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Hi guys here is my new system specs:
AMD Phenom II B50 X4 at 3.7Ghz with a Tuniq 120 Extreme
ASUS 890GX MOBO
Corsair DDR3 1333 4GB
CM Stacker 831
Antec Earthwatts 750 Mod PSU
Samsung 1.5 TB HDD
And my screen res is 1920 x 1080 on a 24 inch AOC monitor
So now on to the indecision that has been plaguing me of late, should I jump for a 4850 CF solution deal, get something else or wait?
Right now the GPU market seems to be at the worst place for getting a good deal it has been for a long time. ATI has had sole reign of DX11 for half a year and has understandably cashed in on it, sadly NVidia hasn't really shown up the fight yet with a paper Fermi launch and 10-15% increase in single GPU speed. Having waited ages to make this PC build I have had way to much time to follow the developements over the last two years. I've now finally got my system up and running but I am hesitant to buy a GPU because prices are the same really as they were last year and I know if I spend £200 + it will come back to bite me in the proverbial arse. So I want to spend £150 max.
As far as I am currently aware my options will get me:
1 x 5770 at £120-130
1 x 5750 at £110-115
2 x 4850 at £130 - (special this week only deal at overclockers - 2 year warranty XFX)
1 x 4870 at ~ £120 on Ebay - possibly new but more likely only used will be to find
1 x 250 GTS 1GB at £95 (not really considering this at all)
1 x 4850 at £65
So should I jump on this deal for the 4850 CF or wait?
I would love to hear your opinions, but I need to know quickly cause offer runs out on Sat
What I am thinking now is this:
- those 4850's are never gonna be cheaper new again - already they are being phased out of etailers and most are selling for £90 ++ -gonna buy has to be now
-5000 series not gonna drop in price anytime soon - NVidia doesn't want a price war and ATI is happy to sit on their laurels for the time being - probably no massive drops till this fall at least when 6000 series buzz and revisions are in place - a long time to wait
- I have a 20000 word PhD continuation report to write so I might benefit from waiting for a long time (I don't want to though lol)
Why am I not really considering NVidia anyways?:
Unique price sit-rep in the UK, Intel and Nvidia not as competitve as in US
I'm currently in the UK with no soon possibility of making it back over the pond and I have come to learn how different the pricing environment is over here compared to back stateside. Firstly everything is a bit more expensive, but more intrigingly for some reason products from both NVidia and Intel are comparably more expensive here than AMD/ATI ccounterparts when you contrast them against US prices. Back in the summer of 2009 when a price war was raging in the states between ATI and NVidia, prices on the 4870 1 GB model and the GTX 260 were neck-in-neck at the $150-180 price point. Over here in the UK however notable etailers like ebuyer, overclockers and scan were charging a £20-30 ($30-50) premium on GTX260's - why I have no idea. Likewise a 4890 at the same time cost ~£130, whereas a GTX 275 started at £160 and up. GTX 285 prices were only pounds short of the 4870 X2 and GTX 295's were close to £500 - way of the standard 10% increase on US prices. Similarly Intel prices are also inflated compared to AMD - Newegg has got the Phenom II 965 for $184 and the Intel i5 750 for $199 - a difference of $15, however in the UK at Ebuyer the Phenom II costs $214.63 and the i5 750 $260.30 - a whopping $45 difference!!!
So its not that I am a fan boy of AMD/ATI at all - but for some reason pricing over here is just not as competitive for Intel or NVidia.
AMD Phenom II B50 X4 at 3.7Ghz with a Tuniq 120 Extreme
ASUS 890GX MOBO
Corsair DDR3 1333 4GB
CM Stacker 831
Antec Earthwatts 750 Mod PSU
Samsung 1.5 TB HDD
And my screen res is 1920 x 1080 on a 24 inch AOC monitor
So now on to the indecision that has been plaguing me of late, should I jump for a 4850 CF solution deal, get something else or wait?
Right now the GPU market seems to be at the worst place for getting a good deal it has been for a long time. ATI has had sole reign of DX11 for half a year and has understandably cashed in on it, sadly NVidia hasn't really shown up the fight yet with a paper Fermi launch and 10-15% increase in single GPU speed. Having waited ages to make this PC build I have had way to much time to follow the developements over the last two years. I've now finally got my system up and running but I am hesitant to buy a GPU because prices are the same really as they were last year and I know if I spend £200 + it will come back to bite me in the proverbial arse. So I want to spend £150 max.
As far as I am currently aware my options will get me:
1 x 5770 at £120-130
1 x 5750 at £110-115
2 x 4850 at £130 - (special this week only deal at overclockers - 2 year warranty XFX)
1 x 4870 at ~ £120 on Ebay - possibly new but more likely only used will be to find
1 x 250 GTS 1GB at £95 (not really considering this at all)
1 x 4850 at £65
So should I jump on this deal for the 4850 CF or wait?
I would love to hear your opinions, but I need to know quickly cause offer runs out on Sat
What I am thinking now is this:
- those 4850's are never gonna be cheaper new again - already they are being phased out of etailers and most are selling for £90 ++ -gonna buy has to be now
-5000 series not gonna drop in price anytime soon - NVidia doesn't want a price war and ATI is happy to sit on their laurels for the time being - probably no massive drops till this fall at least when 6000 series buzz and revisions are in place - a long time to wait
- I have a 20000 word PhD continuation report to write so I might benefit from waiting for a long time (I don't want to though lol)
Why am I not really considering NVidia anyways?:
Unique price sit-rep in the UK, Intel and Nvidia not as competitve as in US
I'm currently in the UK with no soon possibility of making it back over the pond and I have come to learn how different the pricing environment is over here compared to back stateside. Firstly everything is a bit more expensive, but more intrigingly for some reason products from both NVidia and Intel are comparably more expensive here than AMD/ATI ccounterparts when you contrast them against US prices. Back in the summer of 2009 when a price war was raging in the states between ATI and NVidia, prices on the 4870 1 GB model and the GTX 260 were neck-in-neck at the $150-180 price point. Over here in the UK however notable etailers like ebuyer, overclockers and scan were charging a £20-30 ($30-50) premium on GTX260's - why I have no idea. Likewise a 4890 at the same time cost ~£130, whereas a GTX 275 started at £160 and up. GTX 285 prices were only pounds short of the 4870 X2 and GTX 295's were close to £500 - way of the standard 10% increase on US prices. Similarly Intel prices are also inflated compared to AMD - Newegg has got the Phenom II 965 for $184 and the Intel i5 750 for $199 - a difference of $15, however in the UK at Ebuyer the Phenom II costs $214.63 and the i5 750 $260.30 - a whopping $45 difference!!!
So its not that I am a fan boy of AMD/ATI at all - but for some reason pricing over here is just not as competitive for Intel or NVidia.
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