18th July 2010, 6:53 PM
CPU's go up in price quite sharply the more powerful they are. Right now I have a 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo which ran me about $170 when I built this system about a year ago. Replacing a CPU, however, is a much more delicate operation than a simple video card installation, and failures can be quite costly. You'll need that Geek Squad for that one for sure.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115037
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