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Old 11-11-2012, 10:44 AM   #3
sa226
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Depends what your idea of cheap is.

I use an older Pentium dual core e5200 and it works just fine.

I also put a Radeon HD 6650 in it for 20 dollars extra to take the graphics load off of the CPU and even that can be a tad overkill.

You can find used CPUs for quite cheap on ebay or Kijiji or whatever. It is however a bit tougher to find the older motherboards.

Very rough ballpark price estimates
CPU= used 50$
Video Card= 20$ (NCIX)
Mobo= 50$ to 125$ depending on what cpu you choose.
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