In TR's Christmas 2011 System Guide, the Econobox build looks like this:
TR's System Guide wrote:A few readers opined that the Econobox was short on the "Econo" part and suggested cheaper components in the article comments. Ultra-frugal gerbil halbhh2 claims to be able to build a new gaming PC for an amazingly-cheap $350. I'll give you 50% more than that for this challenge.$105 +7½ shipping Asus P8H67-V ATX LGA1155 motherboard w/ H67 chipset and USB3
$125 -10 code "EMCJHKD49" Intel Core i3-2100 hyper-threading dual-core 3.1 GHz LGA1155 processor w/ HSF
$20 2x2 GiB PC3-10600 Kingston KVR1333D3S8N9K2/4G (DDR3-1333, CAS 9, 1.5 V) memory
$145 +7 shipping -15MIR Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD6850 1GB graphics card w/ Dirt3 coupon
$0 Integrated motherboard audio
$100 +6¼ shipping 750 GB Hitachi HDS721075DLE630 7200-rpm hard-drive
$19 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-RW
$65 +10 shipping Fractal Design Core 3000 mid-tower ATX case
$53 +2 shipping Antec EarthWatts EA-380D power supply
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Total: $621.92 + $32.81 shipping = $654.73 -15MIR.