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Moving into the warmer and more picturesque spring season, the weather isn't the only thing hotting up. The CPU market towards the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 has been topsy-turvy, to say the least, with many viable options available for users to build a new system. Depending on the task at hand, Intel and AMD have strong line-ups with multiple generations of its processors, with both the latest 13th Gen core series (Raptor Lake) and the Ryzen 7000 series (Zen 4/Rapael) leading the charge at the top of the performance charts. Since our previous guide, both Intel and AMD have launched two top-tier processors with exceptional gaming performance to the market, the Intel Core i9-13900KS and, more recently, AMD's gaming-centric Ryzen 9...
Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: July 2001 1st Edition
Intel prices remain steady this week; AMD prices continue to fall; we see the first Athlon Palomino MP in our price guide; and NVIDIA video cards become more affordable...
0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/29/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: June 2001 2nd Edition
Memory prices are still on the fall in this week's guide along with some new DDR modules added to the list. Not much has changed with motherboards but...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 6/22/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: June 2001 2nd Edition
AMD CPU prices fall dramatically this week, along with a few surprises in the video card market all in this week's CPU & Video Card Price Guide.
0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/20/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: June 2001 1st Edition
Memory prices keep falling, new motherboards, and much more all in the this week's Memory and Motherboard Price Guide.
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 6/11/2001Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems - June 2001
Looking to build a powerful new system, but can't quite figure out what should go in? Let AnandTech guide the way with the Buyer's Guide for High-End Systems...
0 by Mike Andrawes on 6/11/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: June 2001 1st Edition
Although we find only slight changes in price this week on the CPU side, we do welcome a new AMD Athlon processor to the guide. More exciting price changes...
0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/1/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: May 2001 2nd Edition
RAM continues to nosedive in price with DDR leading the way hitting record lows. Read all about it in this week's Memory and Motherboard Price Guide.
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 5/27/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: May 2001 2nd Edition
Prices continue to fall on both Intel and AMD CPUs, the GeForce3 gets cheaper, and the Kyro II enters our price guide for the first time. See what is...
0 by Manveer Wasson on 5/20/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: May 2001 1st Edition
Just when you thought things couldn't get any cheaper, prices drop even lower. That's the theme of this week's Memory & Motherboard Price Guide.
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 5/11/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: May 2001 1st Edition
The Pentium 4 prices come crashing down, Athlons are more affordable than ever and the NVIDIA GeForce3 makes its debut on this week's CPU & Video Card Price Guide.
0 by Manveer Wasson on 5/4/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 3rd Edition
RDRAM is falling again and Athlon boards continue their downward trend in price in our latest Price Guide closing off the month of April.
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/27/2001Buyer's Guide: Value Systems - May 2001
The long awaited return of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide is finally here! We're kicking it off with value systems that will give you the most bang for your buck.
0 by Mike Andrawes on 4/25/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: April 2001 2nd Edition
The Pentium 4 and Athlon are continuing to drop in price while video cards remain relatively stagnant. Could it be the quiet before the storm in the graphics sector?
0 by Manveer Wasson on 4/20/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 2nd Edition
Falling RDRAM prices, cheap DDR, and new Socket-A motherboards are all a part of this week's Memory & Motherboard Price Guide.
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/13/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: April 2001 1st Edition
Unlike the NASDAQ, you'll want to see these numbers fall and they most certainly do. This week's CPU and Video Card Price Guide has all of the latest...
0 by Manveer Wasson on 4/6/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: March 2001 2nd Edition
The downward trend continues, as CPU prices for both Intel and AMD are headed south and NVIDIA products become more affordable with the announcement of the GeForce3. ATI and...
1 by Manveer Wasson on 3/23/2001VIA's KT133A - Overclocking w/ the 133MHz FSB: The "Issue"
While some have reported outstanding success with overclocking their Athlon CPUs using the 133MHz FSB courtesy of the VIA KT133A chipset, there have been a surprising amount of failures...
0 by Mike Andrawes on 3/20/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: March 2001 2nd Edition
More motherboards than you can imagine and memory prices on the rise again. Have you missed the perfect time to buy more memory or are lower prices on...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 3/16/2001Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: March 2001 1st Edition
The Athlon hits 1.3GHz and takes your wallet with it, the Pentium 4 continues to drop, and we see a new card from ATI. That, and much more...
0 by Manveer Wasson on 3/9/2001Heatsink Guide - AnandTech's new Testing Methodology
It has been over a year since we introduced our first official Heatsink Testing Methodology and kicked off our cooler roundups. Now, with CPUs running hotter than ever...
2 by Tillmann Steinbrecher on 3/6/2001