Price Guides October 2003: CPU and Memory
by Kristopher Kubicki & Larry Barber on October 13, 2003 11:50 PM EST- Posted in
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Intel CPU
There seems to be two very important announcements in this week’s Intel analysis. First of all, we still can’t find Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition CPUs. Rumor on the streets is that the chip will debut at almost $1,000 retail, which really is unfortunate considering its uncommon performance. Perhaps Intel will decide to bump up the FSB and clock rate of the Xeon line in the near future and thus bring the price of both chips down.
It seems sources of 533FSB processors are severely drying up. As a result, most 533FSB CPU’s increased in price, some more than 10%. True to Intel’s word, the 800FSB Pentium 4’s only have about a 10 dollar premium on their 533FSB counterparts, although we somewhat expected the 800FSB chips to fall in price, rather than the 533FSB CPU’s increase.
However, that’s not to say the Intel lineup isn’t void of all good deals. Our particular favorite the 2.4GHz 800FSB chip took a slight jump from $165 last week, but even at $174 it is still a bargain. The 2.6GHz 800FSB is not a bad looking chip either, with only a $20 premium over the 2.4GHz version.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link
#8 I can understand if people are cautious about early motherboards, but I find people using the Athlon 64 core as their sole excuse not to purchase just naive.Since the basic core of the Athlon 64 has been on the market for over 6 months in the form of the Opteron I have to ask how old should this "1st generation processor" be before it can be safely recommended?
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
As for spending 400 bucks on a 1st generation processor, I could never recommend that. I would never recommend the 3.2GHz P4 either!Kristopher
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
The main reason I did not recommend an AMD system over an Intel system this time is because AMD prices are on the rise. I personally would have bought a 2500+ myself, but it is my opinion to wait a couple weeks for the prices to stabilize.Kristopher
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
#3 recommending a 2.4 GHz P4 at more than twice the price of a AXP 2500+ as a "bargain" stinks also - how comes? Aces used to be a reliable source, but i do not get their reasoning this time.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
2.6c has a $30.50 premium over the 2.4c, not a $20 one.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
#3 I second that. Now is a great time to build an amd system. The athlon 64 for $404 that is a great price the 3.2ghz p4 is $600 and that's only 32bits. The reviewer dropped the ball here.Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
they say it's not a good time to build an amd system on the first page when you can get the barton 2500+ for $85 which is an awesome overclocker and awesome processor in general....then they say the celeron line is looking attractive with a 2.6ghz celeron at $85-90....is it just me or is that a load of crap....who would buy a celeron over a 2500+ barton? Somewhere I missed the logicAnonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
Hi, just want to let you know that the word "effected" on the front page should be "affected" instead. No biggie, just a common mistake!Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
would it be possible to put a price per megabyte column for the ram?