PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques

By: Kris Jamsa

Book Overview

This resource for intermediate and advanced computer users and technicians, interested in upgrading and tuning PCs, provides easily accessible information and more than 500 tips and techniques on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072193786
• ISBN13: 9780072193787
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 1008 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Concise Facts

A stumbled across this book by accident. It was a great find.I have every book on Upgrading. Most are 1,500 pages of tables and device settings I can't imagine that anyone would ever use.During my first weekend with this book, I put 30 to 40 of the tips to immediate us. It's a great no "BS" way to improve your PC performance.

Excellent coverage of CPU and bus over clocking

If you don't try any other upgrades, you owe it to yourself (and your PC) to give over clocking a try. Using the benchmarks the book describes, I was able to boost my PC performance by 20% by over clocking my CPU. However, I followed the book's advance and slowed my CPU back down and instead speeded up my system bus. My performance jumped by 32%!The book shows you how to use software to cool your CPU -- so I have not yet had to add extra fans.A great chapter!

Great prep for the A+ Exam

I am preparing the for the A+ exam and I stumbled across this book. What a find!The tips are to the point -- how something works, how to determine if it is working well (lots of benchmarks you can run against your system), what to do about problems and ways you can determine whether or not you should make the fix.Lots of books tell you how to upgrade something. This book tells you how to determine if the upgrade is going to make a difference. I would have saved a lot of money on upgrades over the years if I had known how to measure the benefits before I spent the money.Highly recommend.

No fluff--the right stuff

Finally--something you don't need an electronics degree to understand. Lots of step by step instructions. The benchmark programs helped me determine what operations were useful and which I could ignore. Wish the book had a CD with the programs, but the book tells you where you can find everything you need. I am studying for A+ cert -- this book was a great help.

Great investment

I was about to trash my modem ... thought I would never get a good connection. Ten minutes into the modem tips, I had tweaked two settings and doubled my connection speed. That alone was worth the price of admission!