Computer Hardware

[Trinithis]

What would be a good site where I could learn about computer hardware and stuff like that? I only know the gritty basics and would like to learn more.

[jc_gmk]

This is quite a useful website to keep upto date with all the latest stuff:

http://www.tomshardware.com/

[Trinithis]

Thanks, but I was looking more for something like how computers work kind of deal. I'll still check that site in more detail though.

[riptide]

how much detail. I was in a computer building class. do you mean like how to
customize what's in your computer or something like attaching the circuitry

[Trinithis]

Just about anything, as long as it starts from the beginning. So something that would say X does Y and elaborates on it, Z does W, etc.

A real example would be like what exactly a processor does and so on.

I just want to learn this stuff for background purposes only so far. I don't plan on building/modding a computer anytime soon

[mwinter]

It seems as though computer architecture is what you're looking for, though I don't know of any references, I'm afraid.

[lainlives]

you could try and reverse engineering them look up all the parts you remove on the internet

[techno_race]

haha, I doubt that would work, especially if Trinithis has only one computer.

[Twey]

There's an old but good book I picked up recently at a second-hand book sale called "Computing" by Nick Waites and Geoffrey Knott.

[Trinithis]

I think I'm fine for now, as I had rented up a simple computer science book a while ago, and it explained a decent amount of hardware stuff. Thanks for all the replies.