Most of the time folk want a specific game to run at a decent setting on a specific display.
Bang for the buck? Something 20 bucks from Ebay should win that round.
I have Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600CPU @ 3.40GHZ. Looking for biggest bang for the buck. Thanks!

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