Poll: Is it an Ideal Time to Build a PC?

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#1 BlueBirdTS
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With the onset of DX10 gaming upon us, as well as new processor architectures from Intel and AMD later this year, is it expedient to build a computer now, or would you recommend waiting?  If so, when do you believe the ideal time to build a PC will be in 2007?  Comments would be appreciated.  Thanks!
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#2 DeeJayInphinity
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Summer when Intel's Quads get their price drops and the 2900XTX is released.
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#3 HostileEffect
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From now to the end of the year is the right time to buy.

Right now: P35 boards are just coming out.
End of the year: 9800GTX (3X more power than an 8800GTX... wow.)
PCI-E 2 cards work in PCI-E 16X.
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#4 WhOOmpa260
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Summer when Intel's Quads get their price drops and the 2900XTX is released.DeeJayInphinity

Agreed, July will be the best time...afterall that's when im doing it :D 

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#5 mdcw9
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not to mention AMD making an appearance with their new quad core technology. And for those that cant afford the quad cores, there will be a new range of dual cores, all of which, can out perform Core2Duo.
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#6 evilbarbarian
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July 22nd.

 


And does anyone know if Canadian online retailers will have Intel price drops on the 22nd as well?

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#7 matrixian
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Buy memory now or in june, and cpu + motherboard after july 22nd. I just ordered 2 gigs of corsair pc2-5400c4 for 70$ CDN.
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#8 RazorGR
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There's no ideal time to build a high-end PC. There are only bad times to build one and this isn't such a bad time.
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#9 Shegevara
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There's no ideal time to build a PC. There are only bad times to build one and this isn't such a bad time.RazorGR

 Exactly You must agree with him! 

In terms of philosophy, you shouldn't even buy a computer, but who is gonna wait for like ever?