GUIDES

The guides have been at the heart of the PCTechGuide since it was founded by Dave Anderson in 1998. They began as a personal hobby, but his extensive research provided the base material that became this site.

Since going online they have been constantly revised and updated to keep pace with developments, and now provide a tremendous learning resource to students and hobbyists across the world. Superbly organised, authoritatively written and well supported with clear diagrams and other supplementary information, the PCTechGuide guides provide free technical explanations, and also the stories behind, the technology in your PC.

Components

Describes essential components of the computer, including the motherboard, interfaces, chipsets and memory.

Processors

The most influential component of all, the CPU, is explored.

Storage

Looking at the solutions to storing PC data, both inside the computer and also on removable media.

Multimedia

One of the revolutions brought about by the PC is home multimedia editing. The various factors of this are examined here.

Input/Output

Again fundamental to computing, this section deals with the various technologies for communicating with the PC.

Communications

An explanation of the various means by which computers communicate with each other.

Mobile Computing

One of the breakthroughs of the 21st Century computing making PC facilities, including Internet and more, available almost anywhere.