About to sell the Wii for PC upgrades....

Yes, it's true. I still think the Wii is a fantastic product, but for myself I simply do not play it. Aside from Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess... I can't say there is anything on it that interests me any further. The only thing I regret is potentially missing a new Zelda game, which may come out this year. In that case... maybe I'll borrow a Wii to play it, I don't know.

What I do know is, I want to upgrade my PC, and give my old parts to my brother (2gigs ram, evga 680i, evga 8800gts and e6600). Why? Well... my PC is able to handle anything I throw at it today, but hey... I'm a full time professional and feel I deserve an upgrade every ~1.5-2 years. I won't lie... I love seeing cutting egde graphics. Plus in all reality, this upgrade would likely have cost me $300 if I sold my parts instead of giving them to my bro, but instead it's under $600.

Now before the same backwards rhetoric shows up... this isn't a needed upgrade. This is a luxary upgrade.

My question to SW... have you ever sold one platform or another? How tough was the decision, and what ultimately made you do it?

For those interested, this is what I'm getting.... potentially getting a 9550 instead.

Well it's your choice but, IMO why just have one system when you can have two?glez13

The same reason you would trade in a car instead of leaving it to go to dust in the garage.

I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.SpruceCaboose

I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.SpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.Mehdi1984

If I was going to upgrade my PC, I wouldn't go with Core 2 Duo, and nVidia card.

i7 and 4870x2 = FTW

[QUOTE="Mehdi1984"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.SpruceCaboose

If I was going to upgrade my PC, I wouldn't go with Core 2 Duo, and nVidia card.

i7 and 4870x2 = FTW

DevilMightCry

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.Lto_thaG

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]Then WTH is the point of upgrading to the point of playing PS3/Xbox 360 looking games, if you say you can run most games on your current setup? Unless you got a 1900x1200 monitor, and want to crank up Crysis to the max, then why get some upper-mid-grade PC? I mean nVidia's new card supports 3D glasses, which btw, is awesome. Why not wait until it gets even cheaper and the next gen of cards and processors start becoming mianstream affordable. By then you'll be able to get a $250 48070X2 card and such. Mehdi1984

I have two PC's right now. And the one that I am typing from right now, I can play almost any new PC games around 30fp/s either high or max, on a old AMD Athlon 4400 X2, and ATi1950XT, which is 3 generations behind. With a resolution of 1280x1024. My other PC is a complete high end PC, and you know what, not that much difference when you take COST into consideration (sure higher resolution helps), but I got it for free so I can't really say anything.

I'm just saying. You're buying parts that are about to become mid-grade setups.

[QUOTE="Mehdi1984"] No, I am being realistic. Don't go preaching around here who knows what. Do tell me, what games do you plan on running on that setup? You sure as hell are not going be able to run Crysis to the max over 29fp/s, overclocked or not. And that's the only game right now that I see a need to upgrade one's PC. You're old card 8800GT can run pretty much all the games on PC right now. Not on max, but pretty high tho.DevilMightCry

As for preaching. You tell me. When someone is telling you to go spend an extra $1500+ on hardware which has the worst price/performance ratio out there, what would you say? Do you realize how expensive i7 mobos are? How expensive the i7s are? How you don't just use the regular DDR2 memory with those setups? That said. I already stated that my setup can run everything out there. However, it does not play many games on High at really good frame rates. The bottom line is simple... this setup will vastly improve the performance of all the games that came out this year, and games to come out in the next two years... MUCH MORE, then my current setup. As such, this is a luxary upgrade which I have already CLEARLY stated above.

The smartest approach to PC upgrades is never to buy the best, of the best. Because usually for 10% extra performance you end up paying 100%+ amount of the price. In this example, it's even more of a jump. Instead, it a lot smart to upgrade every 2 years, for $500. Instead of once every 4 years for $2000. Aside from saving a ton of money, your setup will be better over time.

I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.SpruceCaboose

That has happened to me as well.

good job do it. i have traded my n64 for a ps2 back in the day. i gave up on nintendo when i got a gamecube. it didn't have the great games the ps2 had. i didn't buy a wii because of that. i thought it would have waisted my money on it. iam2green

Plus ive got every single console for free or for like £10 i didn't have at the end of a gen becayse people get next console fever. I just got ANOTHER free SNES!! (suckers) Sell high if you are bored and pick it up in the bargain bin if you miss it later.

[QUOTE="iam2green"]good job do it. i have traded my n64 for a ps2 back in the day. i gave up on nintendo when i got a gamecube. it didn't have the great games the ps2 had. i didn't buy a wii because of that. i thought it would have waisted my money on it. thegoldenpoo

Plus ive got every single console for free or for like £10 i didn't have at the end of a gen becayse people get next console fever. I just got ANOTHER free SNES!! (suckers) Sell high if you are bored and pick it up in the bargain bin if you miss it later.

If I were you, I wouldn't sell the Wii. I would check to see how much I could sell my used parts for on eBay or Amazon, then see where I can go with that.thepwninator

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]Then WTH is the point of upgrading to the point of playing PS3/Xbox 360 looking games, if you say you can run most games on your current setup? Unless you got a 1900x1200 monitor, and want to crank up Crysis to the max, then why get some upper-mid-grade PC? I mean nVidia's new card supports 3D glasses, which btw, is awesome. Why not wait until it gets even cheaper and the next gen of cards and processors start becoming mianstream affordable. By then you'll be able to get a $250 48070X2 card and such. shsonline

Lol me too

I sold my Wii last year and have no rgrets whatsoever, bought a surfboard with the money :P

[QUOTE="thepwninator"]If I were you, I wouldn't sell the Wii. I would check to see how much I could sell my used parts for on eBay or Amazon, then see where I can go with that.Mehdi1984

I dont think you'll get much I'd honestly just keep it , atleast you wont have to upgrade the wii in a yearSonic_on_crack

I dont think you'll get much I'd honestly just keep it , atleast you wont have to upgrade the wii in a yearSonic_on_crack

I haven't upgraded my computer in 3 years. Point?

Awesome setup but I would get a Quad Core like the Q6600 and get a 4870 instead of the GTX 260.

I play on upgrading soon too. :D

I've got very similar specs to you on my PC but i'm gonna wait a while until i upgrade. If i get a job over the summer then i'll upgrade my GPU then but my current system is doing me quite well. I'll only upgrade the CPU when i can afford a good value I7markop2003

Awesome setup but I would get a Quad Core like the Q6600 and get a 4870 instead of the GTX 260.

I play on upgrading soon too. :D

Aljosa23

[QUOTE="glez13"]Well it's your choice but, IMO why just have one system when you can have two?shsonline

The same reason you would trade in a car instead of leaving it to go to dust in the garage.

The only reasons you wouldn't use a car is if you were collecting because you were rich or keeping it as your "baby" ( in which case, why sell it?).

Bad analogy, bud.

I have sold platforms before, and every time I did, I regretted it down the road later, which is why I don't sell systems anymore.SpruceCaboose