Wait for the prices to fall....???

[cyborg47]

hi everyone...
Im gonna buy a new pc for animation and gaming...here goes the config..
core2quad Q9300 2.5GHz
nvidia nforce 780i mobo
2X2 gb ddr2 ram
8800gt 512 MB ddr3
Hitachi 500GB sata2 HDD
samsung 19" LCD
coolermaster RC330 cab
coolermaster 600VA
and and any cooling solution if required.........

My budjet is 60K...and im thinking of gettin it within a week...should i go for it or wait for the fall of prices of any of the components...and can anyone please tell me if there any good alternatives like for mobo, proccy, GFX.....and one more thing...i dont wanna go for AMD/ATI configs....thanx....

 

[himtuna]

Better to wait,
let the govt decide what they have to do with themselves.
And this wait is not gonna over before the month of August..

Thinking like you can wait till diwali season.. or next tech-breakout..

If you have planned or in hurry then close your eyes and do what your heart says, there is not gonna be 20,000 cut off in your budget if you wait for few months, so better do your homework today.


Just reading for typos I think i am also confused.

 

[desiibond]

nehalem is coming in September 2008

1) Integrated memory controller
2) Integrated IGP (not on-die but packed)
3) Native quad core. (till now quad core was two dual cores on one die)
4) 45nm manufacturing
5) Intel QuickPath Interconnect, replacing the legacy front side bus
6) Expected 20% to 50% performance gain over current Penryn with only 10% increase in power consumption
7) Support for DDR3


A 2.93 GHz Nehalem "Bloomfield" system has been used to run a 3DMark Vantage benchmark and gave a CPU score of 17966

So, please wait till september. It's the biggest release since the Core2Duo.

 

[cyborg47]

nehalem is coming in September 2008

1) Integrated memory controller
2) Integrated IGP (not on-die but packed)
3) Native quad core. (till now quad core was two dual cores on one die)
4) 45nm manufacturing
5) Intel QuickPath Interconnect, replacing the legacy front side bus
6) Expected 20% to 50% performance gain over current Penryn with only 10% increase in power consumption
7) Support for DDR3


A 2.93 GHz Nehalem "Bloomfield" system has been used to run a 3DMark Vantage benchmark and gave a CPU score of 17966

So, please wait till september. It's the biggest release since the Core2Duo.

will the nehalem processors fit under my budjet when they are released...??

 

[desiibond]

Definitely.

man, you have 60k.

 

[cyborg47]

and what about the prices of gfx cards....?? i heard that the prices are gonna fall at the end of august...

 

[desiibond]

HD 4850 is current king of sub10k GPU's and yes, defintiely it's price will fall in coming months.

moreover, HD4870 will be much much more affordable.

This card, currently priced at 19k performs neck-to-neck with GTX280 which costs double it's price.

 

[cyborg47]

HD 4850 is current king of sub10k GPU's and yes, defintiely it's price will fall in coming months.

moreover, HD4870 will be much much more affordable.

This card, currently priced at 19k performs neck-to-neck with GTX280 which costs double it's price.

Im gonna spend only 10k for the gfx card...will HD4870 fit under my budget then???

 

[desiibond]

under 10k? definitely, NO. you might get it for some 13k-15k.

 

[ashu888ashu888]

Well, sorry for bumping this thread, but me too looking to buy a gaming PC , pecisely a gaming CPU as i already hv a nice set of keybrd, mouse adn a 19" LCD to go with the new "gaming" CPU

Btw, hv been not so involved in PC h/ware off late, so

is the above config the so caled TOP NOTCH gaming rig ?? and wen is the next tech break buying days gonna come so that the time is ideal to buy new h/w...?

Me too eying the INTEL+nVIDIA rig

are the SLI's a lonely past?? and is the core2quad the lastest mobo till date?
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my budget will be near to 70-75K so waiting replies (in addition to the ones above if at all there are any new recommendations..)
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Cheers n e-peace....

 

[desiibond]

^^^ For 70k to 75k, stay calm till end of September. Don't even think of buying new rig.

 

[ashu888ashu888]

ok, well i can keep myself calm till tat time..

but wat is so important abt september ?? is it the annual tech break season around that time ?? where new products are launched?

 

[desiibond]

Intel's Nehalem is coming

 

[cyborg47]

2gb ddr2 800MHz or 4gb ddr2 667MHz.......which is better???

 

[Rishu]

Hi ...
m even thinkin to buy a gaming pc .....
can u list me the prices of a good gaming config????
n which motherbord would be better 4 Q9450???
as i want to buy a gaming pc under 4.5k.........
plz help me deciding .......
List the config and prices n reasons to plzzzzzzzzz......
thanku......

wat wud be the price of nehalem processors?????????? aprox?

 

[ashu888ashu888]

^^

well, as a common sense, wen nehalems are launched, they will be preety costly, mind u..but after a few weeks, they will come dwn but only slightly..

but, yes no idea abt prices dude