With the economy being as it is, one thing that people want to know is how to get a super-fast for very little money. Over the past few weeks I've put together a number of posts over on Hardware 2.0 to help people with that.

Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!

Here I looked at two different upgrades to an existing PC - the all-rounder upgrade package and the super overclocker package.

Here's what was in each package:

All rounder

• AMD Athlon X2 4850e CPU
• Foxconn A7GM-S motherboard
• NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO graphics card

Super overclocker

• Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 CPU
• BioStar TForce TP45HP motherboard
• NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics card

These upgrades packages cost in the region of $215 and $370 respectively.

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Mar/Apr 09

I publish a best kit list every couple of months and it's always very popular. This month I posted the best budget, mid-range and extreme components in the following categories:

• CPUs
• Motherboards
• RAM
• Graphics cards
• Hard disks
• Sound cards
• PSUs
• Cooling
• Cases
• Monitors
• Keyboards/Mice

Recommendation for Dwight Silverman's $300 PC upgrade

Finally, Dwight Silverman of TechBlog asked for recommendations for PC upgrades for under $300.

Here's my parts recommendation:

• Intel E7400 2.80GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
• 2×2GB Corsair RAM
• MSI P45 Neo3-FR or BioStar TForce TP45HP motherboards

Have fun, and happy PC building/upgrading!

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