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Buddy J
3 Jul 2008, 9:22pm
When the government sends you $600, it's a perfect time to upgrade your old rig to something more modern. Icrontic's Rob Hallock (you know him as Thrax) crunched the numbers and came up with a nice, complete rig you can buy with that swank IRS stimulus check.

What happens when six hundred free greenbacks collides with an abundance of cheap hardware? You get Icrontic's $600 stimulus check PC. While you could busy your wallet with responsible tasks like bill paying or shed building, the dog days of summer call for reckless financial abandonment and an appreciation for the precipitous decline in the cost of swank components. Besides, it's what The Man wants you to do! Don't just do it for yourself, step up and do it for your country.

The full story with suggested parts and price breakdowns is available here (http://icrontic.com/articles/stimulus_check_pc).

lemonlime
4 Jul 2008, 1:13pm
Looks like a Great PC for the dollar! :)

DFI Blood Iron is a very potent board for the dollar. I've been using it for a couple of months now.

MAGIC
5 Jul 2008, 3:49pm
Nice article. Good hardware choices. What you can get for under a grand these days is amazing.

Thrax
5 Jul 2008, 6:56pm
I have made a minor correction to a big gaffe on my part in this article. I was hoping for the future when I should've been writing about the present. ;)

Gnome Queen
5 Jul 2008, 7:19pm
I wish I had qualified for the stimulus check, then mehbeh I would update some stuff. :(

Buddy J
6 Oct 2008, 4:47pm
Thrax updated this today! Bump for the new folks and anyone interested in building on a budget.

jared
6 Oct 2008, 5:56pm
Awesome. So technically the 8800 gt is still better if you have the extra $$$?

GnomeWizardd
12 Oct 2008, 12:43am
actually someplaces have the 9800GT cheaper than the 8800GT and pretty much they are the same card