Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray support

CPU: Intel Pentium E2200 dual-core

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes outlines the components for a high-quality yet affordable PC that’s up to the job of handling Blu-ray.

Intel Pentium E2200 dual-core

You can read Kingsley-Hughes’s full description of his sub-$600 general purpose PC on ZDNet’s Hardware 2.0 blog.

Motherboard: Foxconn G33M

Foxconn G33M

Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Kingston 240-Pin DDR2 800/PC2 6400 RAM

2GB (2 x 1GB) of Kingston 240-Pin DDR2 800/PC2 6400 RAM

Graphics card: DIAMOND 3450PE512SB Radeon HD 3450 512MB

DIAMOND 3450PE512SB Radeon HD 3450 512MB

Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA drive

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA drive

Blu-ray drive: Lite-On DH-401S

Lite-On DH-401S

Case: GIGABYTE GZ-X5BPD-500

GIGABYTE GZ-X5BPD-500