Building Your Own Computer Made Easy: The Step By Step Guide (Computers Made Easy)

Nice book

As one might expect, components undergo rapid changes and even a book even a year or two old does not discuss some of the latest innovations in computer hardware. Nonetheless, this book gives a good general understanding of the processes involved in building your own computer for those who haven't done it before. (Advice: Take your time in researching, planning and building. Mistakes get expensive.)

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very easy to follow along with

I have built several computers myself and wanted to see if this book offered any helpful tips for me and it did. Very well written and easy to understand. There are a couple of minor errors in the book, but, nothing too serious. Never checked for an errata sheet. I highly recommend it to beginners. Before reading this book I started reading "How to Build a Computer: The Best Beginner's Guide" by Douglas L. Miller, but, found that book not to be as well written as this one. That book didn't flow like this one does.

too old a book!

I had books from 4-6 years ago back when DDR3 was the newest tech. I thought I needed to get "up to date" on the newest tech. Other than processor sockets have changed and there's DDR4, I could have really saved my money. The author does a good job on building and if this is your first book, you could do a lot worse. There is a good deal dedicated to Windows 10 which is the most important part of this book IMHO. So, if you already have a recent book on building, there's dozens of web tech articles and YT to get you up to date. Your best bet is to buy a good guide on Windows 10 as this will be the hardest learning curve when going from XP or 7 like I have to.

The advice I got from the troubleshooting section was worth it on it's own. Tons of good info.