budget Intel build under the $1000 mark for this month’s cover build, we thought we’d take a few things from there to bring costs down further across both our Blueprint budget machines. First things first, we decided to upgrade our Intel i3-12100 to a newer Intel Core i3-13100F. Yes, it being an F model means it requires a GPU. However, because we are adding one, we can save a few bucks on the CPU. Also, this 13th gen i3-13100F is cheaper than the previous i3-12100 by $13, so for this system, it’s a no-brainer. It will more than likely require a BIOS update on our motherboard, though. This may require
