Weekly CPU Prices - Week of Dec 16, 2001

Welcome to the Sharky Extreme Weekly CPU Prices. This is a weekly update on CPU prices we find around the net.

We have several different tables to help you find what you are looking for, sorted by manufacturer; (AMD or Intel) sorted by price; tables showing only high-end or low-end CPUs, all to make your research and subsequent buying decision a bit easier. Use our handy "jump to" feature at the bottom of each page to quickly get where you need to go.

If you are new to this feature and are wondering just exactly how we get these prices, and how YOU can get them, use this link to take you to the page where we describe our search methods. Please note that most prices listed were found using PriceWatch and are only for phone orders, requiring that you call the vendors and tell them you found a specific price on PriceWatch or "on Sharky Extreme's Weekly CPU Price Guide, which uses PriceWatch."

So without further ado here are your CPU Prices...

It might just be due to some aggressive pricing by vendors as the year comes to a close, but we're finally seeing some decent price drops this week. Those looking to upgrade to a 950GHz or 1GHz Duron will be pleased to see the $10 drops, caused partly by the recent release of their 1.2Ghz sibling. And those looking to for low-end Athlon system will benefit from the $9 drop on the 1.13GHz/266 processor, which is now selling at $73. In all, it's been a better week for Athlon pricing than we've seen in a while.