1. The common guidelines for choice the PC

2. A system unit

Desktop and Slimline

Mini-tower And Midi-tower

System unit choice

3. The processor

Characteristics of processors

The architecture

Productivity of processors

Development of Intel-compatible of processors

Pentium

Pentium Pro

Pentium MMX

Pentium II

Celeron

Pentium II Xeon

Intel OF PENTIUM III

AMD-K6

AMD-K6-2

AMD-K6-3

AMD-K7

Development of the market of processors and computers

Web-addresses

4. The working memory and the cache memory

Dynamic storage

Base memory

Extended-memory

Expanded-memory

UMA and UMB

High memory area HMA

The recommended size of the working memory

SIMM, DIMM and RIMM

Frequency requirements

The Cache memory

Modern and perspective memory

Dynamic storage types

Web-addresses

5. Computer buses

Buses ISA, EISA, MCA

Buses VLB, PCI

Host-bus

Dual Independent Bus

AGP

USB, IEEE 1394

Perspectives

6. Disks

Floppy disks

FDD

LS-120

ZIP

HiFD

Hard disks

Magneto-optic disks

Web-addresses

7. Motherboards and chip sets

Motherboards

Basic performances

Form factor

AT

ATX

Mini ATX

Micro ATX

NLX

Example of the integrated card

Motherboards of the corporation of Intel

Abit corporation motherboards

ASUSTeK corporation motherboards

A-Trend corporation motherboards

Chaintech corporation motherboards

DFI corporation motherboards

FIC corporation motherboards

Giga-Byte corporation motherboards

Iwill corporation motherboards

Lucky Star corporation motherboards

Micro-Star corporation motherboards

QDI corporation motherboards

Shuttle corporation motherboards

Tekram corporation motherboards

TYAN corporation motherboards

Zida corporation motherboards

Chip sets

i430FX

i430VX

i430HX

i430TX

i440FX

i440LX AGPset

i440BX AGPset

i440GX AGPset

i450NX PCIset

i440EX AGPset

i440ZX AGPset and i440ZX-66 AGPset

i810 Сhipset

i840 Сhipset

ALi Aladdin 5 AGPset

ALi Aladdin Pro II

VIA Apollo MVP 3

VIA Apollo MVP 4

VIA Apollo Pro

VIA Apollo Pro133 and VIA Apollo Pro133A

AMD-640

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8. Videoadapters and screen monitors

Key parametres

Choice of videoadapters

The videoadapters using video accelerators

Choice of screen monitors

Web-addresses

9. Drives of CD and DVD

The main data

Operation with the CD-ROM drive

Standard characteristics of CD-ROM drives

Short characteristics of CD-ROM drives 2х

Short characteristics of CD-ROM drives 4х

Multihigh-speed CD-ROM drives

CD-ROM drives 6х

CD-ROM drives 8х

CD-ROM drives 10х and more

Service and repair

Additional remarks

Drives DVD

DVD-ROM

CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM

Drives of CD-R, CD-RW

Drives of CD-RW

DVD-RAM

10. Multimedia

Multimedia sets

Sound maps

Some characteristics of sound maps

Sound maps for bus ISA

Sound maps for bus PCI

Video blasters, TВ-тюнеры

Video blasters

TV-tuners

Audio systems

The sizes

Passive and active

The multiband

The multicomponent

The multi-channel

Power supplies

Magnetically Shielded

Popular models

Other solutions

Perspectives

Standards of multimedia

Graphics standards

Video

Sound standards

MP3

Arrangements MP3

Diamond Rio PMP300

Daewoo MPIO

Arrangements of other corporations

Web-addresses

11. Modems and local area networks

Modems

Built in or external

Protocols

Speed

Guidelines

Local area networks

The equipment and programs for local area networks

Web-addresses

12. Optimisation

The factors influencing productivity of the PC

SETUP THE PC

Optimisation of operation of hard disks

Cluster, size and high-speed performance of a hard disk

File system FAT32

Usage of hard disks of a high capacity

Modes PIO and DMA

Hard disk denotations

Caching of drives

Usage DriveSpace

Access to the program

Program installation

The common data on compaction

Disk compression

Razuplotnenie a disk

Change of a method of compression

Video output optimisation

Pattern AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS

Pattern problem

CONFIG.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT

The big menus

Optimisation of base memory

Optimisation by utility MemMaker

Increase in base memory manually

Way for the occupied

13. Processor dispersal (overclocking)

The forced modes

Some problems

Productivity and frequency

Change of modes through BIOS

Multiplication factor change

Supply voltage rise

Requirements to the hardware

The processor

The motherboard

Memory

Cooling

Frequencies of 75 and 83 MHz

Dispersal of Intel of Pentium

Dispersal of Intel of Pentium Pro

Dispersal of Intel of Pentium II

CYRIX/IBM dispersal 6X86

Dispersal AMD-K5

Dispersal AMD-K6

The step-by-step circuit of dispersal

Testing of the dispersed systems

14. Upgrade

Dynamic storage

The processor

The PC with processors 286 and 386

The PC with processors 486

OverDrive

Hard disk

The CD-ROM drive

Video subsystem

The motherboard

15. Systems of a virtual reality

Acquaintance

Systems of output of 3D-maps

System I-Glasses

System VFX1

3D-sound

Input devices of information VR

The keyboard, the joystick, the mouse, the trackball

The 3D-mouse, gloves

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16. Dynamics of the prices

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