1. The common guidelines for choice the PC

2. The processor

Characteristics of processors

Development of Intel-compatible of processors

Development of the market of processors and computers

Choice and application of computers

Web-addresses

3. The working memory and the cache memory

Dynamic storage

The Cache memory

Modern and perspective memory

Web-addresses

4. Computer buses

Buses ISA, EISA, MCA

Buses VLB, PCI

Host-bus

Dual Independent Bus

AGP

Perspectives

5. Flexible and hard magnetic disks

Key parametres

Web-addresses

6. Motherboards and chip sets

Motherboards

Chip sets

Web-addresses

7. Videoadapters and screen monitors

Key parametres

Choice of videoadapters

Choice of screen monitors

Web-addresses

8. A system unit

Desktop and Slimline

Mini-tower And Midi-tower

System unit choice

9. CD-ROM drives and DVD

The main data

Operation with the CD-ROM drive

Multihigh-speed CD-ROM drives

Service and repair

Additional remarks

Alternative processing techniques

Drives DVD

10. Multimedia

Multimedia sets

Sound and videocards (Sound and Video Blaster)

Audio systems

Standards of multimedia

Web-addresses

11. Modems and local area networks

Modems

Local area networks

Web-addresses

12. Brand name or no name

Dynamics of the market of the PC

Quality of released PCs

13. Optimisation

The factors influencing productivity of the PC

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

Caching of drives

Usage DriveSpace

Video output optimisation

Pattern AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS

Optimisation of base memory

14. Processor dispersal (overclocking)

The forced modes

Requirements to the hardware

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

Motherboards for the raised frequencies

15. Upgrade

Dynamic storage

The processor

Hard disk

The CD-ROM drive

Video subsystem

The motherboard

16. Systems of a virtual reality

Acquaintance

Systems of output of 3D-maps

3D-sound

Input devices of information VR

Web-addresses

17. Dynamics of the prices

Index