What shold i buy ? Should i wait ?

[DarthRevan]

Hello guys. I'm building and AMD system. I don't want sugestions about changing it for a Intel system. I live in Brazil and a friend of mine is coming from the EUA in april/may and she will will bring me a processor. As the dollar is cheap in Brazil ( 1.00 dollar = 1.80 reais, that is our coin, soem time ago it was 2.50 reais) my dad wants to buy the processor today, but i'm telling him that as many new processor are going to be released in the newxt few months, the prices will be lowered and he will be able to buy better things. So what do you think, she will only come in May, should i buy it today or should i wait to buy it in April, as if i buy it today, i will not use in until May ?

He wants to buy the x2 6400+ windsor, it's a good processor, but what about phenom 9500+ ? In tom's hardware charts, it is better in some things and worst in others. For games, do you think it is worth 10 more dollars to go for a quad-core ? My fear is that i buy a 6400+ and in a few months all software are otpimized to run with quad cores and the phenom will be better than 6400+.

Buy now or wait ? If to buy now what should i buy ?

 

[covert24]

if she is coming in may im pretty sure you have ample time to wait and see what amd brings to the table. no use on buying dead technology when you have enough for new.

 

[DarthRevan]

I can spend 190 dollars. Do you think that new and better things will come out for this price ? And do you think it worths to buy a Phenom and not a X2 ? My dad is afraid that the dollar price may increase in the next few months.

 

[covert24]

if anything they will lower. and with 190 dollars you can get you a 9500 right now. you will def. see a increase in performance over a x2 with a phenom, id just wait until the new B3 steppings are out since the current B2 stepping has the erratum error that everyone is talking about. wait it out until maybe late feb. early march and see if there is any talk on advancement in the cpu game by amd. if not then just go for the phenom, if so then research it and see what the prices may be in april.

 

[sutahz]

Just wait until April/May to buy the chip. If prices do go up, I wouldn't imagine more then $15.
All software won't be optimzed to run on quad cores in the next few months, probley not even years.