THE BUILDS

a part-by-part guide to building a better pc

INTEL’S 12TH-GEN ALDER LAKE CHIPS are finally here, but they don’t make it into the budget build. On top of this disappointing news, our i3-10100 is currently out of stock, so we made a slight upgrade to the Core i3-10105 with Intel’s UHD Graphics 630. It’s a similar chip, so it’s not a big change to the overall build, although the i3-10105 performs marginally better with a slightly higher clock and turbo speed. At the time of writing, it has a respectable $40 saving to its normal $170 price tag, so it’s a decent time to pick one up.

Three parts find themselves