WE’VE SEEN SOME price increases on components this issue, starting with a $10 hike on the Corsair 4000D Airflow case that houses both of these builds. The CV550 80+ Bronze power supply (also from Corsair) is back up to $50, so we’ve added an alternative in the same price range for the AMD system: Asus’s TUF Gaming 550W PSU, which touts its ‘military-grade’ specs. This should perform as well as the Corsair one and comes with a six-year warranty.
The Gigabyte B550 mobo in the AMD build is listed at $130 in our parts table, but you may be able to pick one up for less. Meanwhile, the Intel machine
