Good time to buy a new system?

[araaraara]

I'm going to be getting a second job(taking on second, bigger paper route), and making some more money. I figure that in a few months I should build a new system. Is it a good time to do it now pricewise and technologywise, or should I wait awhile. I was thinking of waiting until the new AMD processor comes out and hope that prices drop on existing chips. I'm planning on buying an AMD Duron or Athlon, The highest I can get for a reasonable price. I'm hoping T-bird prices drop when the new cpu comes out.

[randy48]

It doesn't matter how long you wait, it never fails...a day or two after you buy your parts, they get cheaper!

[jagman]

last year i bought a stick of 64 mb Pc100 ram for Rs3600(indian rupees) less than 2 months later 128mb sells for under 2 grand .

[GroundZero3]

Yeah basically once you build a computer its outdated in a couple of months. something bigger and better comes out.

Jason

[araaraara]

Yeah, but do you think that the duron and tbirds are going to be around for a little while longer?

[daverme]

What IS a "reasonable price" ??? I suggest you pick a price you wanna pay then, when you have the cash, get the baddest system you can at that time. Don't worry if something you like NOW will be available THEN. Probably yes - you can still buy a 233 MHz Pentium MMX and you can still buy a 500 MHx AMD K6-2 - but by then there might be something more enticing. Focus on saving your money then, when you have it, peek outside and see what you see.

[araaraara]

I just don't want to spend a $2000 on a computer and then a month later have it become totally obsolete and worthless because of some new product. I'm going to have this thing a LONG time, and I want it to be decent for most of that time. My biggest fear is that my new system will acutally be unable to run new programs because it woun't have the power.

[GroundZero3]

if your decideing on a duron or t bird. go for the t bird. there alot faster. Also if you get a 900 or 1 gig it won't be obselete for a while. it all depends on what you want to do with the system. games go for a 900 mhz and it will last you for a long time!! for basic word and internet surfing a 400 mhz would do you find.

Jason

[blubomber]

Just plan ahead. I was thinking the same thing when i bought my Duron and A7V about 6 months ago. But i knew that the A7V would support up to a 1.2gig or so T-Bird and 1.5 gigs of PC-133 RAM. So, with some overclocking, i am now running my Duron 650@945. So i am somewhat keeping up. As for the Duron and T-Bird hanging around, i am sure they will be around for another 6 months or so. But, they are nearing their design limits as far as speed goes. So, if you can be satisfied with just 1.33 GHz or so, then stick with the Duron and T-Birds, if not then wait and get the new chips.