Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: October 2001 1st Edition

Weekly Intel CPU Prices
CPU	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	CNet Pricing	Notes
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 478)	$553		Accubyte	$10.95		OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 478)	$365		Newegg.com	$10		OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 478)	$261		Atacom, Inc.	$9.25		OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 478)	$192		Newegg.com	$10		OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 478)	$169		Newegg.com	$10		Retail
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 478)	$158		Accubyte	$10.95		OEM
Pentium 4 2.0GHz (Socket 423)	$515		Viking Computers	$10.75		OEM
Pentium 4 1.9GHz (Socket 423)	$373		EconoPC	$10.75		OEM
Pentium 4 1.8GHz (Socket 423)	$246		RunTime Computer	$8.80		OEM
Pentium 4 1.7GHz (Socket 423)	$178		Accubyte	$10.95		OEM
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (Socket 423)	$150		RunTime Computer	$8.80		OEM
Pentium 4 1.5GHz (Socket 423)	$124		Compubuzz	$10.74		OEM
Pentium III 1.2GHz	$280		Googlegear.com	$10.24		Retail
Pentium III 1.13 GHz	$195		Power Up, Inc.	$8.95		OEM
Pentium III 1.0 GHz	$164		Accubyte	$10.95		OEM
Pentium III 933 MHz	$142		Thompson Computer Warehouse, Inc	$6.95		OEM
Pentium III 866 MHz	$128		EconoPC	$10.75		OEM
Pentium III 850 MHz	$121		Thompson Computer Warehouse, Inc	$6.95		OEM
Pentium III 800B MHz	$101		Accubyte	$10.95		OEM
Pentium III 750 MHz	$91		Compubuzz	$10.74		OEM
Pentium III 733 MHz	$97		PC Progress	$11.00		OEM
Celeron 1.1GHz	$99		Googlegear.com	$10.24		Retail
Celeron 1.0GHz	$67		Thompson Computer Warehouse, Inc	$6.95		OEM
Celeron 950MHz	$69		Compubuzz	$10.74		OEM
Celeron 900MHz	$47		Thompson Computer Warehouse, Inc	$6.95		OEM
Celeron 850MHz	$44		Newegg.com	$10		OEM
Celeron 800MHz	$41		Thompson Computer Warehouse, Inc	$6.95		OEM

The first thing you'll notice is that very few of the CNet vendors had any Pentium 4 or Pentium III processors listed; very interesting indeed. There is no longer a reason to purchase any Socket-423 Pentium 4 CPUs and the best bang for your buck ends up being at 1.6GHz.

The Tualatin based Pentium IIIs are still very expensive and do require new Socket-370 motherboards thus making them less desirable of an upgrade path to current Socket-370 Pentium III owners.

The Celerons have dropped in price considerably, but the new 0.13-micron processors are still rare and too expensive to list as a value solution. We'll most likely add them in the next Guide.

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