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dougie_boy   10-16-2009 at 09:04:06 PM

due to the upcoming windows 7 release i was planning to upgrade my main machine.

currently running a core2duo and desperately need to make the jump to 4 cores and maybe SSD.

will be spending about £300-650 and shall only be looking at upgrading the core of the machine, (read as cpu, ram and MB)

the question is do i wait until the new year for prices to mature (due to the large amount of new hardware out) or take the jump and get a core i5 system.

currently looking at the following

core i5 - ~£150
msi p55 - ~£100
DDR3 to suit upto £100

the new intel drives look good too. the 80gb X-25s are very reasonable at ~£170 but i am currently getting approx 130-160mb read from my raid array. £170 for an extra 100 mb per second for the OS alone does not seem to equate to enough of a reason to make the jump.

Are others having these thoughts?

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Bronze Home Brew badge build   10-17-2009 at 02:25:41 AM
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Windows 7 should run fine on your current machine. If your current PC's performance is alright for you, then yes your better off waiting, especially on the SSD.

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