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Building a £400 Gaming PC

Building a £400 Gaming PC [95]

11th Jun 2008
Contrary to popular belief, PC gaming doesn't have to be expensive - you don't need the fastest graphics cards and processors in the world in order to enjoy games at decent resolutions. We challenged ourselves to building a PC for £400... and here's how it turned out.

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