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Weekly Hardware Price Guide - Motherboards & Memory: August 2002 1st Edition
by Purav Sanghani on August 2, 2002 7:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Guides
For this weeks price guides we have compiled a list of prices for motherboards and memory for today's processors. 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.
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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.
Three new chipsets have been added to the charts this week. Among them are the VIA P4X266 and P4M266 and from SiS, the 650 series chipset. Check out the prices on these entering boards, and also see how previous boards have held up with their numbers.
Since DDR memory prices took a huge hit on the last guides, they have seemed to evened out a little. Some prices have even decreased. Most of them however remain unchanged.
Go ahead and take a look at this week's changes in prices for the most popular boards along with the top brands in desktop memory...
VIA Chipset Motherboards
Motherboard |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
KT333 | |||||||
Shuttle
AK35GT2 |
$82.00 |
$74.00
|
$8.00 |
8 |
RTL |
||
MSI
MS-6380E KT3 |
$67.00 |
$65.00
|
$2.00 |
9.50+ |
RTL |
||
Gigabyte
GA-7VRX |
$71.00 |
$71.00
|
$0.00 |
10+ |
RTL |
||
EPOX
EP-8K3A+ |
$97.00 |
$100.00
|
-$3.00 |
9.50+ |
RTL |
||
EPOX
EP-8K3A |
$65.00 |
$66.00
|
-$1.00 |
9.50+ |
RTL |
||
ECS
K7VTA3 v3.1 |
$68.00 |
$65.00
|
$3.00 |
6.95 |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
A7V333 |
$101.00 |
$101.00
|
$0.00 |
9.50+ |
RTL |
||
Aopen
AK77-333 |
$79.00 |
$79.00
|
$0.00 |
8 |
RTL |
||
P4M266 |
|||||||
Shuttle
MV42N |
$56.00 |
NA |
NA |
8 |
RTL |
||
ECS
P4VMM2 |
$55.00 |
NA |
NA |
10+ |
RTL |
||
Biostar
U8668 |
$59.00 |
NA |
NA |
8.9 |
RTL |
||
P4X266 |
|||||||
VIA-VPSD
VL33-S |
$37.00 |
NA |
NA |
8+ |
RTL |
||
Shuttle
AV41 |
$53.00 |
NA |
NA |
7 |
RTL |
||
ECS
P4VXAD |
$54.00 |
NA |
NA |
8+ |
RTL |
||
We've added a few chipsets on the VIA charts this week. The Pentium "flavored" P4M266 and the P4X266 all range from the high $30 to $50 range, why pay more for the CPU and the motherboard?
Intel Chipset Motherboards
Motherboard |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
Intel
850/850E |
|||||||
MSI
MS-6545 Pro 5 i850 |
$55.00 |
$55.00
|
$0.00 |
10 |
OEM |
||
Intel
D850GBC i850 |
$59.00 |
$59.00
|
$0.00 |
10 |
OEM |
||
Intel
D850EMV2 i850E |
$135.00 |
$135.00
|
$0.00 |
14.95 |
RTL |
||
Gigabyte
GA-8TX-C i850 |
$93.00 |
$89.00
|
$4.00 |
8+ |
|||
Epox
EP-4T2A3 i850 |
$141.00 |
$139.00
|
$2.00 |
8+ |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
P4T-ATX i850 |
$103.00 |
$103.00
|
$0.00 |
8+ |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
P4T533-C i850E |
$158.00 |
$154.00
|
$4.00 |
5 |
OEM |
||
Abit
TH7II-RAID i850 |
$126.00 |
$105.00
|
$21.00 |
6 |
RTL |
||
Intel
845 / 845E / 845G |
|||||||
Tyan
Trinity S2090 i845 |
$56.00 |
$58.00
|
-$2.00 |
10+ |
CNet
Pricing |
RTL |
|
MSI
MS-6580 i845G |
$88.00 |
$86.00
|
$2.00 |
5 |
RTL |
||
MSI
MS-6566E i845E |
$90.00 |
$86.00
|
$4.00 |
4 |
OEM |
||
MSI
MS-6534 i845 |
$49.00 |
$49.00
|
$0.00 |
7.95 |
OEM |
||
Gigabyte
GA-8IE i845E |
$92.00 |
$93.00
|
-$1.00 |
7 |
OEM |
||
Gigabyte
GA-8IDX i845 |
$59.00 |
$59.00
|
$0.00 |
7+ |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
P4B533-VM i845G |
$98.00 |
$99.00
|
-$1.00 |
10 |
RTL |
||
Aopen
AX4BS-V i845 |
$82.00 |
$72.00
|
$10.00 |
8+ |
RTL |
||
Abit
BL7 i845 |
$79.00 |
$75.00
|
$4.00 |
4 |
RTL |
||
Abit
BG7 i845G |
$105.00 |
$101.00
|
$4.00 |
14.95 |
RTL |
||
Most prices on Intel chipset based boards have not changed too much since the last guides. The greatest increase is held by the Abit TH7II-RAID carrying the Intel 850 chipset at +$21 while Aopen's AX4BS-V with the Intel 845 chipset has decreased a hefty $10. |
NVidia nForce Chipset Motherboards
Motherboard |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
AsusTek A7N266-VM nForce 220 | $68.00 |
$68.00
|
$0.00 |
10+ |
RTL |
||
Abit NV7-133R nForce 415-D | $80.00 |
$80.00
|
$0.00 |
11+ |
OEM |
||
AsusTek A7N266-C nForce 415-D | $68.00 |
$96.00
|
-$28.00 |
10+ |
OEM |
||
MSI K7N415 Pro nForce 415 | $100.00 |
$100.00
|
$0.00 |
8 |
RTL |
||
Abit NV7M nForce 420 | $95.00 |
$80.00
|
$15.00 |
8+ |
OEM |
||
AsusTek A7N266-E nForce 420-D | $137.00 |
$137.00
|
$0.00 |
11+ |
RTL |
||
MSI K7N420 Pro nForce 420-D | $115.00 |
$115.00
|
$0.00 |
10+ |
RTL |
||
The majority of the boards on the nForce charts have remained at a $0 change. The two that have changed, AsusTek's A7N266-C and Abit's NV7M have changed quite a bit at -$28 and +$15 respectively.
|
SiS Chipset
Motherboard |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
650 | |||||||
Shuttle
MS51N |
$78.00 |
NA |
NA |
4 |
RTL |
||
MSI
MS-6533-GL |
$80.00 |
NA |
NA |
5 |
RTL |
||
Gigabyte
GA-8SIML |
$82.00 |
NA |
NA |
8 |
RTL |
||
ECS
L4S5M |
$56.00 |
NA |
NA |
10+ |
RTL |
||
Biostar
M7SXG |
$66.00 |
NA |
NA |
8.95 |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
P4S333-VM |
$82.00 |
NA |
NA |
5 |
RTL |
||
Aopen
MX46 |
$75.00 |
NA |
NA |
8 |
RTL |
||
730/735/745 |
|||||||
ECS
K7SEM SiS 730 |
$55.00 |
$41.00
|
$14.00 |
4 |
OEM |
||
Leadtek
7350KDA SiS 735 |
NA |
$69.00
|
NA |
4 |
RTL |
||
ECS
K7S5A SiS 735 |
$55.00 |
$46.00
|
$9.00 |
4 |
OEM |
||
Chaintech
7SID SiS 735 |
$59.00 |
$59.00
|
$0.00 |
4 |
RTL |
||
MSI
MS-6561 SiS 745 |
$65.00 |
$61.00
|
$4.00 |
4 |
RTL |
||
ECS
K7S6A SiS 745 |
$64.00 |
$64.00
|
$0.00 |
9.26+ |
RTL |
||
AsusTek
A7S333 SiS745 |
$61.00 |
$58.00
|
$3.00 |
10+ |
RTL |
||
While we're adding boards to some of the other lists, we thought, why leave SiS out of the game? So we've added the SiS 650 series to the charts this week. These boards carrying the SiS 650 chipset range in price mostly in the $70-$80 spread except the boards from ECS and Biostar which are $56 and $66 respectively. |
DDR Memory
Memory |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
XtremeDDR
PC3200 DDR 512MB |
$185.00 |
$179.00
|
$6.00 |
5+ |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
XtremeDDR
PC3200 DDR 256MB |
$95.00 |
$95.00
|
$0.00 |
7 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Mushkin
PC3000 DDR 512MB |
$174.00 |
$159.00
|
$15.00 |
5 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
XtremeDDR
PC3000 DDR 256MB |
$90.00 |
$90.00
|
$0.00 |
7 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
XtremeDDR
PC2700 DDR 512MB |
$168.00 |
$165.00
|
$3.00 |
5+ |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Kingmax
PC2700 DDR 256MB |
$73.00 |
$72.00
|
$1.00 |
5 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Corsair
PC2400 DDR 512MB |
$165.00 |
$196.00
|
-$31.00 |
See
Site |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Kingmax
PC2400 DDR 256MB |
NA |
$69.00
|
NA |
5+ |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Mushkin
PC2100 DDR 512MB |
$115.00 |
$120.00
|
-$5.00 |
See
Site |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Micron
PC2100 DDR 256MB |
$62.00 |
$65.00
|
-$3.00 |
See
Site |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Samsung
PC1600 DDR 512MB |
$128.00 |
$128.00
|
$0.00 |
10.95 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
Micron
PC1600 DDR 256MB |
NA |
$63.00
|
NA |
10.95 |
CNet Pricing | OEM | |
The majority of the boards on the nForce charts have remained at a $0 change. The two that have changed, AsusTek's A7N266-C and Abit's NV7M have changed quite a bit at -$28 and +$15 respectively. |
RDRAM
RAM |
Current
Price (08/01/02) |
Last
Price (07/22/02) |
Change |
Vendor |
Shipping |
CNet
Pricing |
Notes |
Samsung
PC1066 RDRAM 512MB |
$369.00 |
$369.00 |
$0.00 |
10 |
OEM |
||
Samsung
PC1066 RDRAM 256MB |
$119.00 |
$129.00 |
-$10.00 |
See
Site |
OEM |
||
Samsung
PC800 RDRAM 512MB |
$194.00 |
$198.00 |
-$4.00 |
6+ |
OEM |
||
Kingston
PC800 RDRAM 256MB |
$96.00 |
$106.00 |
-$10.00 |
7 |
OEM |
||
Kingston
PC800 RDRAM 128MB |
$52.00 |
$48.00 |
$4.00 |
6.23+ |
OEM |
||
Prices on RDRAM chips continue to drop. Samsung's 256MB of PC1066 memory and Kingston's 256MB of PC800 memory have cut an amazing $10 off their tags in the past two weeks. |