Approximate Price:

$570

LAST MONTH, we gave this machine a major shake-up, and it’s performing well, so no need for any radical changes this month. In fact, there’s only one change, and that’s due to the Kingston SSD we used last month being out of stock. So instead, we’ve turned to Adata, and its SU650. Not exactly a performance offering, but it’s incredibly affordable for a 120GB boot drive, and it’s still faster than a traditional spinning drive. With only one hardware change, you’d expect the overall price to remain largely the same, but thanks to a series of price drops, we’ve managed to piece this machine together for $47 less than it cost us four weeks ago. The biggest money saver was the AMD Ryzen 3 1200, which rolls in $31 cheaper than last time. Obviously, this is a response to the second-gen Ryzen chips now doing the rounds, but it’s still a great low-cost CPU, and well worth being the basis of a budget system.