Price Guides November 2003: CPU and Motherboards
by Kristopher Kubicki on November 2, 2003 9:41 PM EST- Posted in
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There weren’t many surprises this week for Intel motherboards. However, we were slightly curious why all of the E7205 motherboards decided to drop in excess of 40 percent. Understandably, i865 and i875 are much better chipsets, but didn’t it seem like only 6 months ago Granite Bay boards were selling for over $200?
Our recommendation for the week has to go to Albatron’s PX865PE or Abit’s IS7/-E line. Both are great sub $100 boards. Combined with a 2.6C and 512MB of memory, you’ve got a pretty power rig for under $350.
In other Intel motherboard news, we saw an influx of PT800 motherboards from VIA, but it does not look like the PT800 will bring a ton of competition to i865PE; particularly when Albatron and Abit can both product i865PE boards for under $90.
Hopefully we were able to produce another helpful guide for everyone. As a closing note, don’t forget memory prices are still on the rise. Its going to be at least 2 weeks before we see them level out! See you later in the week with some detailed Video Card and Memory information.
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KristopherKubicki - Thursday, November 13, 2003 - link
#3 the guides are realtime* so last week there were $200 cuts but as of today, 1 week ago the processor has not changed in price :)Kristopher
OokiiNeko - Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - link
Says excellent cuts in Opterons, but 0.00 in price change column. What am I missing?KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - link
I think they are grouped by chipset already...StayPuff - Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - link
How about grouping the motherboards in some fashion (chipset / major features) so that it's easier to make sense of the pricing?