The fight for diverse and conscious voices

No, I was pretty sure you weren't a $4200 guy. Me, neither. :-) What I didn't know was if you'd prefer the specs for the $678 or $1482 rig.

Okay, so here's what they recommend for what they call a mid-range system:

Case and PSU: Corsair 800D; Corsair TX 750W PSU $395

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4 GHz $315

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe LGA 1155 $230

Memory: 8GB Patriot Gamer 2 Series DDR3-1600 $100

Optical Drive: Samsung Black SH-S223L LightScribe $20

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB $70

Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Sound Blaster Titanium $87

Videocard: Gigabyte Super Overclock Series GeForce GTX 560 Ti $265


Prices are the best found at press time, usually from NewEgg.