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The recent launch of Intel Sandy Bridge-based Celeron CPUs and the proliferation of budget-priced LGA 1155 socket motherboards bring fresh competition to the budget desktop computer market segment, long dominated by AMD. AMD's Fusion APUs are also available for budget builders, and we explore the performance of the A4-3300 APU. RAM prices continue to stay depressed, and some excellent new budget cases have arrived on the market recently. In short, there are many factors aligning to offer consumers capable yet inexpensive build options for the upcoming holiday season.


In this guide we will highlight a variety of lower-priced products to keep your eyes on during the impending sales, along with providing some basic benchmarking of budget motherboards and CPUs. Ready to put together some fiscally responsible builds for the holidays? Then read on....



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