Get Close to PC Perfection for Under $1000

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If you love a challenge, perhaps you've been trying to push your PC's performance to the cutting edge--and you've discovered that swapping in fancy components will push your budget over the edge. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can build a blazing fast system that gets close to the maximum Windows Experience Index benchmark for about $1000. Read our top story to find out how. --Newsletter Editor Kim Saccio-Kent Top Story How to Max Out Your Windows Performance for $1000 You can't hit 7.9--the top score in the Windows Experience Index--without a load of expensive hardware, but you can get very close. Here's how to build a PC that gets you all the way to 7.8 for under a grand. Top Tweets From @PCWPluggedIn Apple loses another iPhone prototype in a bar. Note to Apple employees: You're holding your liquor wrong. Carol Bartz fired as Yahoo's CEO. Her next step will be to run for statewide office in California. 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