Archive: https://archive.today/gMi3N From the post: >>If you want to buy a CPU for $100 today, you have three options. There’s AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 at $80, alongside Intel’s Core i3-12100F at $90 and Core i3-14100F at a clean $100. Of course, you can go back in time to pick up something like the Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 3 4100, but if you’re after the best CPU for gaming, those chips won’t cut it. I wanted to see how much performance you could get out of a chip for $100, brand new, without mucking around eBay or dusting off DDR3 DIMMs.