WITH A TOTAL PRICE generally a round the $ 1,000 mark, our budget builds regularly see components changing due to sales of cheaper parts. Luckily, both builds continue this trend with our most expensive of the bunch costing just over $1,200. Kicking off with our AMD budget rig, we have a change in the motherboard. Out goes the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite and in comes MSI’s B550M Pro-VDH. The previous board was no longer on sale and, at $125, the MSI alternative was too good to pass. Regardless of it being a Micro-ATX, it’s still compatible with our components.
Prices fell slightly across the AMD machine, including
