Building Your Own PC Is A Great Project For Hot Summer Days

(PRWEB) July 21, 2005

If you feel trapped inside your air-conditioned home during the sweltering days of summer, building your own computer is a great do-it-yourself project.

"Building a computer is pretty easy. All you basically need to do is purchase the key components, like a hard drive and a mainboard, and then you assemble the parts," says Charlie Palmer, author of "How To Build Your Own PC: Save A Buck And Learn A Lot" (available from HCM Publishing: http://www.hcmpublishing.com/HCM/How-To-Build-Your-Own-PC.htm and from amazon.com).

Palmer says new PC builders need to be alert for static electricity. It's estimated that as much as a billion dollars in otherwise good PC parts are destroyed each year due to improper component handling.

"Typically, if a mishandled part receives a shock in a crucial location, the part will be wounded. It might not fail immediately, but over time, it's more likely to fail," says Palmer.

Fortunately, static electricity is worse in the winter months when it's drier indoors and electric charges are more likely to accumulate. During summer humidity, indoor static electricity is less of a problem. So, building your computer is a great project for summer.

"How To Build Your Own PC: Save A Buck And Learn A Lot" contains step-by-step instructions to build your own computer. It's loaded with illustrative photos to guide the computer builder in his or her quest. Topics include partitioning and formatting a hard drive and installing a dual-boot operating system (Windows XP and Red Hat Linux).

A free online version of the book is available at http://www.PCGuide.com.

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