how will this comp hold up in 3 months?

[twitchee2]

im planning to buy this at the beginging of summer after school gets out. i still need to save up for it some more. it currently is at about $2000 how much will price go down ine about 3-4 months? and how will this setup be in that same amont of time? is there anyway it might get down to around $1500 by then? thanks.


A8N-sli $189
3500 90mn $245
patriot xbl ram 2*512 $219
eVGA 6800gt $369
7200.8rpm seagate burricuda $110
NEC 3520A $64
DVD-ROM $49
Mitsumi 7-n-1 floppy $19
aulduly 2zs $96
Z-5300 $151
TT Tsunami $110
Enermax 550w psu $110
XP home $89
Lx700 keyboard $62
Zalman 7700alcu $42
arctic silver 5 $14

 

[twitchee2]

some one has got to know aleast some part of it

 

[EternusNox]

I would think the mobo would be cheaper with the SLI deluxe out and if ATI SLI boards and other PCI-E chipsets come out by then. The processor should drop some. The graphics card will drop once the next gen cards are released. The rest of the parts will likely stay close to the same price. $500 in three months? Probably not. But those three components will surely be less.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I agree. Most of those components will be exactly the same price in 3 months, or at most a few dollars lower. The motherboard, CPU, ram, GPU, and Hard drive will probably drop, but that will not add up to $500.

I think if they dropped $300 it would be pretty amazing.

If you want to get a better idea of how prices change, the anandtech price guides can give you an idication of how prices have changed in the past. Look at a system builder suggestion from a few months ago and see what they said the prices were on everything. Then compare to what everything is now.

Example: in november, an A64 3500+ was only $285 and a PCIe 6800gt was $456.

 

[twitchee2]

alright thanks ok well it looks like ill have to save up a little bit more.. thanks for the input. i will go look at the priceing guides froma while back

 

[l Xes l]

i'd think around $200-250 depreciation..

 

[twitchee2]

any guess on how much the psu, speaker, sound, keyboard, etc will drop? im guessing not much but some is better then none

 

[ribbon13]

Probably nil. Those devices don't get obsolete very fast.

 

[twitchee2]

ok thanks guys i guess i get to save up more...yay

 

[WiseOldDude]

In the next 18 months the speed will double and the cost will be reduced by half.

 

[twitchee2]

in 18 month everything iwll probly be obsolete. o well im just curious about 4 months or so...my parents wont let me buy right now

 

[leedog2007]

sounds like my dad 4 months ago

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: leedog2007
sounds like my dad 4 months ago

waht did your dad do 4 months ago?

 

[Waylay00]

That would be a bad time to build as dual core CPU's would be right around the corner. Yes, I know that new technology is ALWAYS around the corner, but dual core CPU's will be a big leap.

 

[twitchee2]

im not to worryed about dual cores. there going to be really expenisive and right now im runngina p4 2.4 at like 2.93...why i dont kno and i play CS 1.6 on 32mb intigrated video. anything is going to be a huge leap for me

 

[Waylay00]

I play on a 1.5GHz P4, 256MB PC133, and Geforce 2 MX400

 

[fishmonger12]

i have a novel idea. get the money then build the system.

 

[SofaKing]

aulduly 2? :laugh:

 

[imported_gusmahler]

You want to save money, here are a few ideas:

* The DVD-ROM isn't absolutely necessary. The DVD/RW will suffice for now.

* You can save $100 by getting "value" memory, though it will probably be slower.

* Do you really need 3500+? You can save $100 by getting a 3200+.

 

[ribbon13]

PM me in 3 months with your budget and save the hassle :laugh:

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: gusmahler
You want to save money, here are a few ideas:

* The DVD-ROM isn't absolutely necessary. The DVD/RW will suffice for now.

* You can save $100 by getting "value" memory, though it will probably be slower.

* Do you really need 3500+? You can save $100 by getting a 3200+.

Actually, value ram will not be noticably slower than that expensive stuff. Look at Zebo's memory matrix.

Even if you OC, just use a diveder and you will have very little performance lost for about 100 less.

 

[twitchee2]

i kno i could save on value ram but for this build i want to get preforamce ram. and for teh 3500 i want to do video editing. I want lots of speed at stock settings. thats my reason for going big on cpu and preformance ram

 

[KamiXkaze]

more than likely most of the components that you have mention will go down in price besides there being some newer one and at that point we will see if PCIE,sataII,and ddr2 will be the new standard even tho I think that is still to soon to tell.


KxK

 

[twitchee2]

alnoth question. will this system be too far out of date i 4montsh that it wont be worth it to build it? or is there nothing to worry about other then dual cores

 

[ribbon13]

4 months dual core talk will be all over the place. 6 months it will be easily obtainable