Here’s your ticket to the high-octane world of modding! Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more! Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand-colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin! Discover how to: optimize your computer’s BIOS; overclock your system; choose and install a graphics card; keep souped-up parts cool; cut a window in the case; and, add a lighted fan.

??a good introduction to modding, for the capable yet inexperienced modder?? (PC Utilities, March 2005)

* Modding involves adding cool elements like fans, windows, custom cooling systems, and lights to a PC case, as well as beefing up the works by overclocking processors and adding high--performance components, video cards, and more * While modding is a booming hobby, this will be the first book that gives the beginner simple, user--friendly instructions in the easy--to--follow For Dummies style * Guides the reader through choosing parts, cutting windows and blowholes in the case, installing fans, lights, and custom cooling systems, painting the case, and fine--tuning performance components

Joel Durham Jr., is a computer and gaming maven who has been writing about his passion since 1997. His writings have included reviews, how-to articles, and game strategy guides.

Here?s your ticket to the high?octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand?colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin?!

Discover how to:
? Optimize your computer?s BIOS
? Overclock your system
? Choose and install a graphics card
? Keep souped?up parts cool
? Cut a window in the case
? Add a lighted fan

Here?s your ticket to the high?octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand?colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin?!

Discover how to:

• Optimize your computer?s BIOS
• Overclock your system
• Choose and install a graphics card
• Keep souped?up parts cool
• Cut a window in the case
• Add a lighted fan

Here’s your ticket to the high-octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand-colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin’!

Discover how to:
* Optimize your computer’s BIOS
* Overclock your system
* Choose and install a graphics card
* Keep souped-up parts cool
* Cut a window in the case
* Add a lighted fan

Here’s your ticket to the high-octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand-colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin’!

Discover how to:

• Optimize your computer’s BIOS
• Overclock your system
• Choose and install a graphics card
• Keep souped-up parts cool
• Cut a window in the case
• Add a lighted fan

Here’s your ticket to the high-octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand-colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin’!

Discover how to:

• Optimize your computer’s BIOS
• Overclock your system
• Choose and install a graphics card
• Keep souped-up parts cool
• Cut a window in the case
• Add a lighted fan

Here’s your ticket to the high-octane world of modding!

Supercharge your PC, add windows and fans, try a new paint job, and more!

Why should something as cool as your computer look and act like a staid, sand-colored sedan? With this book and a few basic tools, you can perform the ultimate computer makeover. Kick performance into high gear, discover overclocking, add bells and whistles, toss in some blowholes and awesome lighting effects, and go PC cruisin’!

Discover how to:

• Optimize your computer’s BIOS
• Overclock your system
• Choose and install a graphics card
• Keep souped-up parts cool
• Cut a window in the case
• Add a lighted fan

Joel Makes it Easy!
I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to build and trick out my first "do-it-yourself" PC like "the pros"...Joel made it easy so that even a dummie like me could make it happen. Thanks Joel!

Joel Makes it Easy!
I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to build and trick out my first "do-it-yourself" PC like "the pros"...Joel made it easy so that even a dummie like me could make it happen. Thanks Joel!

Works for me
I’m pretty well versed in the basics of computer hardware, especially as it relates to games. I’ve done several motherboard and memory upgrades and a lot of video-card and hard-drive/CD-ROM drive swaps. But the really serious mods -- the windows and lights and bells and whistles -- always seemed a little beyond me.

I always thought it would be cool to have a slick-looking, modded-up PC, but I wasn’t sure I could handle the work, and I didn’t really want to buy a ready-made one from the handful of companies that make them (and know it was really just like a thousand others out there). I was also afraid it’d end up being too expensive to justify.

But this book convinced me I could do it, and without breaking the bank. I even used the book to convince a couple of friends to go in with me on the tools and materials, so we can share the costs. We figure if a "Dummy" can do it, then we can.

Great stuff. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking to do their own custom mods.

Works for me
I’m pretty well versed in the basics of computer hardware, especially as it relates to games. I’ve done several motherboard and memory upgrades and a lot of video-card and hard-drive/CD-ROM drive swaps. But the really serious mods -- the windows and lights and bells and whistles -- always seemed a little beyond me.

I always thought it would be cool to have a slick-looking, modded-up PC, but I wasn’t sure I could handle the work, and I didn’t really want to buy a ready-made one from the handful of companies that make them (and know it was really just like a thousand others out there). I was also afraid it’d end up being too expensive to justify.

But this book convinced me I could do it, and without breaking the bank. I even used the book to convince a couple of friends to go in with me on the tools and materials, so we can share the costs. We figure if a "Dummy" can do it, then we can.

Great stuff. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking to do their own custom mods.

Well written - gamers will love it
Joel obviously knows his stuff. Yet he manages to write so that pretty much anyone who loves games and computers will get something out of this book. I knew you could modify your PC like this, but I didn’t realize the extent to which you could really get creative and have fun with it. It would be a good parent/child project for an older kid or young teen who’s into computers and likes working with his/her hands. A lot of fun!

Well written - gamers will love it
Joel obviously knows his stuff. Yet he manages to write so that pretty much anyone who loves games and computers will get something out of this book. I knew you could modify your PC like this, but I didn’t realize the extent to which you could really get creative and have fun with it. It would be a good parent/child project for an older kid or young teen who’s into computers and likes working with his/her hands. A lot of fun!

All you need for modding!
Thanks to this book, my Dell now looks awesome, and runs like a much more expensive machine. It revolutionized the way I think of computers - I’ll never go back to a factory design! Highly recommended!!

All you need for modding!
Thanks to this book, my Dell now looks awesome, and runs like a much more expensive machine. It revolutionized the way I think of computers - I’ll never go back to a factory design! Highly recommended!!

Great Book for All Levels
From geek-in-training to uber-geek, this book has something for everyone. Clear, concise and well written, I would recommend this for anyone who wants to make changes to their PC. Thanks to this book, I no longer have to rely on my techno-geek friends and relative for computer updates.

Great Book for All Levels
From geek-in-training to uber-geek, this book has something for everyone. Clear, concise and well written, I would recommend this for anyone who wants to make changes to their PC. Thanks to this book, I no longer have to rely on my techno-geek friends and relative for computer updates.