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 #
|
Pentium 840 Extreme 3.2GHz/800 LGA775 (Retail)
| $998
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz/1066 LGA775 (Retail)
| $209
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz/1066 LGA775 (Retail)
| $175
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $180
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz/1066 LGA775 (Retail)
| $132
| N/A
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $185
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $185
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $195
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $270
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz/1066 LGA775 (Retail)
| $220
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $279
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $359
| N/A
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $1,000
| $1
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $1,030
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
Core 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz/1600 LGA775 (Retail)
| $1,470
| N/A
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
XEON 5130 DC 2.0GHz/1333 S771 (Retail)
| $342
| $0
| ZipZoomFly
| 877-228-6958
|
XEON E3110 DC 3.0GHz/1333 LGA775 (Retail)
| $206
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
XEON E5205 DC 1.86GHz/1066 S771 (Retail)
| $205
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
XEON E5345 QC 2.33GHz/1333 S771 (Retail)
| $480
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (2.8GHz/AM2 - Retail)
| $112
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz/AM2 - Retail)
| $153
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (3.2GHz/AM2 - Retail)
| $163
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Phenom X3 8450 (2.1GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $149
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Phenom X3 8650 (2.3GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $166
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Phenom X3 8750 (2.4GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $195
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|
Phenom 9500 (2.2GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $189
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Phenom X4 9550 (2.2GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $195
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Phenom 9600 (2.3GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $210
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Phenom 9600 Black Ed. (2.3GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $215
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Phenom X4 9750 (2.4GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $215
| $0
| Mwave
| 800-234-3358
|
Phenom X4 9850 (2.5GHz/AM2+ - Retail)
| $235
| $0
| NewEgg
| 800-390-1119
|