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Last week we launched a new sort of buyer’s guide for AnandTech with our Best Budget Ultrabook recommendation. We’ll be fleshing out the “best XYZ” recommendations for other components and categories over the coming months, but for now my focus is on the notebook sector, and the plan is to have a new recommendation for laptops every Friday. Last week was a budget Ultrabook, and this week is the true budget category for all laptops. Let me know what you’d like me to cover next, keeping in mind that there are probably five or six categories of laptop that I’ll rotate through on a regular basis. With that out of the way, let’s talk briefly about the budget laptop sector. Laptops comprise everything from Chromebooks...
Price Guides, August 2005: Storage
500GB hard drives are now available in the retail channel. We also have details on SAS, LightScribe and new Western Digital SATA IO drives!
14 by Cara Hamm on 8/28/2005Price Guides, August 2005: Video Cards
NVIDIA's 7800GT series enters the channel on time, resulting in a shake-up of prices all across the NVIDIA high end. Meanwhile, ATI's subtle introduction of the X800 and...
23 by Anand Shimpi & Cara Hamm on 8/14/2005Price Guides August 2005: Motherboards
AMD's new X2 3800+ shifts the dual core advantage back into AMD's court; and with nForce4 prices as cheap as they are, motherboards never looked so good.
15 by Kristopher Kubicki and Howard Johnson on 8/6/2005Price Guides - July 2005: More 64-bit CPUs
Socket 939 Opterons, 64-bit Pentium 4s, 64-bit Semprons, and a low budget dual core Athlon 64 very soon! Come one, come all, CPU details this week inside!
26 by Derek Wilson & Manveer Wasson on 7/23/2005Entry Level Buyer’s Guide, July 2005
We have updated recommendations for the budget sector in this Buyer’s Guide.
57 by Jarred Walton on 7/20/2005Price Guides, July 2005: Storage
More SATA IO drives, SAS previews and big deals on old PATA hardware. Read on for more...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 7/10/2005Price Guides, June 2005: Video Cards
What better time to have a video card price guide than just a few days after NVIDIA launched their new graphics generation. We have the low down on...
18 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/26/2005Price Guides June 2005: Motherboards
What dad wouldn't want a new motherboard for Father's Day? New Intel chipsets plus details on ATI's Crossfire inside. Socket 754 motherboards have bottomed out, and nForce4 prices are...
12 by Kristopher Kubicki & Larry Barber on 6/19/2005Buyer's Guide: Mid-Range to High-End, May 2005
Our latest Buyer's Guide takes a look at the moderate to extreme price and performance segments, starting at around $1500. For those who aren't looking to build a...
60 by Jarred Walton on 5/23/2005Price Guides, May 2005: Processors
Inside this week's edition: dual core AMD chips, second generation 90nm Athlon 64s, 64-bit Intel processors, and some details on Intel's upcoming release schedule.
23 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/22/2005Price Guides, May 2005: Storage
SATA II drives are available now, and they are competitive. How does SATA versus PATA stack up this month? Details inside!
16 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/8/2005Price Guides, April 2005: Video Cards
Did you get a fat IRS refund? Isn't an X800 XL the best $300 gift that you could give yourself?
41 by Kristopher Kubicki on 4/23/2005Price Guides April 2005: Motherboards
nForce4 for Intel isn't shipping yet, and probably for good reason. Also, we look at nForce4 on Socket 754. Intel 945 and 955 boards ship real soon - is...
22 by Kristopher Kubicki on 4/10/2005Price Guides March 2005: Processors
Intel has six new processors since our last look at their lineup, and AMD counters by introducing a new Mobility initiative.
11 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/27/2005Buyer's Guide - Entry Level to Mid-Range, March 2005
After several months of stasis, there are finally some noteworthy changes in our budget PC recommendations. We cover the recommendations from the basic PCs up through moderate...
59 by Jarred Walton on 3/15/2005Price Guides, March 2005: Storage
This week, we found some great deals on Raptors, 7200.8s and MaXLines as well.
11 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/7/2005Price Guides, February 2005: Video Cards
Now you can buy Radeon X800XL, but does it make sense? We have picks for high low and mid-range across the board in this week's price guide.
33 by Kristopher Kubicki on 2/19/2005Price Guides, February 2005: Motherboards
Are you ready for PCIe on Athlon 64 motherboards?
21 by Kristopher Kubicki on 2/12/2005Beating the System: The AnandTech Guide to Economic Upgrading
Does upgrading often seem like a lot of guesswork? In this article, we plan to show you how to build a working pricing model to determine the best...
50 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 1/30/2005Price Guides - January 2005: CPUs Galore
nForce4 boards look very tempting. Do you have a CPU picked out already? We take a look at trends and deals in this week's edition of the price guides.
9 by Vinney Shimpi on 1/23/2005