AMD

I think maybe now it's reasonable to say we've settled into a monthly update of the CPU price guide. It's really surprising to note that not much happened in this span of thirty days. We might see some cuts after the Christmas season, this time we saw a lot of prices go up.

AMD Prices

AMD CPUs
CPU	Current	12/05/01	Change	Shop	Rating
Athlon XP 1900+/1.60 GHz	$248	$245	+3	NewEgg	6.5/7
Athlon XP 1800+/1.53 GHz	$184	$183	+1	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon XP 1700+/1.47 GHz	$142	$137	+5	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon XP 1600+/1.40 GHz	$126	$113	+13	Monarch	5.6/7
Athlon XP 1500+/1.33 GHz	$107	$108	-1	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon MP 1900+/1.60 GHz	$337	-	N/A	Spartan
Athlon MP 1800+/1.53 GHz	$268	$268	0	NewEgg	6.5/7
Athlon MP 1600+/1.40 GHz	$180	$184	-4	EssenComp	5.8/7
Athlon MP 1500+/1.33 GHz	$170	$170	0	NewEgg	6.5/7
Athlon 1.2 GHz MP	$165	$159	+6	NewEgg	6.5/7
Athlon 1.4 GHz 266 FSB	$99	$107	-8	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon 1.33GHz 266 FSB	$95	$93	+2	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon 1.2 GHz 266 FSB	$86	$87	-1	TCWO	6.0/7
Athlon 1.0 GHz 266 FSB	$73	$73	0	TCWO	6.0/7
Duron 1.2 GHz	$89	-	N/A	Krex	5.6/7
Duron 1.1 GHz	$72	$79	-7	TCWO	6.0/7
Duron 1GHz	$56	$59	-3	NewEgg	6.5/7
Duron 950 MHz	$47	$45	+2	NewEgg	6.5/7
Duron 900 MHz	$46	$39	+7	Krex	5.6/7
Duron 850 MHz	$43	$38	+5	TCWO	6.0/7
Duron 800 MHz	$36	$33	+3	NewEgg	6.5/7
Duron 750 MHz	$35	$38	-3	NewEgg	6.5/7

Comments

Sadly enough the most enticing AMD CPUs rose in price. If you are jumping into the Athlon scene for the first time we would recommend getting the Athlon XP 1500+, or 1600+ if you don't mind the extra twenty bucks. You might as well stay away from the regular Athlon, as the price point isn't really worth it anymore, in comparison to the XP. If it be a budget box you are building, you might as well get the Athlon over the Duron, as the price is low enough (that is unless you want to go bottom of the barrel for a web machine or something like that).

The two new processors this time around are the Athlon MP 1900+ and the Duron 1.2 GHz. On a random note, the normal XP processors will no longer function in dual mode anymore - earlier revisions were reported to work fine, but don't count on it any longer.