THE BUILDS

BUDGET

MID-RANGE

Approximate Price: $680

were minimal for the budget build this month, so it’s unlikely you’ll see much difference in performance. The key alteration was the switch from the conventional Ryzen 5 2600 to the 2600X version, with its expanded overclocking potential. The 2600X was inexplicably cheaper this month, even though neither item was on sale with any of the big online retailers. The max boost frequency is 0.3GHz higher, and despite swapping out to Geil’s