Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 1st Edition

Our expectations for Pentium 4 motherboards in the past have leaned towards price drops as more and more of these solutions enter the market and that is the case yet again with all the Pentium 4 boards. In the past few months we have been monitoring Pentium 4 motherboards and from our tests we can recommend the ASUS P4T which offers a sound design, stability, and great features going hand in hand the quality you would expect from ASUS. In addition, the P4T is actually one of the cheaper P4 boards so if you're eyeing this platform consider this board.

Prices with VIA Apollo Pro 133A-based motherboards are in flux this week as prices for some boards have remained the same, or taken a price hike or drop. Interestingly enough, our favored Apollo Pro 133A of the bunch, the ASUS CUV4X, is currently running cheaper than our second-place favorite the Soyo SY-7VCA by $16. Both boards are great options and if you don't want to sacrifice performance for price consider the CUV4X. As with the rest of the Apollo Pro pack, SMP boards are also in flux.

Not much major is happening with VIA Pro266 boards this week. Only two motherboards, the MSI Pro266 Master and the Gigabyte GA-6RX, have changed in price coming down by $4 and $10. Prices have otherwise unchanged.