Yet another new system (opinions appreciated)
Hey everyone,
I'm finally upgrading from my 2.6ghz P4 and IC7-MAX3 to the P975X chipset w/ a Conroe CPU. I'd like to order everything from newegg today but before I do, I just wanted to see what you guys thought. Okay, here's what I'll be ordering:
AW9D-MAX (soon as it's off back order)
E6300 Conroe
Sapphire X1900 XTX
1 GB DDR2 800
Couple questions:
1) What's the deal with these sky-high prices for RAM? If i remember correctly, I was pricing out this system a month ago and memory was signifigantly less expensive. 2 GB DDR2 800 is running $300 and up on newegg. Should I wait for prices to come back down?
2) I'm kind of hesitant about dropping $300-$350 on the video card. Would it be smarter to wait for the DX10 cards to come out? Are any signifigant price drops on the horizon?
Thanks,
Greg
(Oops, I think this thread should go in the Hardware Discussion section; maybe a moderator can move it?)
I'm finally upgrading from my 2.6ghz P4 and IC7-MAX3 to the P975X chipset w/ a Conroe CPU. I'd like to order everything from newegg today but before I do, I just wanted to see what you guys thought. Okay, here's what I'll be ordering:
AW9D-MAX (soon as it's off back order)
E6300 Conroe
Sapphire X1900 XTX
1 GB DDR2 800
Couple questions:
1) What's the deal with these sky-high prices for RAM? If i remember correctly, I was pricing out this system a month ago and memory was signifigantly less expensive. 2 GB DDR2 800 is running $300 and up on newegg. Should I wait for prices to come back down?
2) I'm kind of hesitant about dropping $300-$350 on the video card. Would it be smarter to wait for the DX10 cards to come out? Are any signifigant price drops on the horizon?
Thanks,
Greg
(Oops, I think this thread should go in the Hardware Discussion section; maybe a moderator can move it?)
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Gets VERY noisey on boot but can't say I notice it any other time. Depending on your case/cooling this may differ.
Wait I sec, I read that wrong. I have the XT. Have a look at the benchmarks before you pay the extra money for the XTX, for most of us I don't think the differences really justify the extra cash.
The price fluctuations on RAM and video cards lately has me kinda cautious about taking the plunge and ordering everything right now....
Thanks for the advice
Greg
I wouldn't go with the XTX unless you are running high resolution (more than 1600x1200) with all effects turned on.
There appears to be a decent size performance decrease going from 512mb to 256mb (depending on the game) according to some benchmarks I saw over on anandtech.com (http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2821&p=6).
What do yall think?
That seems like a good deal for the XTX