Is it worth it now

[asmithz]

Well, i am thinking of building a new comp. I don't have the money to just buy everything up front, so i have to buy a little each paycheck. I would say it would take about 3 paychecks for me. ANyways, is it worth it. I mean is it worth getting the best stuff now, or waiting for whats coming soon. Is there anything worth waiting for? or should i juts get what i want to get now, and upgrade later?

[S!X]

What do you have now?

[Snee]

There will always be better stuff later on, and you can't wait forever.

But you should also ask yourself how long you think what you have now can last.
Can you play the games you want to play, and does it run whatever else you want it to run? If it does, then you needn't hurry, and if you do wait, your next setup will be even better, so it'll last longer before you have to upgrade again, and so on.

[asmithz]

What do you have now?

A POS comp

AMD 3000+ (2.17 GHZ)
512 (PC2700) RAM
1x 160gig Hard Drive
1x 300gig Hard Drive
ATI Radion 9800pro (witch i found sucks)

[S!X]

What do you have now?

A POS comp

AMD 3000+ (2.17 GHZ)
512 (PC2700) RAM
1x 160gig Hard Drive
1x 300gig Hard Drive
ATI Radion 9800pro (witch i found sucks)

LOL Still better then mine :blink:

P4 2ghz
512 pc2100 ram
geforce 5200
60 gig hd.

[asmithz]

There will always be better stuff later on, and you can't wait forever.

But you should also ask yourself how long you think what you have now can last.
Can you play the games you want to play, and does it run whatever else you want it to run? If it does, then you needn't hurry, and if you do wait, your next setup will be even better, so it'll last longer before you have to upgrade again, and so on.

Yea well, i can play anything out now. Just i cant play it at 100% of what it should be. I want to be able to play Doom 3 on ultra settings :-p I want to be able to play the next gen games with no problem. But i dont want something like spending $400-$800 on a card and then another one comes out, same thing mabey but cheaper. Or buy the best CPU out, and then someone deside to put out a multi core chip witch makes the one i bought a waste of money. I can wait longer, but it sucks.

[Snee]

You could wait for the geforce 7s to hit the market good and proper, by then the dual cores should have been out for a bit too and thus they should be more reasonably priced. That's going to make for an interesting machine.

[asmithz]

You could wait for the geforce 7s to hit the market good and proper, by then the dual cores should have been out for a bit too and thus more reasonably priced. That's going to make for an interesting machine.

Any idea when the 7800 and the dual cores will be comming?

I could just save my money till then :D

[Spicker]

What do you have now?

A POS comp

AMD 3000+ (2.17 GHZ)
512 (PC2700) RAM
1x 160gig Hard Drive
1x 300gig Hard Drive
ATI Radion 9800pro (witch i found sucks)
:blink: :blink: :blink:

if ur not happy with that...u got problems :wacko: :ermm:

[asmithz]

A POS comp

AMD 3000+ (2.17 GHZ)
512 (PC2700) RAM
1x 160gig Hard Drive
1x 300gig Hard Drive
ATI Radion 9800pro (witch i found sucks)
:blink: :blink: :blink:

if ur not happy with that...u got problems :wacko: :ermm:

Its a little out dated, and i want better. :-/

[Formula1]

yeah thats still a mid-high range comp you have there, how the hell can you call it a pos ?.. only thing you should upgrading is to a 1GB ram though...

[asmithz]

yeah thats still a mid-high range comp you have there, how the hell can you call it a pos ?.. only thing you should upgrading is to a 1GB ram though...

Should i just, upgrade to 1gig ram. Wait about another 6month, then think of upgrading then?

I also need to get a better video card, this one is so terrible.

EDIT Should i buy all new ram, or just ad another 512mb?

[S!X]

Just build a new comp!!!! (I am)

[asmithz]

Just build a new comp!!!! (I am)

LOL, thats the problem. Theres new stuff on the way, and i don't want to waste my money.

[Peerzy]

IMO wait 6 months on your pc, its good enough to play games and stuff for now and in 6 months of so dual cores will be cheaper and more advanced and a new-er range of geforces will be tearing up the market. So for the next 6 months save say 30%-50% of each paycheck so in 6 months time you will have $1200 or so the spalsh out on the latest stuff.

[Skiz]

LOL Still better then mine :blink:

P4 2ghz
512 pc2100 ram
geforce 5200
60 gig hd.

You're like me. :lol:

AMD 2100+
512 RAM
GeForce ti6800
80 gb hd

[asmithz]

IMO wait 6 months on your pc, its good enough to play games and stuff for now and in 6 months of so dual cores will be cheaper and more advanced and a new-er range of geforces will be tearing up the market. So for the next 6 months save say 30%-50% of each paycheck so in 6 months time you will have $1200 or so the spalsh out on the latest stuff.

Yea, thats what i am gonna do ;)

Just bought some ram and a new psu. So i gusse i can be happy till then.

[S!X]

LOL Still better then mine :blink:

P4 2ghz
512 pc2100 ram
geforce 5200
60 gig hd.

You're like me. :lol:

AMD 2100+
512 RAM
GeForce ti6800
80 gb hd


:lol: Cant wait to get rid of this POS!!! If I could Id take it outside and bash the fuck out of it with a basball bat but my mother wont allow it. :lookaroun

[clocker]

:lol: Cant wait to get rid of this POS!!! If I could Id take it outside and bash the fuck out of it with a basball bat but my mother wont allow it. :lookaroun
What a useless waste that would be.
Remember, while we casually contemplate upgrading to a San Diego or whether or not a dual core is worth the wait, the vast majority of PC's are still sub GHz and running Win98.
Your "POS" would be a dream machine to the majority of the world.

It's easy to forget how blessed we really are.

[S!X]

:lol: Cant wait to get rid of this POS!!! If I could Id take it outside and bash the fuck out of it with a basball bat but my mother wont allow it. :lookaroun
What a useless waste that would be.
Remember, while we casually contemplate upgrading to a San Diego or whether or not a dual core is worth the wait, the vast majority of PC's are still sub GHz and running Win98.
Your "POS" would be a dream machine to the majority of the world.

It's easy to forget how blessed we really are.

Yeah man your totally right about that. Im totaly lucky to be getting a new rig :D

[clocker]

@asmithz....
What RAM did you get?
I hope it wasn't PC2700 cause that won't carry over to a new build (it's too slow).

[fkdup74]

I also need to get a better video card, this one is so terrible.

hey, you could be stuck with a Radeon 9200 like me :angry:

tell you what.....I'll swap you cards then tell me how shitty the 9800 is :P