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A sampling of PC systems available this month

AUSTIN COMPUTERS ELITENODE PRICE $1,499WEB tinyurl.com/APC535ac This system has a very good CPU at its core for the price, with six P-cores and four E-cores offering 16 threads total there’s a lot of compute on tap here, great if you run CPU-heavy tasks. Unfortunately fitting that processor into the budget has compromised the system in two other key areas, namely the motherboard and graphics card. The motherboard isn’t so bad but uses the entry-level H610 chipset which may restrict IO options. The graphics card on the other hand is something not much faster than a GTX 1660 Ti. With the rest of the system looking adequate, only consider this if graphics performance isn’t a priority for your needs. CPU Intel Core i5-14400F; COOLER OEM; MOTHERBOARD MSI PRO H610M-G WIFI DDR4;…

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