UPDATE!
I should have waited! There IS some cool tech this week, and boy is it interesting, especially after reading Arthur C. Clarke's 3001: The Final Odyssey.
According to a scientist at NASA's Institute of Advanced Concepts, space elvators MAY BE POSSIBLE and will cost only $40 billion, which is much less than the space program over the course of a year.
"... 1st floor, terran gift shops.... 2nd floor, IIS docking bay. Going UP!"
OK, the usual disclaimer:
WARNING: Some of these prices may shock you, leave you breathless, make you sick, get out your wallet, or something else dangerous or drastic in some way. The Junkyard is not responsible for your actions.
| Memory (256MB) | |||
| Type | Price | from last week | Retailer |
| PC-100 | $18 | $2 | n/a. Listed as PC-100, but is PC-133. Buy the good stuff anyway ^_^ |
| PC-133 | $18 | $1 | Connect Computers |
| PC-150 | $27 | $2 | Neutron USA (phone order, must mention pricewatch) |
| PC-1600 | $46 | $7 | Spartan Tech |
| PC-2100 | $46 | $9 | AIB |
| PC-2400 | $59 | $13 | iComPZ.com (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| PC-2700 | $65 | $5 | Component Authority |
| PC-800 RDRAM | $73 | -$4 | TechMIA (phone order only, mention pricewatch) |
| CPUs | |||
| AMD Athlon XP 1900 | $246 | $2 | EconoPC (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz | $407 | -$1 | LoneStar Memory |
| AMD Duron 1.1GHz | $71 | -$6 | EconoPC (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| Intel Celeron 1.1GHz | $79 | -$7 | EconoPC (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
WARNING: chances are, these CPU prices are for the OEM package. That is the CPU only, no instructions, no stock fan/heatsink. No cool box either. Sorry. That's what you get for saving 20% on everything ^_^
| 40GB 7200RPM EIDE Hard Disk Drives (5 choice manufacturers) | |||
| Maxtor | $83 | -$2 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| Seagate | $86 | -$3 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| IBM | $90 | -$3 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| Western Digital | $83 | -$3 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
I recommend WD for quiet drives, IBM for durability, and Seagate for quality... if you can find them. Maxtor just plain sucks. I don't care if they DID come out with ATA/133 first. I'd rather go SCSI anyway. ^_^
