MrTRS sent in a link to a big CPU review over at AnandTech that many of you may find interesting. They're comparing several 'budget' processors looking for the best price/performance ratio. Here's an idea of the processors they're testing:<br><br><table width="434" align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#dddddd" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="font-size: 10px;"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#016a96" class="contentwhite"> <strong>Processor</strong></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#016a96" class="contentwhite"> <strong>Price</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>Intel Pentium 4 1.8A</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$120</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2083MHz)</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$88</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Athlon XP (Barton) 2500+ (1833MHz)</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$86</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>Intel Celeron 2.6GHz</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$85</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2000MHz)</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$68</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>Intel Celeron 2.4GHz</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$68</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>Intel Celeron 2.2GHz</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$67</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>Intel Celeron 2.0GHz</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$65</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1800MHz)</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$63</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1466MHz)</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$56</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="left" width=327>AMD Duron 1.6GHz</td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" width=89>$41</td> </tr></table><br><br>The complete article <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1927">can be found here</a>.<br><br>Looks like a good read for anyone trying to put together an inexpensive crunching box (or ten).