Intel’s Core i3-12100F Is Under $100 at Its Lowest Ever Price

One of our favorite CPUs, the Intel Core i3-12100F, currently costs less than $ 100 and sells for just $ 96.99 on Newegg. With such affordable yet excellent performance, this chip is definitely a bargain for anyone looking to build a streaming or low-cost gaming PC for less than $ 500. (Opens in a new tab)And even the retail box comes with a cooler.

The 12th Generation i3-12100F runs four performance cores at boost speeds up to 4.3 GHz, and when combined with its affordability, this chip makes it one of the best cheap CPUs. (Opens in a new tab) For games. I reviewed the Core i3-12100F (Opens in a new tab) And its performance is often better than the CPU at twice the cost of the 12100F. In the single thread performance benchmark, the score of 12100F was good (See chart below) And when combined with a suitable graphics card, it helps to increase the number of frames per second in almost every game.