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Since the release of the newest line of microprocessors including the Athlon XP2200+ as well as Intels line of Northwood chips, motherboard and chipset makers have also updated their designs to compliment these new speed demons. Among the new chipsets are VIA's KT333 for the AMD chips and Intel's 845 and 850 series. The charts from the last Motherboard and Memory Price Guides from November of last year have drastically changed

Also, with new high speed DDR designs being released, prices on older models continue to drop. Intel's added support for DDR type memory in its new line of chipsets will also help the DDR market.



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VIA KT333 Chipset

Motherboard
Current Price (05/26/02)
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Gigabyte GA-7VRX VIA KT333
$81.00
$6.00
OEM
Shuttle AK35GT2 VIA KT333
$75.00
$9.00
OEM
EPOX EP-8K3A VIA KT333
$83.00
5.95
OEM
MSI MS-6380E KT3 VIA KT333
$80.00
5.00
OEM
Aopen AK77-333 VIA KT333
$80.00
8.00 - 11.00
OEM

VIA's newest addition to its line is the KT333 chipset. While the KT333 has no great performance boost, its added support for DDR333 and ATA/133 make the KT333 set a good replacement for the KT266. See VIA's KT333: The Athlon gets DDR333



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Intel Chipsets

Motherboard
Current Price (05/06/02)
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
Intel 850 / 850E
Intel D850GBC i850
$79.00
10.00
OEM
Gigabyte GA-8TX-C i850
$95.00
8.00 - 9.00
OEM
ASUSTek P4T-ATX i850
$91.00
15.00
OEM
Abit TH7II-RAID i850
$104.00
8
OEM
Epox EP-4T2A i850
$130.00
8.00 - 9.00
OEM
MSI MS-850 Pro 5 i850
$129.00
14.00
OEM
Intel D850EMV2 i850E
$154.00
9.00
OEM
AsusTek P4T533-C i850E
$159.00
12.00
OEM
Intel 845 / 845E / 845G
Tyan Trinity S2090 i845
$63.00
11.00
OEM
MSI MS-6534 i845
$65.00
4.00 - 5.00
OEM
Shuttle AB30 i845
$65.00
8.95
OEM
Gigabyte GA-8IDX i845
$67.00
9.95
OEM
Abit BL7 i845
$75.00
8.95
OEM
Aopen AX4BS-V i845
$75.00
9.00
OEM
Abit IT7 RAID i845E
$79.00
7.00 - 17.00
OEM
Gigabyte GA-8IE i845E
$95.00
9.00
OEM
MSI MS-6566E i845E
$90.00
10.00
OEM
AsusTek P4B533-VM i845G
$112.00
9.00
OEM
MSI MS-6580 i845G
$105.00
14.00
OEM
Abit BG7 i845G
$125.00
10.00
OEM

The release of Intel's new line of 533MHz FSB processors, the 2.4GHz and 2.53GHz, also brought about the new 845E and 845G chipsets. These new chipsets include the official support for the new bus speed to compliment the microprocessors. Along with these new bus speeds, Intel as also added support for USB 2.0 and has even embedded a new 3D graphics core in the 845G line. See the in depth review here Intels New DDR Chipset - 845E & 845G



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Memory

Chip Type and Manufacturer
Current Price (05/26/02)
Vendor
Shipping
CNet Pricing
Notes
DDR Memory
XtremeDDR PC3200 DDR 512MB 
$185.00
$7.00
OEM
XtremeDDR PC3200 DDR 256MB
$83.00
$7.00
OEM
XtremeDDR PC3000 DDR 512MB
$175.00
$7.00
OEM
XtremeDDR PC3000 DDR 256MB
$82.00
$7.00
OEM
Corsair PC2700 DDR 512MB
$158.00
See Site
OEM
XtremeDDR PC2700 DDR 256MB
$79.00
7.00
OEM
Corsair PC2400 DDR 512MB
$155.00
8.00
OEM
Kingmax PC2400 DDR 256MB
$65.00
6.00 - 9.00
OEM
Mushkin PC2100 DDR 512MB
$93.00
6.00
OEM
Kingston PC2100 DDR 256MB
$40.00
5.00 - 8.75
OEM
Samsung PC1600 DDR 512MB
$124.00
10.95
OEM
Micron Technology PC1600 DDR 256MB
$36.00
8.00 - 14.00
OEM
RDRAM Memory
Samsung PC1066 RDRAM 256MB
$125.00
8.00
OEM
Samsung PC800 RDRAM 512MB
$177.00
5.00
OEM
Kingston PC800 RDRAM 256MB
$87.00
Free
OEM
NEC PC800 RDRAM 128MB
$35.00
7.00 - 8.00
OEM

 

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