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Upgrade Your System With a Motherboard Swap Insert a new motherboard to revitalize your PC.   |
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January 2001
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The Mother(board) of All Upgrades Motherboard transplants rev up aging PCs... |
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September 2001
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Build Your Own PC Save money and craft a system that exactly matches your needs... |
PC World
July 2003
Stan Miastkowski |
Put Together a Custom PC Get the right components and assemble a system that's suitable for your needs and budget. |
PC World
July 2006
Scott Mueller |
To Get Just the PC You Want, Build It Yourself You can construct your own fully equipped system for about the same amount of money as an off-the-shelf configuration. |
PC World
March 2004
Stan Miastkowski |
Quiet Your PC: Easy Ways to Cut Computer Noise The main sources of noise are motors and spinning components such as the hard drive, CPU fan, case cooling fans, and power supply fan. Tips on quieting your computer. |
PC Magazine
July 19, 2005
Loyd Case |
Installing a New Motherboard If you've been thinking about building a new PC or upgrading an existing one, but the prospect of installing a motherboard seemed too daunting, have no fear. Connecting your computer's main board is easier than you might think. |
PC World
April 24, 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Install a Bigger, Faster Hard Drive One of the most popular upgrade projects, step by step... |
PC World
April 2005
Kirk Steers |
Do the Math to Get Your PC All the Power It Needs An overtaxed power supply can cause performance hiccups, sudden freeze-ups due to memory errors, and even premature death from overheating. |
PC World
October 2005
Lincoln Spector |
Quiet, Please! Cut Your PC's Clatter the Cool Way Simple tricks and tweaks can keep your PC's noisemakers under wraps while keeping its temperature cool. |
PC World
March 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Soup Up Your PC's Processor Install a new processor, step-by-step... |
PC World
September 2004
Dahl & Baguley |
Your Ideal PC Whether you're upgrading your PC or building one from scratch, we show you how to choose the right parts and put them all together. |
PC Magazine
April 7, 2011
Matthew Murray |
How to Build a Mini Fusion PC AMD's new Fusion APU technology makes it easy to construct a small home PC that pack big media-processing power, but require only a minuscule amount of your green. Here's how you can build one. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2007
Anthony Verducci |
How to Install a Computer Water Cooling System Forget fans. If your computer's CPU runs hot and heavy, it may be time to give it a bath. |
PC World
August 23, 2006
Robert Luhn |
Best PC Upgrades The PC you need for tomorrow's tasks may be the one you own today after you upgrade its performance in one or more key areas. We show you how. |
PC World
November 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Upgrade Your PC's Graphics Performance Install a new graphics card for cutting-edge video. |
PC World
September 2003
Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Boost Your Hard-Drive Speed With Serial ATA Serial ATA drives offer serveral advantages over parallel drives -- including speed. |
PC World
November 2000
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Manage Your Drive Connections The EIDE interface is the main storage connection in most PCs, not just for hard drives and CD-ROM drives but for CD-RW and removable-media drives as well. A poor configuration can hurt performance, so the more devices you hook up, the more important managing the multiple connections becomes... |
PC World
December 2004
Kirk Steers |
Resuscitate a Stalled PC Try these steps to revive a nonresponsive or crashed PC... Leapin' Letters... Numbers to Go... |
PC World
July 2004
Stan Miastkowski |
Convert Your PC Into a Digital Video Recorder Instead of buying a Media Center PC, upgrade your current system. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2004
Christopher Allbritton |
How To Change A Hard Drive Adding hard-drive space for more storage. |
PC World
August 2005
Jim Aspinwall |
Reinvent Your PC Ever feel like your system's being left behind by today's technology? Here's how to make any machine run faster, store a lot more data, and serve as your entertainment hub. |
PC World
December 2005
Kirk Steers |
A Tour of the Thoroughly Modern Motherboard If you haven't looked inside a PC in the last year or two, you may not recognize everything there. Here's a tour of today's motherboard. |
PC World
September 2001
Kirk Steers |
Do-It-Yourself Dream Machines A step-by-step guide to the smartest upgrades, plus the ultimate PC project: building your own system... |
PC Magazine
July 5, 2006 |
Maingear Prysma The Maingear Prysma is a fast-performing Media Center PC masquerading as a bold design statement, with a few flaws. |
PC World
June 14, 2008
Tom Mainelli |
How to Build a Superfast, Superquiet PC, Part 1 Building a PC that is quiet, fast, and affordable. |
PC World
June 2003
Tom Mainelli |
A Power Supply You Can Control Antec's TrueControl 550 can satisfy larger-than-average power needs. |
PC World
September 2003
Jeff Bertolucci |
60-Minute Upgrades Get new PC power in an hour -- or less -- with these speed boosters, storage add-ons, and more. Plus: Tune-up tips to keep your system going strong. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007
John Brandon |
The Green PC Save power, money, and the planet with your next PC! |
PC World
September 1, 2000
Stan Miastkowski & Kirk Steers |
Build Your Dream Machine Three step-by-step projects to transform your sluggish PC into a desktop powerhouse. |
PC Magazine
September 1, 2011
Matthew Murray |
Build a Better Sub-$200 Linux PC Last year, we defied the economy by building a complete computer system for less than $200. This year, we build a better one. |
Home Toys
June 2005
John E. Johnson |
Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
John Delaney |
Upgrade Your Laptop Busted screen? Can't record DVDs? System just too slow? You don't need to buy a new laptop, you need to upgrade the one you've got. Read on to learn all you'll need to know. |
PC World
May 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Revamp Your PC's Sound System Steps for expanding your audio dimensions... |
PC Magazine
October 12, 2011
Matthew Murray |
Build a Gaming PC for $500 Just because you don't have a lot of money to spare doesn't mean you can't build a capable and highly upgradable gaming desktop. |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Installing a Ceiling Fan A step-by-step guide to putting in a versatile and stylish fixture |
PC World
June 14, 2007
Kirk Steers |
The Cheapskate's Guide to Supercharging Your PC Overclock your CPU, upgrade your graphics, and swap out your motherboard to give your PC a boost. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
John Brandon |
The $125 Upgrade Dust, grime, cracks, and dents: These are the hallmarks of a truly reliable PC. Here are tips to upgrading your system. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Adam Blake |
A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
An Optical Drive Upgrade How to remove a CD-RW and install a CD-DVD unit. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007 |
5 Simple Steps to a New Light Switch in 10 Minutes With a few specific tools, you can handle the job even if you've never done basic electrical work. Here's how it's done. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006 |
Power-Supply Connections How to connect a 24-pin power-supply to a 20-pin motherboard. |
PC World
January 31, 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Avoid Static Damage to Your PC If you're upgrading your PC, static electricity can cause real damage. But a few precautions can protect sensitive electronics... |
Popular Mechanics
March 2010
Anthony Verducci |
How to Quiet Your Loud Personal Computer As with many aspects of the technology world, there is a modder subculture dedicated to quiet desktop computing. |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Loyd Case |
Build It: A Homemade Media Center PC Build an MCE PC of your own and learn how to choose the parts for a custom project that's uniquely yours. |
Linux Journal
September 1, 2007
Nicholas Petreley |
The Ultimate Linux Box What kind of computer would you build if you decided to spoil yourself, but keep your spending below the big price differential that occurs when you buy the next best thing? We put together a box based on that very principle, and it packs enough power to last years into a tank of a case. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
John C. Dvorak |
The Little Things I Hate About PCs If there's a law that forces a company to tell you what's in a can of peaches, then there can be a law that forces companies to label their power supplies. |
PC Magazine
October 29, 2009
Daniel S. Evans |
Build-it: A Midrange Windows 7 Gaming PC Want a gaming PC that you can use now and soup up even later? We give you the ultimate midrange gaming system. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
PC Magazine
June 20, 2007 |
Can a Hefty Graphics Card Upgrade Overload my Computer? Troubleshooting a common display problem. |
