The High-End processor market is made up of the fastest and most expensive CPUs that you can buy. This is also an area where money talks and money walks, especially at the top-end of the scale, where the budget-minded definitely fear to tread. To help select the right high-end CPU for your own specific configuration, we've sorted these based on model, speed and then split the CPUs into retail and OEM sections if required. This is an excellent method of gauging where the high-end "best buys" may be, especially between the OEM and Retail versions.
CPU Type
| Price
| Change
| Vendor
| Phone #
|
P4-2.53GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $137
| -$11
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.66GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $161
| $3
| Z-Buy
| 888-577-9289
|
P4-2.8GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $156
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.4CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $169
| $9
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.6CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $179
| $5
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.8CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $169
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-3.0CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $204
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-3.0EGHz/800 Sock 478 Prescott (OEM)
| $224
| -$7
| Nutrend
| 888-482-6678
|
P4-3.2CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $268
| -$5
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-3.4CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (OEM)
| $408
| -$4
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
P4-2.53GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $167
| $0
| Thompsons
| 800-394-4503
|
P4-2.66GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $170
| -$4
| Thompsons
| 800-394-4503
|
P4-2.8GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $163
| -$6
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-3.06GHz/533 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $221
| -$10
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-2.4CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $175
| $7
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-2.6CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $175
| -$8
| ZipZoomFly
| 510-739-1890
|
P4-2.8CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $176
| -$4
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-3.0CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $220
| -$1
| Thompsons
| 800-394-4503
|
P4-3.0EGHz/800 Sock 478 Prescott (Retail)
| $229
| $0
| Monarch
| 800-611-0875
|
P4-3.2CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $282
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
P4-3.2CGHz/800 Extreme Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $915
| -$24
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4-3.4CGHz/800 Sock 478 Northwood (Retail)
| $415
| -$7
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
P4 XEON 2.66GHz/533 Sock 604 (Retail)
| $261
| -$22
| Newegg
| 909-395-9046
|
P4 XEON 2.8GHz/533 Sock 604 (Retail)
| $335
| -$7
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
P4 XEON 3.0GHz/533 Sock 604 (Retail)
| $468
| -$6
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
P4 XEON 3.2GHz/533 Sock 604 (Retail)
| $899
| $0
| Monarch
| 800-611-0875
|
Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8GHz)
| $47
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 2400+ (2GHz)
| $57
| $1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83GHz/333)
| $75
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon XP 2600+ (2.08GHz/333)
| $64
| -$6
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 2700+ (2.17GHz/333)
| $82
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 2800+ (2.08GHz/333)
| $93
| $0
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 3000+ (2.16GHz/333)
| $132
| -$3
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2GHz/400)
| $170
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8GHz/1600)
| $173
| n/a
| GameVE
| 800-228-9395
|
Athlon 64 3000+ (2.0GHz/1600)
| $211
| $5
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/1600)
| $270
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Athlon 64 3400+ (2.2GHz/1600)
| $396
| -$1
| SMKSuperstore
| 800-490-0626
|
Athlon 64 FX-51 (2.2GHz/1600)
| $711
| -$22
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon 64 FX-53 (2.4GHz/1600)
| $769
| -$15
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon MP 2400+ (2GHz)
| $121
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Athlon MP 2600+ (2.07GHz)
| $135
| -$9
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon MP 2800+ (2.08GHz)
| $177
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Opteron 242 (1.6GHz - Retail)
| $327
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Opteron 244 (1.8GHz - Retail)
| $461
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Opteron 246 (2.0GHz - Retail)
| $689
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|
Opteron 248 (2.2GHz - Retail)
| $845
| $0
| Newegg
| 800-390-1119
|