Upgrade Advice?

[cyberized]

I am a senior on very limited income BUT when I upgrade I save a tad and buy piece by piece until I have it all together - then pay someone to put it together. That is the way my present system was "created" and it is built on an NForce1 Mobo, the MSI K7N420 Pro.
Anyway - after and since they came out with the MUCH improved NForce 2 Mobos - I have been doing as I did before, buying new PSupply, CPU, etc., and reading daily to decide which Mobo I will choose (right now I believe it will be the ABIT N7 S Ver.2) So - to get to my quandry and the reason I seek advice - - - - I cannot continue to rebuild every 1-2 years and NOW about the time I am ready to put together the machine I refer to - I SEE that 64 Bit Hardware etc. is HERE and will SOON be the THING.

So -- is it wise to INVEST now in the latest and greatest when 6 months from now I'd be kickin' booty because I spent my moo-la on an obsolete system??? Please don't tell me the obvious that everyone already KNOWS - that as soon as you build anything in this field it will be old hat in nothing flat - so just go for it!

TKS for thoughtful input,

Michael

 

[newuser]

You could save some money by assembling the computer yourself.

I would buy everything (all the main components: mobo, ram, vid, cpu, case, op system, cd) at once (within 1 month) and assemble it right away and save the extras like CDRW, DVD, Programs, new Monitor, Sound Card for later. That way you get to enjoy a functional computer while the technology is still cutting edge.

that's what I would do anyway

 

[cjsketchy]

anything you buy today won't be obsolete just because of the athlon 64... there's going to be very little software that takes advantage of it initially... look at intel, they won't be bringing a 64 bit processor to the desktop market for a long time. get your new parts now and enjoy it.