So I'm building a new extreme rig and I finally finished my parts list. Soon after I read that Intel was coming out with new chips in a couple months. After having read Tom's article about the new SB-E chips and various other articles I'm pretty sure there is no point in really waiting for the new stuff since I don't plan on buying them. The i7 2600K is still amazing. The Ivy Bridge isn't even coming out till March of 2012.
My question is basically this - how much will the current prices on things drop when Intel releases their products? I'll still wait if the price is going to go down by a few hundred dollars - I'm just not sure if I should count on that.
Any words of wisdom? I'm also getting the ASROCK Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3 MoBo, if that helps. I just don't see the value in spending 515 dollars on something that isn't that big of an upgrade with Ivy so close. The 2600K is 315 right now.
Also I'd appreciate some wisdom in guessing how much prices for other components might go down when Intel comes out with the chips.
My question is basically this - how much will the current prices on things drop when Intel releases their products? I'll still wait if the price is going to go down by a few hundred dollars - I'm just not sure if I should count on that.
Any words of wisdom? I'm also getting the ASROCK Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3 MoBo, if that helps. I just don't see the value in spending 515 dollars on something that isn't that big of an upgrade with Ivy so close. The 2600K is 315 right now.
Also I'd appreciate some wisdom in guessing how much prices for other components might go down when Intel comes out with the chips.