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Weekly Memory and Motherboard Price Guide: 4th Edition
by Vlad Trishkin on December 1, 2000 12:16 AM EST- Posted in
- Guides
Introduction
It's Friday,
and that means that the weekly price guide is here. This is the 4th edition,
and this week we will concentrate on memory and motherboards prices.
The basic goal is to provide you with the best deals, and follow price trends
of the listed products. We have selected a leading team of on-line vendors,
and will be tracking their progress on weekly basis. Please note that all vendors
were selected according to their best price offered. Some vendors may ask that
you place a phone-order to make sure that you receive our listed price; others
simply ask that you mention where you found the price (in this case AnandTech).
We have tried to eliminate vendors with low feedback rating, but we do encourage
you to do some sort of a rating research before purchasing any product from
this list.
If you encounter any problems with a vendor on our list, please email us, and we will take appropriate action. Remember that we will only list vendors with positive customer feedback. If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know.
Also be sure to check out AnandTech's Hot Deals Forum for even more great CPU, video card and other technology buys.
Disclamer
AnandTech does not endorse any vendor listed in the following price guide. AnandTech does not receive any advertising fees and/or sponsorship from the listed vendors. All views expressed by listed vendors do not reflect the opinions of AnandTech.
AnandTech, nor any of the vendors mentioned guarantee that the prices listed in this guide are accurate.
This week
The memory market
has been a bit shaky for the past two weeks, and many feared that memory prices
would skyrocket once again. Fortunately most prices didn't go up, and only a
few models have dropped in price - at least for now.
Intel is currently dragging a well-known company by the name of Rambus behind
them. Most readers are familiar with the fact that the new Intel Pentium
4 is currently only available with dual-channel PC800 RDRAM that is
the brainchild of Rambus, Inc. At this point all Pentium 4 systems will be based
on the RDRAM memory subsystem, which is bad news for the end user. RDRAM has
significantly dropped in price within the past eight months - if you remember;
there was a time when a stick of 128MB PC800 RDRAM cost up to $1200! Fortunately,
it's no where near that expensive today, albeit still more expensive than SDRAM.
AMD is comfortably enjoying the fact that they are the only platform that supports
DDR SDRAM
for the time being. SDRAM is currently their key to success with value chipset
configurations, while the newer DDR chipsets provide higher performance and
the latest technology to the high-end market. DDR SDRAM should be widely available
very soon, but we don't expect it to be very cheap, on par with CAS2 PC150 SDRAM
prices at best. Eventually, it will reach virtual price parity with SDR SDRAM,
but there's no telling how long that will be at the moment.
Memory
AnandTech Weekly Memory Prices | |||||
Memory Type - Size | Price | Change | Vendor | Shipping | Promotion |
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PC2100 DDR - 128MB | ![]() |
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Limited Quantity |
PC1600 DDR - 256MB | ![]() |
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PC1600 DDR - 128MB | ![]() |
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Limited Quantity |
PC1600 DDR - 64MB | ![]() |
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Limited Quantity |
PC800 RDRAM - 256MB | ![]() |
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Lifetime Warranty |
PC800 RDRAM - 128MB | ![]() |
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Lifetime Warranty |
PC800 RDRAM - 64MB | ![]() |
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Lifetime Warranty |
VC133 - 128MB | ![]() |
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Priority Shipping |
VC133 - 64MB | ![]() |
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Priority Shipping |
PC150 CAS2 - 128MB | ![]() |
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Priority Shipping |
PC133 CAS3 - 512MB | ![]() |
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ECC or Non-ECC |
PC133 CAS3 - 256MB | ![]() |
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Non-ECC |
PC133 CAS3 - 128MB | ![]() |
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Non-ECC |
PC133 CAS3 - 64MB | ![]() |
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Non-ECC |
PC133 CAS2 - 256MB | ![]() |
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Priority Shipping |
PC133 CAS2 - 128MB | ![]() |
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PC133 CAS2 - 64MB | ![]() |
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Priority Shipping |
PC100 ECC 128MB | ![]() |
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PC100 ECC 64MB | ![]() |
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PC100 512MB | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
PC100 256MB | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
PC100 128MB | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
PC100 64MB | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
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RDRAM has
dropped in price by more than 25%; this of course is the result of the official
Pentium 4
launch. RDRAM is slowly becoming more available to the end user, and we hope
that this trend will continue in the near future. Eventually RDRAM might be
able to compete with DDR SDRAM in terms of prices and value, but for now it's
still a little pricey for most consumers. One interesting thing to note is
that Intel is actually bundling two 64MB RDRAM RIMM's with retail boxed Pentium
4 CPU's.
No changes on the Virtual Channel or DDR fronts, however we expect DDR SDRAM
to drop in price as availability improves. Note that Crucial is our only provider
of DDR SDRAM at this time, and you would have to be pretty convincing in order
to buy DDR SDRAM from them due to the fact that they currently have reserved
limited quantities for hardware developers.
Related Reviews
Make sure you check out our latest Memory and Chipset reviews for more information.
Memory Reviews | Publication Date |
PC133 SDRAM Roundup - April 2000 | April 3rd, 2000 |
Chipset Reviews | Publication Date |
DDR SDRAM on the AMD Athlon | September 14th, 2000 |
AMD's 760 Chipset: DDR for the Athlon is here | October 30th, 2000 |
ALi MAGiK 1: The Athlon gets a second DDR platform | November 29th, 2000 |
i815(E) FC-PGA Socket-370 Motherboards
AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - Intel Socket-370 | |||||
Motherboard Model | Price | Change | Vendor | Shipping | Promotion |
ASUS CUSL2 | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
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UPS Ground |
ABIT SA6R | ![]() |
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Transcend TS-ASL3 | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
Microstar 815E Pro | ![]() |
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Check for Rebate |
AOpen AX3S Pro | ![]() |
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The ASUS
CUSL2 is still our favoriate board for an Intel Pentium III system and we
are happy to report that its price has dropped by $9, which should cover shipping
costs. The ASUS CUSL2 and the ABIT SA6R are our choices for a high-end system;
both boards are prepared for anything you can throw at them. The ASUS CUSL2
was rock solid in our testing and has quite a few very useful features, while
the ABIT SA6R features ABIT's popular SoftMenu III and Ultra ATA 100 RAID
support.
The Chaintech 6AJ is our choice for a budget i815 motherboard. Don't be turned
off by its low price, because this board packs a great deal for most end users
who don't need the extra stability and features when it comes to tweaking
and overclocking.
Related Reviews
Make sure you check out our latest i815 Socket-370 Motherboard reviews for more information.
Socket-370 Motherboard Reviews | Publication Date |
ASUS CUSL2 Socket-370 i815E ATX |
July 9th, 2000 |
ABIT SE6 Socket-370 i815E ATX |
October 25th, 2000 |
Transcend TS-ASL3 Socket-370 i815E ATX |
October 27th, 2000 |
ABIT SA6R Socket-370 i815E + RAID ATX | November 13th, 2000 |
Intel
815 Chipset |
June 27th, 2000 |
Intel i815 / i815E Motherboard Roundup - August 2000 |
August 3rd, 2000 |
KT133 Socket-A Motherboards
AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - AMD Socket-A | |||||
Motherboard Model | Price | Change | Vendor | Shipping | Promotion |
ASUS A7V (Non-RAID) | ![]() |
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Limited Quantity |
ABIT KT7-RAID | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
ABIT KT7 | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
Microstar K7T Pro | ![]() |
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Chaintech 7AJA | ![]() |
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Limited Quantity |
Chaintech CT-7AIA | ![]() |
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UPS Flat Rate |
EPoX EP-8KTA2 | ![]() |
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FIC AZ11 | ![]() |
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UPS Ground |
Gigabyte GA-7ZX | ![]() |
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KT133 motherboards
remain at the same price levels despite the eminent availability of 760 boards.
ASUS and ABIT change a bit in price, which keeps things slightly interesting.
At this point, we recommend two options if you want an AMD processor; either
upgrade to newer DDR-based motherboards as soon as they become available,
or wait until the prices drops even further for current SDR-based motherboards
Check out our recent KT133 Motherboard Roundup
to find our picks for the best Socket-A boards.
Related Reviews
Make sure you check out our latest KT133 Socket-A Motherboard reviews for more information.
Socket-A Motherboard Reviews | Publication Date |
ASUS
A7V Socket-A KT133 ATX |
August 22nd, 2000 |
ABIT
KT7-RAID Socket-A KT133 ATX |
August 12th, 2000 |
Microstar
K7T Pro Socket-A KT133 ATX |
July 23rd, 2000 |
Microstar
K7T Pro2 Socket-A KT133 ATX |
October 16th, 2000 |
Chaintech
CT-7AIV2 Socket-A KT133 microATX |
October 5th, 2000 |
FIC
AZ-11 Socket-A KT133 ATX |
July 8th, 2000 |
FIC
AZ-11E Socket-A KT133 ATX |
November 15th , 2000 |
EPoX
EP-8KTA2 Socket-A KT133 (686B) ATX |
November 14th, 2000 |
Gigabyte
GA-7ZX Socket-A KT133 ATX |
July 15th, 2000 |
VIA
KX133 Athlon Chipset - Guide |
February 7th, 2000 |
Socket-A VIA KT133 Motherboard Roundup - November 2000 | August 9th, 2000 |