Core i3 10100 is a sign of the times; it's evidence that CPU performance and prices have changed quite dramatically. the Core i7 6700K, the first client chip to use the Skylake architecture in 2015, shows how quickly the market has changed. i 7 6700K had 4 cores and 8 threads with a boost frequency of 4.2 GHz What about the Core i3 10100? Same core/thread count, with a boost clock of 4.3 GHz. [It's $99.99 on Amazon right now. [The arrival of the AMD Ryzen processors has turned up the heat on Intel to offer processors with similar core counts, such as the 10-core i9 10900K. But AMD chips, even older ones, are a bit hard to come by now, so our focus this Cyber Monday is on cheap Intel products.

And that's not to say that these four-core chips aren't great gaming processors in their own right. Intel's entry- and mid-level processors stand in front of the 10th generation Ryzen and remain a force to be reckoned with when it comes to gaming frame rates. [This motherboard supports the LGA 1200 pin configuration required by Intel's 10th generation Comet Lake processors.

The USB ports on this motherboard are adequate, with four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports and two USB 2.0 ports. It also has two M.2 SSD ports, providing surprisingly good connectivity for storage on such an inexpensive motherboard. Pair this with a great Cyber Monday deal on SSDs and there's nothing more to say.

If this isn't to your liking, we've put together a list of Cyber Monday CPU deals and Cyber Monday motherboard deals.