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How to Build an Awesome PC for $800, Step by Step

By matt buchanan, 11:30 AM on Thu Dec 18 2008, 32,036 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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From picking the parts, to mounting the motherboard and then installing the OS, Maximum PC has a solid step-by-step guide to building an awesome PC (or Mac) for cheap. [Maximum PC]

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