Dedication;Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition;Preface; Goals of This Book; Audience for This Book; Organization of This Book; We'd Like to Hear from You; Disclaimer; Safari® Books Online; Acknowledgments; Thank You;Chapter 1: Fundamentals; 1.1 Why Build a PC?; 1.2 Designing the Perfect PC; 1.3 Things to Know and Do Before You Start; 1.4 Things You Need to Have; 1.5 Troubleshooting;Chapter 2: Choosing and Buying Components; 2.1 Choosing Components; 2.2 Buying Components; 2.

3 Final Words;Chapter 3: Building a Budget PC; 3.1 Determining Functional Requirements; 3.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 3.3 Component Considerations; 3.4 Building the Budget System; 3.5 Final Words;Chapter 4: Building a Mainstream System; 4.1 Determining Functional Requirements; 4.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 4.

3 Component Considerations; 4.4 Building the Mainstream System; 4.5 Final Words;Chapter 5: Building an Extreme System; 5.1 Determining Functional Requirements; 5.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 5.3 Component Considerations; 5.4 Building the Extreme System; 5.5 Final Words;Chapter 6: Building a Media Center System; 6.

1 Determining Functional Requirements; 6.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 6.3 Component Considerations; 6.4 Building the Media Center System; 6.5 Installing Software; 6.6 Final Words;Chapter 7: Building an Appliance/Nettop System; 7.1 Determining Functional Requirements; 7.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 7.

3 Component Considerations; 7.4 Building the Appliance System; 7.5 Final Words;Chapter 8: Building a Home Server; 8.1 Determining Functional Requirements; 8.2 Hardware Design Criteria; 8.3 Component Considerations; 8.4 Building the Home Server; 8.5 Final Words;Colophon;.