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The standard tower-style PC is blessedly modular,
designed to be opened up and upgraded.
By Robert Bruce Thompson

 

Tower PCs are endlessly modifiable. Most tower PC ^A CPU Extend the useful life of your system and upgrades take only a few minutes and require no dramatically increase performance with a faster more than a Phillips screwdriver. At relatively small CPU. Check documentation to verify which CPU cost, you can increase your system’s performance, models are compatible with your motherboard. improve reliability, reduce noise, extend life, and • Remove the CPU cooler fan, lift the ZIF lever to release add features. Here, from the recent book, Repairing the old CPU, and remove it from the socket. Drop the & Upgrading Your PC (O’Reilly), are the ten most new CPU into the socket, re-latch the ZIF lever, apply popular PC upgrades and how you make them. thermal compound, and install a new fan. ($50 to $150)