Introduction

It's time once again for AnandTech's Memory and Motherboard price guide.

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This Week

Welcome to the Second Edition of AnandTech's Memory and Motherboard Price Guide for the June.

Unlike weeks past where memory prices were known to have taken some big nosedives in price, this week the price drops are fewer for the most part but there are some substantial drops. We were amazed to see a $171 price drop with 512MB of PC2100 ECC memory which is the largest memory price drop we've recorded to date. Percentagewise, that's roughly equates to a 25% drop in price; not too shabby at all. PC2100 and PC1600 modules are quiet this week but RDRAM on the other hand has dropped a good bit in price. A good number of PC133 and PC100 modules have either dropped or remained the same in price this week. Joining the DDR memory list are some PC2100 ECC modules.

Slot-1/Socket-370/Socket-423 motherboards haven't made much noise at all since our last guide. There are several drops and actually several increases in prices, but nothing significant overall. We've added the Gigabyte GA-6VXD7 Dual VIA Apollo Pro 133A and Iwill's DVD266-R motherboard to the list.

This week more Socket-A DDR mobos are on the fall making these boards more affordable. The rest of the Socket-A pack haven't changed too much with a few spots of price drops. New to the Socket-A list is ABIT's AMD 760 contender, the KG7-RAID and the Gigabyte 7VTX KT266 motherboard.

Memory

Socket-370/Slot-1/Socket-423 Motherboards

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - Intel Socket-370 i815E
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
ASUS CUSL2	$128	$0	Jazz Technology USA	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
ABIT SE6	$129	$4	Mark One Computers	Check Vendor
ABIT SA6R	$128	$0	SpartanTech	$9.00	FedEx Ground
Transcend TS-ASL3	$101	$0	Jazz Technology USA	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
Microstar 815E Pro	$97	$0	MicroBarn	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
AOpen AX3S Pro	$123	$7	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - i815EP Motherboards
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
Epox EP-3SPA3	$88	$0	Newegg	$5.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
ASUS CUSL2-C	$107	$1	Newegg	$10.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
Gigabyte GA-6OXE	$104	$0	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
MSI 815EP PRO-R	$110	$0	Jazz Technology USA	Check Vendor	UPS Ground

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - Intel Socket-370/Slot-1 VIA Apollo Pro 133A Motherboards
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
Microstar MS-6309	$78	$0	MicroBarn	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
Soyo SY-7VCA	$106	$0	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
ASUS CUV4X-E	$102	$0	PCBoost	$14.85	UPS Ground
Tyan S1854 Trinity 400	$90	$0	MWave	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
Dual CPU
Microstar 694D Pro	$103	$6	FTI Computer	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
ASUS CUV4X-D	$150	$0	Essential Computer	$12.00	2 Day FedEx
ABIT VP6	$135	$0	Essential Computer	$12.00	2 Day FedEx
Gigabyte GA-6VXD7	$148	NA	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - i850 Motherboards
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
Intel D850GB	$153	$3	Newegg	$10.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
ASUS P4T	$177	$0	Newegg	$8.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
Gigabyte GA-8TX	$175	$0	Newegg	$10.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
Supermicro P4STA	$219	$0	PC Progress	$9.00	UPS Ground
MSI MS-850 Pro	$147	$1	Newegg	$10.00	FedEx Saver Shipping
ABIT TH7-RAID	$164	$1	Newegg	$10.00	FedEx Saver Shipping

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - VIA Pro266 Motherboards
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
Shuttle AV32	$109	$1	MWave	Check Vendor	UPS Ground Insured
MSI Pro266 Master	$110	$0	AllStarshop	Check Vendor
Chaintech 6VJD	$108	$0	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
AOpen AX37 Pro	$130	$0	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
Gigabyte GA-6RX	$137	$10	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
EPoX EP-3VHA	$99	$0	Z-Buy	Free	3 Day FedEx
ASUS CUV266	$164	NA	Z-Buy	Free	3 Day FedEx
Dual CPU
Iwill DVD266-R	$210	NA	AllStarshop	Check Vendor

Not much new has happened with Slot-1/Socket-370/Socket-423 motherboards this week. As you can see, prices have for the most part, have not really changed with most prices remaining the same. We've added two new motherboards to the listing, the Gigabyte GA-6VXD7 Dual VIA Apollo Pro 133A motherboard and the Iwill DVD266-R Dual VIA Pro266 motherboard. In addition, we were able to find the ASUS CUV266 motherboard without the additional 128MB of Nanya PC2100 memory which brings down the price to $164 which is still quite high compared to the other VIA Pro266 boards. If you remember, the additional 128MB of Nanya memory brought the price of the CUV266 over $210 which is actually more expensive if you buy the board and memory separately.

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Socket-A Motherboards

AnandTech Weekly Motherboard Prices - AMD Socket-A VIA KT133/E Motherboards
Motherboard Model	Price	Change	Vendor	Shipping	Promotion
ASUS A7V-E KT133E	$87	$0	NeutronUSA	$13.36	Insured
ABIT KT7E KT133E	$88	$0	PCBoost	$14.85	UPS Ground
Microstar K7T Pro2A	$93	$1	MWave	Check Vendor	UPS Ground Insured
Chaintech 7AJA	$89	$0	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
EPoX EP-8KTA2L KT133E	$80	$2	Bunta Technology	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
FIC AZ11	$70	$2	MWave	Check Vendor	UPS Ground Insured
Gigabyte GA-7ZX	$84	$1	Z-Buy	Free	3 Day FedEx
AOpen AK73 Pro	$110	$5	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground
AOpen AK73-1394	$150	$5	AxionTech	Check Vendor	UPS Ground