Written for the PC hardware enthusiast, this guide focuses on hardware needed for building a gaming PC, covering the CPU, the chipset, the memory, the motherboard, mass storage devices, and the video card, and emphasizing benchmarking and testing to measure performance. The book also provides information required to understand aspects of performance, interoperability, troubleshooting, why things work as they do, and future technologies. Shimpi runs a PC hardware Web site. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Anand Lal Shimpi has turned a fledgling personal page on GeoCities into the world's most visited and trusted PC hardware site. Anand started his site in 1997 at just 14 years old and has used his uncanny hardware knowledge and writing ability to transform his site into a site that industry heavyweights turn to daily. Anand has been featured in USA Today, 48 Hours, and Fortune Magazine. He also has appeared on ZDTV (now TechTV) and CBS. His site-anandtech-receives more than 50 million page views and is read by more than two million readers per month.

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