Nehalem's Release Closing In, No point of current hi-end mobo/cpu combo?

[Akabeth]

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[GuitarDaddy]

I say definately DON'T wait for Nehalem
1. It will likely be 2009 before you can get your hands on one
2. From what I have seen the cheapest of these CPU's will be over $1000
3. The extra cores will be all but useless for games and general apps
4. The way it stands now, Nehalem will not support SLI so your 2x GPU's would be wasted

 

[Akabeth]

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[GuitarDaddy]

No nVidia chipsets for nehelem

 

[DaveSimmons]

5. It will be overpriced at first, the chips, motherboards, and RAM
6. You'll be buying bleeding-edge revision 1.0 designs instead of much more mature designs
7. It's 20% faster clock-for-clock but so what? The CPU you buy now will still run just as fast next week as today.

 

[Akabeth]

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[Cutthroat]

There is always going to be something new just around the corner. You can't plan a build on future tech, you will never get it done.

The best bet it to build a good system for today, and upgrade parts as needed.

Don't buy really expensive stuff, it's not futureproof at all.

You are better off to build a system for $1000 now, and buy new parts as you need them.