Hi I'm building a budget gaming rig (my first complete build) and I have a question, do you think current cpu prices will drop very much with the bulldozer launch? I was planning on waiting it out, grabbing a low end BD or a price dropped PII or i5, but I've been waiting for months and with the news that it's been delayed again I think I may just buy something now and maybe upgrade in a year or so. Do you guys who have been thru CPU launches forsee any significant price drops for the Phenom II or sandybridge? Is it worth waiting for? This will be hooked up to my 32" tv and used mostly for gaming and secondly as a media center, no 3d rendering or heavy photoshop.
This is what I've been thinking about getting:
Not yet purchased:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Deneb 3.2GHz
ASRock 890FX DELUXE5 AM3+
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
Already own:
Radeon HD 4870 1GB (Plan to get a 2nd for crossfire)
WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Antec High Current Gamer Series 750W PSU
COOLER MASTER RC690 Computer Case
Thanks
This is what I've been thinking about getting:
Not yet purchased:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Deneb 3.2GHz
ASRock 890FX DELUXE5 AM3+
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
Already own:
Radeon HD 4870 1GB (Plan to get a 2nd for crossfire)
WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Antec High Current Gamer Series 750W PSU
COOLER MASTER RC690 Computer Case
Thanks