AMD RADEON ON A BUDGET
Team AMD or Team Intel? Which sub$1,000 machine should you side with?
IN A SIMILAR VEIN as last issue, we wanted to tackle the same MO but switch from Team Blue to Team Red. That’s right, we’re moving to the AMD side of the fence with this build, but sticking with the sub-$1,000 budget. This gives you the latest AMD GPU, a very competent budgetfriendly AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, and plenty of RGB lighting. The latter is the least important, especially if you’re sticking to a budget, but it’s a good way of adding to a room’s theme. You can change the lighting to suit your needs, and if you aren’t a fan of the Rainbow Road from Mario
Kart aesthetic, don’t worry—we aren’t either. We prefer keeping the lights to a static color or, if feeling adventurous, we might push the boat out and apply a breathing effect. How fancy!