{"id":4213,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gsolutionsebooks.org\/?download=225"},"modified":"2017-08-22T09:11:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T09:11:05","slug":"225","status":"publish","type":"download","link":"https:\/\/www.gsolutionsebooks.org\/?download=225","title":{"rendered":"Understanding PC Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gsolutionsebooks.org\/images\/pchardware.jpg\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)\">\n\t<font face=\"Arial\"><b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><font face=\"Verdana\"><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font color=\"#008000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,128,0)\">Do you feel like a <u>complete dummy<\/u> when you walk into a computer shop?<\/span><\/font><\/big><\/big><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/>\n\t<font face=\"Arial\"><b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><font face=\"Verdana\"><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font color=\"#008000\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,128,0)\">Would you like to buy peripherals or upgrade your PC, but <u>haven&#39;t a clue<\/u> where to start?<\/span><\/font><\/big><\/big><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/font><!--more--><b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Verdana\"><font size=\"4\"><span style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\"><span style=\"COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)\">Here&#39;s a <u>quick and easy<\/u> way to learn all about t<\/span>he components&nbsp;that make up&nbsp;a PC and<\/span>&nbsp;how to select new components and peripherals that suit your needs and budget.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/big><\/big><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font size=\"4\"><font color=\"#330066\">What&#39;s Inside Your Computer<\/font> <\/font><br \/>\n\t\t<font size=\"3\">What is a motherboard?<br \/>\n\t\tWhat is a CPU?<br \/>\n\t\tRAM<br \/>\n\t\tPower supply<br \/>\n\t\tFloppy drives &#8211; do you really need one?<br \/>\n\t\tSCSI<br \/>\n\t\tWiFi<br \/>\n\t\tAll those ports<br \/>\n\t\tCables, cables and more cables<\/font><\/big><\/big><\/b><\/font><\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"> <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font color=\"#330066\" size=\"4\">The Five Most Popular PC<br \/>\n\t\tUpgrades Upgrades <\/font><br \/>\n\t\t<font size=\"3\">Memory<br \/>\n\t\tVideo card<br \/>\n\t\tSound card<br \/>\n\t\tDVD player\/burner<br \/>\n\t\tMotherboard<\/font><\/big><\/big><\/b><\/font><\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"> <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<b><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\"><b><big><big style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\"><font color=\"#330066\" size=\"4\">How to Select a Monitor<\/font><br \/>\n\t\t<font size=\"4\"><font size=\"3\">What questions to ask &#8211; 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