Self Control! PC Buying Support Group.

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dborden

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Ok, after 5 years of not having money to build an updated computer the wife has agreed to allow me a $3000 budget to build and entirely new system. Obviously, I am exstatic about this since I am currently "dealing" with a P4 2.0ghz, 2 GB DDR, SB Audigy, ATI Radeon x1300 agp and a crappy old 19" CRT. I do a lot of gaming and I suffer through turned down graphics.

I've been on the web constantly for the last week looking at deals and surfing newegg's website and research. My findings are startling. Basically I have come to realize I would be stupid to buy now before the DX10 cards come out......... How are others coping with this type of self control? It is SO hard to not just hop online and buy all the parts for a new computer right now this very second.

Hi, my name is David and I am a computer shopaholic.
 
I'm holding out until Conroe and DX10, easpecially with all the price drops and high-end video cards getting oh so so cheap.

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Hi, my name is Vinh, and I'm an online computer parts shopaholic.
 
Well, you have to buy something. I hope you're holding out a few more weeks for Conroe and/or AMD price cuts. Whatever you end up with, you HAVE to get a new video card. I "settled" for an X1900XT, which I thought was pretty reasonable for about $375. The temptation to spend $600 for a 7950GX2 was strong, but I decided to bank the difference and still have a great card. When the DX10 picture becomes clear, I'll sell the X1900XT or retire it to my A64 box and buy then.

You have to be having a blast shopping for stuff. Enjoy it!

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Well I am not pulling the trigger on any of this until the DX10 cards come out. I want to buy it all at once and I want to buy it from newegg. I am a dedicated customer there.

Well so far my planned base RIG is this:

-Conroe E6600
-2 x 1GB Corsair XMS 4,4,4,12 CAS4 Memory
-DX10 Card(top end approx $550 range) either NVIDIA or ATI whichever comes out first or is better DX10 card
-Sound Blaster XFI Gamer
-WD 320GB SATA
-WD 500GB SATA
-KICKER***DELL 2407***

I am SOOOOO looking forward to this. I DREAM about building this computer at night. ATI and NVIDIA need to get there act together cause as soon as a DX10 card is released I am pulling the trigger on this bad boy. I just hope I can get my hands on a Conroe once the DX10 cards come out.
 
dborden said:
Well I am not pulling the trigger on any of this until the DX10 cards come out. I want to buy it all at once and I want to buy it from newegg. I am a dedicated customer there.

Well so far my planned base RIG is this:

-Conroe E6600
-2 x 1GB Corsair XMS 4,4,4,12 CAS4 Memory
-DX10 Card(top end approx $550 range) either NVIDIA or ATI whichever comes out first or is better DX10 card
-Sound Blaster XFI Gamer
-WD 320GB SATA
-WD 500GB SATA
-KICKER***DELL 2407***

I am SOOOOO looking forward to this. I DREAM about building this computer at night. ATI and NVIDIA need to get there act together cause as soon as a DX10 card is released I am pulling the trigger on this bad boy. I just hope I can get my hands on a Conroe once the DX10 cards come out.
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Personally, I woudl save $500 of that money for your DX10 card, and buy the rig with a DX9 card at the end of this summer. You might be waiting 6mo+ for DX10 parts, and by then your entire part list might change.
 
-=Antimatter=- said:
Personally, I woudl save $500 of that money for your DX10 card, and buy the rig with a DX9 card at the end of this summer. You might be waiting 6mo+ for DX10 parts, and by then your entire part list might change.
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I had though about that however with the Dell 2407 I am going to NEED a good card to power that baby and I am not going to have another 500 bucks to replace my top end DX9 card with a DX10 card. Besides isn't DX10 cards coming out in like September?
 
Already bought my set-up, and have an E6600 pre-ordered with 2day shipping. Come on July 23rd!
 
dborden said:
Why do you say that? I am hearing August/September/October
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I say that because that's what I believe. No one really knows, and I seriously doubt even October. November/December release, with availability in January is what I'm thinking. I hope I'm wrong, there is an inq article saying Sept for G80 and Oct for R600...but then again, it is the inq.
 
dborden said:
Ok, after 5 years of not having money to build an updated computer the wife has agreed to allow me a $3000 budget to build and entirely new system. Obviously, I am exstatic about this since I am currently "dealing" with a P4 2.0ghz, 2 GB DDR, SB Audigy, ATI Radeon x1300 agp and a crappy old 19" CRT. I do a lot of gaming and I suffer through turned down graphics.

I've been on the web constantly for the last week looking at deals and surfing newegg's website and research. My findings are startling. Basically I have come to realize I would be stupid to buy now before the DX10 cards come out......... How are others coping with this type of self control? It is SO hard to not just hop online and buy all the parts for a new computer right now this very second.

Hi, my name is David and I am a computer shopaholic.
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Why would a grown man need permission from your wife to purchase a computer is beyond me. What you don't make any money?
 
I'm in a strikingly similar situation, except my upgrade won't be quite as dramatic :)

My lovely wife has agreed to let me buy a 2407, and I will be upgrading to a E6600 system with a DX10 video card sometime in the near future.

My upgrade path looks like this:

Conroe + mobo + DDR2 -- July/August
This will be my first PCI-e system, so I will probably get a x1800gt or 7600gt or something simiar...a good "budget" DX9 card, that will eventually be moved into an HTPC.--This will also happen in July/August
2407fp -- August/September

At that point, the wait is on for a high end DX10 video card

In the meantime, my HTPC will get an upgrade:
My current SFF htpc will get moved to another TV, likely the one in my bedroom.
Then I will build a new HTPC around my 3.0c. It will likely consist of somehow digging up a rare socket 478 PCI-e motherboard, using the x1800 or 7600 from above, and putting it into a new HTPC-styled case.

Hi, my name is Jeremy, and I am a computer shopaholic.
 
Peter740 said:
Why would a grown man need permission from your wife to purchase a computer is beyond me. What you don't make any money?
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LOL I wish it was that simple.
Marriage works so much better when all the money (mine and hers) is pooled, and decisions are made jointly. If I haul off and start buying stuff with "my" money, she is going to do the same thing, and then real trouble starts. It's much better this way, trust me.
 
Peter740 said:
Why would a grown man need permission from your wife to purchase a computer is beyond me. What you don't make any money?
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You my friend are obviously not married :) Of course I make money. So does she. All of it is pooled. We each get weekly allowances and talk about large purchases together. As soon as you split it apart and start spending "your" money then she will run off and spend $500 a week on clothing and other crap and you'll both never get anywhere....
 
jebo_4jc said:
LOL I wish it was that simple.
Marriage works so much better when all the money (mine and hers) is pooled, and decisions are made jointly. If I haul off and start buying stuff with "my" money, she is going to do the same thing, and then real trouble starts. It's much better this way, trust me.
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QFT, Marriage is about mutal respect.......... and mutally assured destruction. LOL

Its a partnership built on trust as a result of good communication. Besides , our women realize that resistance is futile and its in their best interest to benifit by returning a positive response.
 
jebo_4jc said:
LOL I wish it was that simple.
Marriage works so much better when all the money (mine and hers) is pooled, and decisions are made jointly. If I haul off and start buying stuff with "my" money, she is going to do the same thing, and then real trouble starts. It's much better this way, trust me.
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Good awnser it it a whole lot better making decisions jointly.
 
Well you can't really win. If you wait for the DX10 parts then DX11 will be in the works and so on. The only thing i can suggest is to wait for that soon to be nice price drop from Amd and jump on that. And do NOT get top of the line hardware especially cpus, etc. Because then within a month it'd have lost 20%+ of its value so i myself try to get some midrange yet that overclocks decent for decent $$$ so that way i save money from the start and lose less later on once new goodies come out. I also tend to upgrade in patterns. Say mobo/cpu and keep old ram then upgrade ram eventually for the higher and newer DDR rates. Obviously with DDR2 out now i'm kind of in a bad position to do that as now i'd need to get a cpu/mobo/ram at once. Aside from that i upgrade my video card after awhile too seperate from the rest of the setup. I HATE spending big money all in one shot and it just ends up costing me more in the long run! [/babble] :p
 
Hello, I'm Rob and I'm addicted to plastic (PCB and Visa.)

[hello Rob]

I too have a spending problem. No matter what I buy, I need to upgrade it every 6 months. In the past i've blamed it on the rate technology is growing and how everything is 'instantly' outdated, however, I should be the one to exersise self control.

I'd love to offer advice to you on how to hold out for DX10 but that would just be plain hypocritical :(

I'm going to try the 12 step
Code: 
while (true)
{
    for (int i = 1; i !=13; i++)
        wait(MONTH);
    buy();
}
 
I would wait for DX10... but thats coming from a guy who is sitting on a better machine than yours, so i might have a little more patience than you :p
 
Gah !!! I just spend the last hour and a half eating lunch at work pricing out my new computer and looking at parts!!!(except for the e6600, asusp5w, and video card...... its going to be hard squeezing everything in under $3000 including the dell 2407......
 
I don't think you want me to join the support group....I would most likely be an "enabler" providing excuses for new hardware purchases. :eek:

Hi, my name is Joe and I'll tell your signifigant others you don't have a problem and that $500 video card is needed to avoid a complete computer meltdown.
 
dborden said:
Gah !!! I just spend the last hour and a half eating lunch at work pricing out my new computer and looking at parts!!!(except for the e6600, asusp5w, and video card...... its going to be hard squeezing everything in under $3000 including the dell 2407......
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what are you looking at, maybe we can help.
 
you don't need the 2407, you could always just get like a dell 2007 or a vx2025.I would spennd 150 $ on like good agp card that will last you til dx 10, then splurge when dx 10 comes out
 
dborden said:
Ok, after 5 years of not having money to build an updated computer the wife has agreed to allow me a $3000 budget to build and entirely new system. Obviously, I am exstatic about this since I am currently "dealing" with a P4 2.0ghz, 2 GB DDR, SB Audigy, ATI Radeon x1300 agp and a crappy old 19" CRT. I do a lot of gaming and I suffer through turned down graphics.

I've been on the web constantly for the last week looking at deals and surfing newegg's website and research. My findings are startling. Basically I have come to realize I would be stupid to buy now before the DX10 cards come out......... How are others coping with this type of self control? It is SO hard to not just hop online and buy all the parts for a new computer right now this very second.

Hi, my name is David and I am a computer shopaholic.
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Hello David. lol
 
boomheadshot45 said:
you don't need the 2407, you could always just get like a dell 2007 or a vx2025.I would spennd 150 $ on like good agp card that will last you til dx 10, then splurge when dx 10 comes out
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Voices of reason have no place in this thread :mad:
 
again with the dx10 thing :confused: :confused: :confused:

look, the only titles that will take advantage of dx10 right from the release of vista will be a few microsoft titles. that's it. it's obvious that producing the effects that make dx10 look so good will take a lot longer to code than anything dx9. why would game companies spend that extra time (money) doing this when the only ones that will be able to take advantage of it will be the 5% of people that have windows vista from the start? now I know some people will be saying to "futrue proof" their games.... honestly do you thnk the game will still be top of the line in the year or two it takes for vista and dx10 to be adopted by a sizable portion of consumers?

that's just the software considerations... not to mention writing dx10 games will take brand new hardware that almost nobody has and will take a while to be adopted.

if you're looking for brand new ultra realistic dx10 games in january 2007.... i seriously doubt that will occur

but this is just my opinion ;)
 
You guys were right about the whole marriage thing. That other guy is DEFINITELY not married. My crazy bitch ex wife took a golf club to my brand new 22" monitor on my phucking birthday!!! Nice present huh? Anyways, it took a long time to get her to realize that not buying a Dell was a good idea. Well, I guess I shouldn't have said I told you so. I love being single. Hooray for getting rid of ex's!!!
 
osalcido said:
again with the dx10 thing :confused: :confused: :confused:

look, the only titles that will take advantage of dx10 right from the release of vista will be a few microsoft titles. that's it. it's obvious that producing the effects that make dx10 look so good will take a lot longer to code than anything dx9. why would game companies spend that extra time (money) doing this when the only ones that will be able to take advantage of it will be the 5% of people that have windows vista from the start? now I know some people will be saying to "futrue proof" their games.... honestly do you thnk the game will still be top of the line in the year or two it takes for vista and dx10 to be adopted by a sizable portion of consumers?

that's just the software considerations... not to mention writing dx10 games will take brand new hardware that almost nobody has and will take a while to be adopted.

if you're looking for brand new ultra realistic dx10 games in january 2007.... i seriously doubt that will occur

but this is just my opinion ;)
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From what I understand the next wave of cards that support DX10(G80 and R600) will also be better, faster technology as well.
 
belmicah said:
You guys were right about the whole marriage thing. That other guy is DEFINITELY not married. My crazy bitch ex wife took a golf club to my brand new 22" monitor on my phucking birthday!!! Nice present huh? Anyways, it took a long time to get her to realize that not buying a Dell was a good idea. Well, I guess I shouldn't have said I told you so. I love being single. Hooray for getting rid of ex's!!!
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Did you make her pay for it?
 
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