Top 3 Processors Under $100: Budget Processors for Work and Play

The introduction of new budget processors from AMD and price drops from Intel have made budget processors better than ever. This includes new models like the X2 550 BE and the X2 250. These budget processors have high clock speeds, which means they are competitive with slower quad-cores costing hundreds more in certain applications. Inexpensive processors are particularly good in office applications, where their budget performance is not that big of a problem, or in gaming, where the video card does most of the heavy lifting.