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Weekly Hardware Price Guide - CPUs & Video:May 2002 3rd Edition
by Purav Sanghani on May 31, 2002 2:31 AM EST- Posted in
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Introduction
This 3rd edition of May's price guides deals with CPUs and video cards. Beginning
this coming month of June, the price guides will be updated every week, alternating
between CPUs/video cards and Motherboards/Memory. For those of you not familiar
with the guides here is a brief overview on how we construct them:
We select vendors to appear in our Price Guides based on two requirements: solid consumer feedback and having the lowest possible pricing. You'll notice that these vendors aren't paying us to be listed here; we do not accept requests to be listed here. We have tried to eliminate vendors with low feedback rating, but we do encourage you to do your own research before purchasing from any of these vendors.
With the new and improved Price Guides we have not only increased our standards when evaluating online vendors, but we have also partnered up with our friends at CNet to offer yet another service to you all. Using CNet's Shopper.com search engine we can provide you with an additional pool of vendors to search from that are checked up on by CNet. You can wade through those results by clicking on the CNet Pricing link in the second to last column on the right.
If there are any problems with the guide or a vendor's pricing changes dramatically then be sure to email the author listed at the top of the page and we'll take appropriate action. Remember that although some vendors may be cheaper, we only list those with generally positive feedback from a decent number of consumers. As usual, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email us or post in the AnandTech Forums.
Also be sure to check out AnandTech's Hot Deals Forum for even more great CPUs, Video Cards and other technology buys.
Disclaimer
AnandTech does not endorse any vendor listed in the following price guide. AnandTech
does not sell positions on the Price Guide. AnandTech nor any of the vendors
listed in this guide guarantee the prices presented in the following pages.
This Week
As usual, if you have any reports of incorrect prices please feel free to email
us with the name of the vendor and the product/price that appears incorrectly
on their website. This will help us produce a more useful guide in the future.
Prices have been fluctuating on the charts since the last CPU and video card guides. The Intel brand of CPUs, compared to the 1st edition of May's price guides, have risen in price on almost a third of all the products on the chart. On the other hand, AMD processors continue to decrease in price.
On the video side of things, the top manufacturers of boards with Nvidia chipsets have been added to the mix, along with the current top Matrox models.
AMD CPU Prices
CPU
|
Current
Price (5/31/2002)
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Last
Price (05/06/02)
|
Change
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Vendor
|
Shipping
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CNet
Pricing
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Notes
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Athlon XP 2100+ (1.73GHz) |
$193.00
|
$222.00
|
-$29.00
|
$10.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz) |
$139.75
|
$163.00
|
-$23.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6GHz) |
$115.75
|
$140.00
|
-$24.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) |
$91.75
|
$95.00
|
-$3.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz) |
$80.75
|
$90.00
|
-$9.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.40GHz) |
$74.75
|
$80.00
|
-$5.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon XP 1500+ (1.33GHz) |
$74.75
|
$82.00
|
-$7.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 2000+ (1.67GHz)* |
$180.00
|
$280.00
|
-$100.00
|
$8.00
|
RTL
|
||
Athlon MP 1900+ (1.60GHz)* |
$139.95
|
$177.00
|
-$37.05
|
11.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 1800+ (1.53GHz)* |
$109.95
|
$168.00
|
-$58.05
|
11.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 1700+ (1.47GHz)* |
$99.95
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$11.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 1600+ (1.40GHz)* |
$89.95
|
$152.00
|
-$62.05
|
$11.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 1500+ (1.33GHz)* |
$143.00
|
$143.00
|
$0.00
|
See
Site
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon MP 1.2GHz* |
$78.00
|
$135.00
|
-$57.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon 1.4GHz 200FSB |
$95.75
|
$115.00
|
-$19.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon 1.3GHz 200FSB |
N/A
|
$109.00
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon 1.2GHz 200FSB |
$78.75
|
$95.00
|
-$16.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon T-Bird 950MHz Socket-A |
$57.00
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon-C 1.4GHz 266FSB |
$91.75
|
$96.00
|
-$4.25
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Athlon-C 1.33GHz 266FSB |
$68.75
|
$82.00
|
-$13.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 1.3GHz |
$61.00
|
$77.00
|
-$16.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 1.2GHz |
$47.75
|
$60.00
|
-$12.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 1.1GHz |
$43.75
|
$53.00
|
-$9.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 1.0GHz |
$37.75
|
$47.00
|
-$9.25
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 950MHz |
$38.00
|
$43.00
|
-$5.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Duron 900MHz |
$35.00
|
$42.00
|
-$7.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
Intel CPU Prices
CPU
|
Current
Price (5/31/2002)
|
Last
Price (05/06/02)
|
Change
|
Vendor
|
Shipping
|
CNet
Pricing
|
Notes
|
Pentium 4 2.53GHz (Socket 478) |
$658.00
|
$665.00
|
-$7.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 2.4GHz (Socket 478) |
$339.00
|
$526.00
|
-$187.00
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
||
Pentium 4 2.4BGHz (Socket 478) |
$405.00
|
$568.00
|
-$163.00
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
||
Pentium 4 2.26GHz (Socket 478) |
$252.00
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
||
Pentium 4 2.2GHz (Socket 478) |
$243.00
|
$430.00
|
-$187.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 478) |
$199.00
|
$248.00
|
-$49.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 478) |
$174.00
|
$201.00
|
-$27.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 423) |
N/A
|
$230.00
|
N/A
|
9.00-12.00
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 478) |
$166.75
|
$160.00
|
$6.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 423) |
N/A
|
$158.00
|
N/A
|
10.75-14.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 478) |
$145.75
|
$131.00
|
$14.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 423) |
N/A
|
$140.00
|
N/A
|
6.75-12.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 478) |
$133.75
|
$111.00
|
$22.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 423) |
$138.75
|
$133.00
|
$5.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 478) |
$122.75
|
$103.00
|
$19.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 423) |
$134.75
|
$103.00
|
$31.75
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 1.4GHz FCPGA (512K Cache) |
$309.00
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
||
Pentium III 1.33GHz FCPGA |
$142.00
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 1.2GHz FCPGA |
$129.00
|
$140.00
|
-$11.00
|
$8.80
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 1.13 GHz |
$114.00
|
$127.00
|
-$13.00
|
$8.80
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 800EB MHz FC-PGA |
$105.00
|
$99.00
|
$6.00
|
10.00-12.00
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 850 MHz FC-PGA |
$105.00
|
$105.00
|
$0.00
|
$8.00
|
OEM
|
||
Pentium III 866 MHz FCPGA |
$105.00
|
$93.00
|
$12.00
|
$10.00
|
OEM
|
||
Celeron 1.3GHz FC-PGA2 |
$75.75
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Celeron 1.7GHz FC-PGA2 |
$89.75
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
||
Celeron 1.8GHz FC-PGA2 |
$105.75
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$11.89
|
OEM
|
Since the last price listing for the Intel line of processors, its seems as though prices have jumped on about one third of the chips. But while some of the sub-2GHz chips increased in price, there was a huge drop, about $187.00, with the P4 2.4GHz and the P42.2GHz, with the P4 2.4GHz with B stepping not far behind. The latter decreased in price an amazing $163.00.
Video Card
CPU
|
Current
Price (5/31/2002)
|
Last
Price (05/06/02)
|
Change
|
Vendor
|
Shipping
|
CNet
Pricing
|
Notes
|
ATI A-I-W Radeon 8500 (128MB) | $222.00 |
$329.00
|
-$107.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
ATI Radeon 8500 (64MB) | $99.00 |
$104.00
|
-$5.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Matrox G450 (32MB) | $79.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Matrox G550 (32MB) | $91.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
PNY/NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 | $130.00 |
$133.00
|
-$3.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
PNY/NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 | $220.00 |
$230.00
|
-$10.00
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
PNY/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 | $178.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
PNY/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 | $178.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
PNY/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 | $310.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$5.00+
|
RTL
|
||
VisionTek Xtasy/NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 (Dual) | $105.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$5.00+
|
RTL
|
||
VisionTek Xtasy/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4400 | $339.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
VisionTek Xtasy/NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 | $339.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Leadtek GeForce3 Ti500 | $145.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$8.00
|
BLK
|
||
Leadtek GeForce4 Ti4400 | $230.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
BLK
|
||
Leadtek GeForce4 Ti4600 | $330.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
BLK
|
||
Asus V8460 Geforce4 Ti4600 | $340.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
OEM
|
||
Asus V8460 Geforce4 Ti4400 | $267.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$8.00
|
OEM
|
||
Chaintech Geforce4 Ti4400 GT40 | $235.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
||
Chaintech Geforce4 Ti4600 GT61 | $328.00 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$6.95
|
RTL
|
The first edition of the hardware price guides for the month of May included two major graphics chipsets, Nvidia and ATI. In this third edition of May's price guides, the second of two reviewing video cards, the third major chipset maker has been added, Matrox. Their two most popular business class graphics cards, the Matrox G450 and G550, both 32MB editions, feature Matrox's DualHead technology, allowing connections of two simultaneous displays at one time. This feature is a plus for business users. Along with the addition of the Matrox cards, some of the top manufacturers of cards carrying the Nvidia chipset have also been added to the charts. These manufacturers include PNY, VisionTek, LeadTek, Chaintech, and last but not least, Asus.