Price Guides August 2003: CPUs, Motherboards, Memory and Video Cards
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 26, 2003 12:56 AM EST- Posted in
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Intel Processors
Intel pumped out another clocked up Celeron a couple weeks ago to increase their line up to 2.6GHz. Intel debuted this processor at a lower price than their low end 1.7GHz processor, but don’t expect much on performance due to the low cache size and low bus speed.
Intel’s prices on their Pentium 4 line remain relatively high. After the P4 3.2GHz debut, the lower end P4 prices remained stagnant. AMD prices dropped dramatically, so perhaps Intel is taking a week or two off before correcting their prices as well.
The last few weeks have been pretty silent on Intel’s side of the feild. We continue our recommendation for i865PE boards and 2.4GHz 800FSB Pentium 4’s. Since they are a great blend of performance and cost, do not be surprised if this continues to warrant our recommendation (at least, until AMD cooks up something a little more powerful).
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Monarch all prices at $30. I don't think it's a bug, since it affects no other merchant. If you follow the link the real price is revealed at the true rate (which isn't $30, trust me).I say it is no coincidence, and would rather see true pricing from honest merchants.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Many of the prices from Monarch Computers Systems have the price listed as $30 which is wrong. This includes several Intel and AMD processors. Maybe a bug?KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Hi #4, thanks for the input. I will add a bunch more NVIDIA cards today.Kristopher
Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
Hey in the nVidia based video card pricelist you forgot to mention the eVGA 5900 card its alot cheaper than the Albatron's 5900! The Albatron is 343$ at GameVE, but the eVGA 5900 its 249$!!KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - link
I am going to delist Compubuzz.comAnonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
How do you select vendors "with generally positive feedback from a decent number of consumers"? It seems that compubuzz.com has a lot of unfavorable feedback at resellerratings.com, yet they managed to grab half of the AMD CPU listings in this guide...Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - link
Is there a good way to find low profile memory?