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THE BUILDS

BUDGET

  improvements are focused on the Intel build, as we rebuilt the AMD one last month and were unable to find any reasonable upgrades or cost savings. There’s a lot happening with Intel at the moment, including an extraordinarily priced CPU that means we can upgrade a few of the other components, as well as a new high-value GPU entry in the market. The first tweak is the Intel Core i5-12400F, the same processor featured in our $1300 build this month, minus the onboard graphics processor. You will need a discrete graphics card for this build, so if you’re unable to get one, or you’re holding out for whatever reason, be sure

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