week "intern" in a PC shop, he is now proudly showing me stuff. Granted his books are for the beginner/intermediate but there is just not many books out there who even attempt this. By the time they get printed, we see the next generation pent IV/giga herz which I hope the author deems to do that as well. Based on his start with some hands on and books like this and starting college he now can understand what is going on. In fact he was looking at Aubrey's Pent II book, so I will put the printout rating for Aubrey's Pent III book out, and hope there will be a similiar book on Pent IIII/AMD gigahertz forthcoming including the new memory, getting harddrives that are now 40-60 gigs.His pent II book was discussing sub 10 gig drives. Anyway keep up the great work. Perhaps I will get a copy of the pent III and let my sone review it, since he is now overclocking his pent III putting cooling fans everywhere. Carey

Hi All, I am Aubrey Pilgrim, author of the series of BUILD YOUR OWN computer books. I have tried to keep the books simple enough for the intermediate user and technical enough to help all users. To be perfectly honest, you cannot save much building your own, but you can save a lot by knowing what is inside the computer and how it operates. Over 500,000 copies of my series have been sold since I first started writing them in 1987. A whole lot of people have told me that I have helped them understand computers. Some of my books have been used as text books. Thank you for buying my books. Aubrey Pilgrim, Los Angeles

Unlike Danny boy I know my hardware, not just how to program...The book tells you all you need to know on building a Pentium III, which is a slot 1 , not a socket 7. The book will tell you as much as you need to know on building a pentium III , as the title says. So I recomend this book to anyone interested in building their own pentium III computer.

I RECENTLY DECIDED TO BUILD A COMPUTER. I KNEW JUST ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS. I STARTED READING THIS BOOK, AND IT DID A GREAT JOB FILLING IN THE MISSING LINKS. IT IS A GREAT PURCHASE, AND I RECCOMEND IT TO ALL WHO KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS. IT HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY, AND IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THE AUTHOR'S STORIES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES REALLY HELPED ME PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT I NEEDED FOR MY SYSTEM.