To Buy or To Wait, That is the Question

[wombatgod]

Budget: up to $1400

CASE: COOLER MASTER Centurion $49.99
Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI $214.99
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB $279.99
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V $149.99
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 $226.00 (Read they are not currently overclocking as well, should I reconsider)
Ram: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB)DDR2 800 $124.99
HD: Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA $79.99
Cooling: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro $34.99
Paste: Artic Silver 5

Total: $1,186.92

Buy now or wait for Q6600 and GTX to drop?

 

[alcattle]

Looks like you are good now. I doubt you need either of the upgrade choices. Better to build now, then in a year look and see if you need to upgrade. Next year therre we a ton of new choices and better products. Get what you can now and enjoy the wait.

 

[asusman]

The Q6600 quad core dropped in price alot. $535

So did the ATI X1900 Gt $114

This setup will fly, and give the DX10 time to marinate.

 

[Bombtester]

Buy now or wait is always the question. No matter when you buy there will be something better and cheaper tomorrow. If your current system isn't cutting it anymore, buy now. If you current system is still good enough, wait until it isn't, then buy the best you can afford at that time.

 

[PotGoblin]

I was in the same situation but i just bit the bullet and bought it all. if you are always waiting for a pricedrop then you will never buy it, because as soon as that happens somethign else bigger better or cheaper will be on the horizon within a month or so in the computer industry. Its just a fact of life in this business, in order to make money you got to keep pushing the envelope.

nvidia for example releases new cards every 6 months almost like clockwork...

 

[liswara]

I agree with PotGoblin :lol: