How to Build a Kick-ass $800 Gaming PC

We had to make some careful choices to keep this machine within our constrained budget, but in the end we were surprised by this little PC
’s kick ass performance. Want to learn how to build it yourself? We’ll walk you through our meticulous build process, explain why we chose each component, and give you our final thoughts on the benchmark results

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Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Start Your PC

This can be achieved by using a regular USB/pen/thumb drive (whatever you call it). The hack would be more than enough to keep even your curious geeky computer friends from booting into the system. That said, it is by no means foolproof (which security measure is? ) so you might not want to bet your life on it.

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