Weekly Hardware Price Guides - January 2003 1st Edition

AMD Motherboards

Product	Current Price	S+H	Week Change	Link	BizRate
Nforce Asus A7N266-VM	$71.99	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
Nforce2 Abit NF7-S	$122.00	$0.00	$0.00	GameVE	BizRate
Nforce2 Asus A7N8X	$119.99	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
Nforce2 Chaintech 7NJS	$178.00	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
Nforce2 Epox 8RDA+	$111.00	$0.00	$0.00	GameVE	BizRate
Nforce2 LeadTek K7NCR18D-Pro	$108.00	$0.00	$-4.00	GameVE	BizRate
KT333 Albatron KX400+ Pro	$71.00	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
KT333 Asus A7V333	$103.00	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
KT333 EPoX 8K3A+	$90.00	$0.00	$4.00	GameVE	BizRate
KT333 MSI KT3 Ultra	$70.95	$0.00	$0.00	GameVE	BizRate
KT333 Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra	$142.99	$0.00	$0.00	CompuBuzz	BizRate
KT400 Asus A7V8X	$118.00	$0.00	$0.00	CompuBuzz	BizRate
KT400 Gigabyte 7VAXP	$112.00	$0.00	$0.00	NewEgg	BizRate
KT400 Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra	$109.99	$0.00	$9.99	CompuBuzz	BizRate

Since we just took a look at the AMD CPU's, let us follow up with the AMD motherboards. Last month we predicted the KT333 and KT400 boards would come down in a price drastically. Unfortunately, it seems the laws of supply and demand are not agreeing with motherboard resellers right now. We have seen about a 10% decrease in prices since last month on VIA chipsets, but the resellers won't be able to hold out forever. There is no reason for the KT400 boards to not dip under 100USD within a few weeks. When the KT400 revision comes out in the upcoming weeks, the original KT400/333 motherboards will be dirt cheap.

The stars of the AMD motherboard scene appear to be the nForce2 boards. It seems as though the NForce2 chipsets rose to the top in no time, easily suppressing the competing KT400/333 chipset. In price and performance, our choice of the week is again the EPoX 8RDA+. VIA is loosing the battle over their traditional stomping grounds of AMD chipsets, and it only took the NVIDIA 2 rounds to knock them out. Will the March release of KT400A upset the balance? Only time will tell, but we have a pretty strong feeling that nForce2 is going to stay on top for a while.

This week we are a little light on motherboards, but next week expect us to have double the amount we have listed here. Please feel free to email me, kkubicki@anandtech.com if you would like a particular motherboard to be added.