Building 2011 Sub-$ 200 computer

Adeelars links to reflect the recent PC Magazine (update of a similar detailed search last year) to see if one could put together decent PC for under $ 200. It turns out that among some large business an AMD processor and a Linux OS, it can actually be done.

They come away with a decent enough for the money – but omitting an optical drive in a desktop full size seems to build something like cheating.