New Build: Wait or order now?

[MacAttack]

I am at my 4 year window for upgrading my PC. Due to a few physical issues, I had to get new speakers, new audio card, and new graphics card. I need to upgrade the CPU and Mobo now. I do not have to upgrade immediately and I am trying to coincide with Windows 7. Should I just upgrade to AMD Phenom II X4 now or wait for Intel Lynnfield?

 

[videogames101]

Why do you need to upgrade? If it's urgent, get the new stuff now, you could play the waiting game forever. If you can go without for awhile, I'd wait for W7 and Lynnfield.

 

[MacAttack]

My system works. However, the surge that tore through my UPS and power conditioner did some damage. Its interesteing how lightening is not covered under the surge protector and UPs.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: MacAttack
Its interesteing how lightening is not covered under the surge protector and UPs.

Care to imagine/contemplate the scale and scope of a UPS/surge-protector setup engineered to withstand (and simultaneously protect connected electronics) a lightening strike?

Personally I'd find it interesting if lightening was covered.

 

[aigomorla]

id forget lynnfield seeing how there isnt much of a price difference.

Grab a nice i7 and that should hold u off until your next upgrade period.

Thats assuming u dont upgrade very often.

If your gonna upgrade more often, AMD is a pretty good choice, because there fairly cheaper, although not by a substantial amount.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

What is the cheapest i7 platform he could setup right now? I'm guessing 450

EDIT:

200$ mobo - Gigabyte EX58 UD3R
40$ DDR3 1333 3Gb - DDR3
MicroCenter i7 920 deal at 200$

so yeah, I was close

 

[MacAttack]

I only upgrade every 3-5 years. This is year 3 but do to the damage, I need to do it now. System is working, but may die due to damage. I do some video rendering and editing of home movies, burn my dvd collection, some games.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: MacAttack
Its interesteing how lightening is not covered under the surge protector and UPs.

Care to imagine/contemplate the scale and scope of a UPS/surge-protector setup engineered to withstand (and simultaneously protect connected electronics) a lightening strike?

Personally I'd find it interesting if lightening was covered.

There are a handful out there that do warranty against lightning but you pay a hefty premium for them. I have an IBM surge protector that covers up to $25,000 on a lightning strike but that strip alone was in the $100 range when it was purchased. I keep all of my important items plugged into it and the rest on a generic strip. When I expect a bad storm, I unplug the generic strip just in case.

Most people buy a "surge protector" and never bother looking at what it will actually cover against. They also look for the $5 model and expect it to cover everything they throw at it.

 

[TemjinGold]

If you can swing it, I would go with Bloomfield now.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Phenom 720BE / Asus 790GX AM3: $180 AR

If you are 'handy' some type of hard-wired surge arrester at your electrical panel is always a good investment.

OR, there is the old-school guaranteed method of protection: Unplug from the grid during electical storms.

 

[jcmolina]

What would be the best 4gb memory kit and cooler to go with that Phenom 720BE / Asus 790GX AM3 combo?

 

[Skott]

Windows 7 launches Q4 supposedly and the new i5 chips should be out by then too. There's also talk of i3 coming out but I'm not sure what date is set for that. Its not that far off really when you think about it since we're about ready to go into Q3 after the end of this month. I'd suggest waiting if you can. Just my thoughts anyway.

 

[nonxcarbonx]

I would wait for 32 nm since it isn't long off.

 

[f4phantom2500]

personally, i'd wait for motherboards to have usb 3.0 onboard if possible...of course there's no telling exactly when that will be.

http://www.tomshardware.com/re...0-superspeed,2306.html

 

[z1ggy]

Hey i was wondering..if the pole your service wires come off of ( near the cloest transformer) has lightning arresters on it, will that prevent damage to computer components if lighting strikes on that line? Or would you still need that expensive arrester set up tha twas discussed above?

 

[McRhea]

Originally posted by: MacAttack
I only upgrade every 3-5 years. This is year 3 but do to the damage, I need to do it now. System is working, but may die due to damage. I do some video rendering and editing of home movies, burn my dvd collection, some games.

Since you have a fairly long upgrade cycle, and you also do video rendering/editing, I would reccomend an i7 920. If your system will last a bit longer, then wait to see how the i3 and i5 chips perform, but definitely get something from the 'i7-5-3' family and skip Dual and Quad cores (because your upgrade cycle is so long).

You could also go the AMD route as people have listed as well, it is currently cheaper than the i7 route.