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FS Upgrade Price Guide
September 05, 1999   James Yu > [View My Other Articles]
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The Upgrade Pricing Guide

It's been a while hasn't it?

Looks like it's time for another update, but we decided to change things up a little bit. Instead of listing the best price and the vendor for each component, we include a link to the Pricewatch and Killerapp search lists for that particular product.

Vendors change their prices too often to list a single online store for each item. Our old method resulted in a guide that was only useful for a couple days at the most. Hopefully our new guide will have a longer shelf life.

*UPDATE*

In response to reader feedback, we've added another column for the lowest component price we find at the time of each update, and we've added a section on monitors. Killerapp still hasn't added listings for any of our missing components, but we took a little time to submit product requests. Hopefully, they'll have listings available in time for our next update.

The list

ComponentPricewatch linkKillerapp linkLowest Price
CPUs
Athlon 650 Pricewatch N/A$890
Athlon 500 Pricewatch Killerapp$257
P3-600 Pricewatch Killerapp$626
P3-450 Pricewatch Killerapp$166
OEM Celeron 366 PPGA Pricewatch N/A$52
Motherboards
Abit BE6 Pricewatch Killerapp$104
Abit BH6 Pricewatch Killerapp$77
Abit BP6 Pricewatch Killerapp$129
Abit BM6 Pricewatch Killerapp$86
FIC SD11 Pricewatch N/A$196
MSI 6167 Pricewatch N/A$219
Memory
128MB PC133 SDRAM Pricewatch N/A$149
128MB PC100 SDRAM Pricewatch Killerapp$119
Hard Drives
Quantum Atlas 10K, 18.2GB Pricewatch Killerapp$678
IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22.0GB Pricewatch Killerapp$255
WD Expert 18.0GB Pricewatch Killerapp$215
IBM Deskstar 14GXP 14.4GB Pricewatch Killerapp$134
Video Cards
Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra Pricewatch Killerapp$161
Voodoo 3 3500 Pricewatch Killerapp$207
Matrox G400 Max Pricewatch Killerapp$197
Voodoo 3 2000 retail w/rebate Pricewatch Killerapp$103
OEM 16MB TNT2 Pricewatch N/A$88
Sound Cards
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Retail Pricewatch Killerapp$136
Xitel Storm Platinum Pricewatch N/A$69
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 Pricewatch Killerapp$54
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value OEM Pricewatch Killerapp$47
Monitors
Sony F500 Pricewatch Killerapp$1535
Sony 500PS Pricewatch Killerapp$985
Sony 420GS Pricewatch Killerapp$499
Sony 210GS Pricewatch Killerapp$285

Pricewatch vs. Killerapp

In general, Pricewatch will always have lower prices than Killerapp, but Killerapp has more reputable sites and a better interface. We like using Killerapp to compare products, and then checking for the best price on Pricewatch. Then we run the vendors with the best prices through Reseller Ratings to see if they have a bad online reputation.

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