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THE ULTIMATE BUDGET PC

IT SAYS A LOT that when we first priced this system up a month ago, it was about $295—four weeks later, and the thing sits at $387. Honestly, we feel like a broken record at this point, but the market is absolutely volatile right now, as unscrupulous folk and miners snap up every piece of hardware they can find. Even the budget end is suffering, sadly. We’re finally starting to see some companies take action against this (namely Nvidia with its RTX 3060 plans), but it might just be too little, too late.

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