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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Budget, baseline, and performance PC builds!</h3> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> What time is it? It's time to Build a PC with our Blueprints! This month, we've built three rigs at three approximate price points: Budget Gamer, Mid-Grade, and Turbo. That's right, we're mixing things up again. No more rotation of four systems into three slots. For the foreseeable future, there will always be a budget system in our Blueprints section. Yay!</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prices listed here reflect print time</em> and may not match the ones you find elsewhere online. In addition, Newegg has jumped on board to offer packaged deals for each of the builds below in an attempt to offer a better overall value. To see these bundle prices, click the "Buy or get more info at Newegg" button at the bottom of each build. Feedback is welcome. Tell us what you think!</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Note: Some of the prices/links listed below may not show up properly if this page is ad-blocked.</em></div> <h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BUDGET GAMER</strong></h2> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="NZXT Source 210 Elite computer case" height="300" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u160416/210_elite_black.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="NZXT Source 210 Elite computer case" width="242" /></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="module-content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="spec-table orange" style="background: url(http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/spec_table_bottom.jpg) 0% 100% repeat-x; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <table border="0" style="background: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; height: 265px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><thead style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></thead><tbody style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingredients</strong></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Part</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Component</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Price</strong></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Case</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">NZXT Source 210 Elite</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146078&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$50</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">PSU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Corsair CX500, 500 watts</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$30</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mobo</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Biostar TA970 </td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$60</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">CPU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$120</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">CPU Cooler</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$35</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">GPU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R7 265</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202096&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$163</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">RAM</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">2x 4GB G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3/1600</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231544&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$72</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">SSD</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Crucial MX100 128GB</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148819&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$80</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDD</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seagate Barracuda 1TB </td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$65</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Total = $675</strong></td><td colspan="2" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click here to see the live bundle price:</strong>  <img alt="buy online at newegg" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/newegg.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> For the first time in a while, we have reached equilibrium at the budget level. Each part on this list is pretty much the best bang for your buck. You could put a closed-loop liquid cooler (CLC) in here, but the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is too good a value to pass up at this tier. Might as well put the extra cost of a CLC toward something else. If you’re prepared to spend about $700, we’d bump the SSD up to a 256GB Crucial MX100, which currently goes for $110. That’ll give gamers a lot more room to install their favorite games on a zippy storage device.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Note:</strong><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We apparently snagged a few of these items on deep discount at the time that we assembled our list, so the Newegg live price might be a little higher.</span></div> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MID-GRADE</h2> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Corsair Vengeance C70 computer case" height="300" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u160416/c70_green.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Corsair Vengeance C70 computer case" width="228" /></div> <div class="module-content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="spec-table orange" style="background: url(http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/spec_table_bottom.jpg) 0% 100% repeat-x; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <table border="0" style="background: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; height: 265px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><thead style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></thead><tbody style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingredients</strong></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Part</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Component</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Price</strong></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Case</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Corsair Vengeance C70</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139013&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$108</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">PSU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Silverstone Strider Gold S Series, 850 watts</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256100" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$100</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mobo</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128707&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$175</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">CPU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intel Core i5-4690K</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$240</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooler</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$35</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">GPU</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">XFX Double D Radeon R9 280X 3GB </td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150678" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$250</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">RAM</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">2x 4GB G.SKILL Ares Series F3-1600C9D-8GAO</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231544&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$72</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Optical Drive</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD Burner</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151266&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$20</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">SSD</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Crucial MX100 256GB</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$115</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDD</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$65</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Total = $1180</strong></td><td colspan="2" style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click here to see the live bundle price:</strong>  <img alt="buy online at newegg" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/newegg.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Strider Plus, a fully modular 850-watt power supply from Silverstone, is reasonably priced, so it replaces the 750-watt semi-modular Seasonic unit we slotted last month. The extra juice better prepares this system for multiple video cards down the road. Intel’s Devil’s Canyon Core i5-4690K arrives, replacing the i5-4670K. The new one’s base clock speed is 4Ghz, which is 600MHz higher than before, and it will turbo to 4.4GHz. Radeon cards continue to fall in price, and the R9 280X is now within reach; it’s now a better value at this tier than a GeForce GTX 760. But the 250GBSamsung 840 Evo at $160 is no longer competitively priced, so we’ve replaced it with the 256GB Crucial MX100, which isn’t as fast but is a much better value.</span></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Note:</strong> We apparently snagged a few of these items on deep discount at the time that we assembled our list, so the Newegg live price might be a little higher.</span></div> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> TURBO</h2> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="NZXT Phantom 530 computer case" class="" height="300" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u160416/phantom530-1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="NZXT Phantom 530 computer case" width="300" /></div> <div class="module-content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="spec-table orange" style="background: url(http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/spec_table_bottom.jpg) 0% 100% repeat-x; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <table border="0" style="background: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; height: 265px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><thead style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></thead><tbody style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingredients</strong></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Part</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Component</strong></td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Price</strong></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Case</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">NZXT Phantom 530</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146107&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$130</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">PSU</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooler Master Silent Pro M2, 1000 watts</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171076&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$180</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="item" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mobo</td><td class="item-dark" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128707&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$175</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">CPU</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intel Core i7-4790K</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$340</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooler</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Corsair Hydro Series H100i</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$95</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">GPU</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB 03G-P4-3784-KR</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130951&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$530</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">RAM</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">4x 4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL </td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$150</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Optical Drive</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">LG WH14NS40 Blu-ray Burner</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$70</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">SSD</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samsung 840 Evo 500GB MZ-7TE500BW</td><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147249&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$260</a></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDD</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001</td><td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 231); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;222199927;45833272;q?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844&cm_mmc=BAC-MaximumPC-_-BOTB-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=ExtBanner" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">$110</a></td></tr> <tr class="odd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.1em 0.6em 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TOTAL = $2040</strong></td><td colspan="2" style="background: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 1px; color: #666666; margin: 1px 1px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click here to see the live bundle price:</strong>  <img alt="buy online at newegg" src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/maximumpc.com/themes/omega_maximumpc/img/newegg.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> THIS BUILD PREVIOUSLY FEATURED a quad-core Ivy Bridge-E (IVB-E) CPU on the LGA 2011 platform, aka X79. With the zippy Devil’s Canyon CPUs available, we’ve switched to Intel’s Core i7-4790K. It’s a refresh of the company’s newer “Haswell” generation on the less expensive LGA 1150 platform. Since LGA 1150 is limited to 16 PCI Express lanes, whereas X79 has 40, the new mobo and CPU don’t handle three or more video cards nearly as well. But if you stick to “only” two video cards, you’d need a benchmark to see the difference between the two platforms. Like the i5-4690K, this chip starts at 4GHz and boosts to 4.4GHz. (We also don’t want to recommend an X79 system, since it will be retired within the next few months, in favor of the incompatible LGA 2011-3, aka X99.)</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> We’re also sticking with the GA-Z97X-UD5H motherboard at this higher tier, because its mixture of price, performance, and features is hard to beat. We could get a less expensive SSD, but money isn’t as strong of a concern at this tier.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7WQxr59KRto?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: grey; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Uploaded by jackfrags</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> </div>

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