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AMD A6-3650 review Its graphics performance lags behind the A8-3850, but the A6-3650 is just as fast in Crossfire mode and not far off in 2D applications£78 - best buy
AMD A8-3850 review It can’t match Intel's processors in 2D applications, but the A8-3850 is a good value processor with impressive games performance£105 -
AMD Radeon HD 6450 review Faster than integrated graphics and fairly cheap, but still a card for casual gamers only.£34 -
AMD Radeon HD 6670 review A capable budget graphics card, but other models in AMD's range are better value.£77 -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti review It's compact and power-efficient, but Nvidia's GeForce GTX 550 Ti doesn't have the grunt to match the competition from AMD.£116 -
AMD Radeon HD 6990 review This two-headed beast of a card was too unpredictable in our tests to justify its equally monstrous price.£550 - best buy
Intel Core i7-2600K review An incredibly powerful processor, that’s also power-efficient and easy to overclock. However, most should go with the cheaper i5-2500K.£252 - best buy
Intel Core i5-2500K An incredible processor at a very reasonable price; if you’re building a powerful PC, then buy this chip.£172 -
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T review AMD’s fastest six-core processor still struggles to compete with Intel’s best four-core designs in our benchmarks.£204 - recommended
AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition If overclocking doesn’t interest you, then this is a great dual-core chip to base a budget PC around.£78 - best buy
AMD Radeon HD 6850 review A great card at a great price, if you held off upgrading to the 5000-series, then this is the card for you.£133 -
Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 (GV-N450-1GI) review A capable graphics card for £100, but it doesn’t do quite enough to topple ATI’s HD 5770.£100 - best buy
Intel Core i5-760 review It's a minor upgrade to the Core i5-750, but with the same low price and better performance it's a real winner.£147