Once again, the only significant Intel price drop comes in on their flagship 3.06 GHz Pentium 4 processor, which is down another $38, following the $110 drop in last week's guide; and once again, its OEM counterpart has held steady in price, now leaving an $83 gap between the two. Beyond this, though, there is little to get excited about in this week's Intel charts. Current trends also suggest that buyers should re-examine the old "buy OEM and save" mantra, as it's not holding true on a number of Intel processors. .
This won't be the happiest of new years for those looking to buy new processors, as there are more price increases than decreases to be found in this week's guide. But hopefully this is just the result of retailers all letting out a collective sigh following the Christmas shopping season and not an omen of things to come in 2003's weekly price guides.
CPU Type
| Price
| Change
| Vendor
| Phone #
|
Celeron 1GHz FC-PGA2
| $41
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
Celeron 1.1GHz FC-PGA2
| $41
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
Celeron 1.2GHz FC-PGA2
| $44
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
Celeron 1.3GHz FC-PGA2
| $48
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
Celeron 1.4GHz FC-PGA2
| $64
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Celeron 1.7GHz mPGA
| $55
| $1
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
Celeron 1.8GHz mPGA
| $72
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Celeron 2.0GHz mPGA
| $84
| -$1
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P3-1000/133 FC-PGA
| $103
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P3-1.13GHz/133 Tualatin
| $110
| -$2
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P3-1.2GHz/133 Tualatin
| $111
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P3-1.4GHz/133 Tualatin
| $207
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-1.5GHz/400 Sock 478 (OEM)
| $112
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-1.6GHz/400 Sock 478 (OEM)
| $115
| -$2
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-1.7GHz/400 Sock 478 (OEM)
| $120
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-1.8GHz/400 Sock 478 (OEM)
| $137
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-1.9GHz/400 Sock 478 (OEM)
| $157
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.0GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $147
| -$9
| RunTime
| 866-722-7800
|
P4-2.2GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $160
| -$10
| Team Excess
| 877-772-2900
|
P4-2.26GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $168
| $0
| RunTime
| 866-722-7800
|
P4-2.4GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $188
| $2
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-2.53GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $238
| $25
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.6GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $297
| N/A
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.8GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $361
| -$2
| RunTime
| 866-722-7800
|
P4-3.06GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $734
| $0
| RunTime
| 866-722-7800
|
P4-1.5GHz/400 Sock 478 (Retail)
| $117
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-1.6GHz/400 Sock 478 (Retail)
| $116
| -$1
| Nutrend
| 888-482-6678
|
P4-1.7GHz/400 Sock 478 (Retail)
| $121
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-1.8GHz/400 Sock 478 (Retail)
| $132
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-1.9GHz/400 Sock 478 (Retail)
| $170
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-2.0GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $160
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-2.2GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $202
| $7
| Z-Buy
| 888-577-9289
|
P4-2.26GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $195
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-2.4GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $191
| $3
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-2.4GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $190
| $5
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-2.5GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $255
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-2.53GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $232
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-2.6GHz/400 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $306
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-2.6GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $298
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-2.8GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $381
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-3.06GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $651
| -$38
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4 XEON 1.8GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $185
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4 XEON 2.0GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $200
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4 XEON 2.2GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $254
| $0
| Googlegear
| 510-739-1890
|
P4 XEON 2.4GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $243
| -$5
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4 XEON 2.6GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $354
| $0
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|
P4 XEON 2.8GHz/400 Sock 603 (Retail)
| $463
| -$4
| Googlegear
| 877-228-6958
|