2005
D
onald Trump might be able to afford the
$12,870 quad-core Dream Machine we built
in our September issue, but what about you?
You’ve got a car payment, rent, and a hefty vet bill for
your cat Cletus, and unless you want to spend the
rest of your life on a steady diet of Top Ramen, your
PC hardware budget has to have limits.
So what kind of PC can the average Joe build on a
budget stretched thinner than Paris Hilton’s G-string?
Look no further. While we spared no expense to build
the ultimate Dream Machine, we’ve designed our Lean
Machine to be a sleek-and-powerful yet affordable
PC that squeezes every drop of performance from
each carefully chosen part. Lean Machine 2005 gives
you plenty of muscle for games and applications, and
enough upgrade headroom so you can add today’s
top-shelf hardware when it’s half-price tomorrow.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAR K MADEO
How we buil
t a killer
rig for one-tenth
the
price of Dream Machine
BY GORDON MAH UNG