Upgrade now or wait for nehalem?

[Kryogen]

Worth upgrading right now for a q6600 and P45 or wait for nehalem and new mobo lines ? I dont really need to upgrade, but I feel like doing so. I dont want to end up having old technology in 2 months though.

advice?

 

[vsboxerboy]

What do you have currently and how much is your budget?

If your budget is 800 or less definitely build now. If it's 1200 or more, I'd definitely wait. If you're in the middle, you can go either way depending on how dated your current rig is.

You can, of course, look at an upgrade to tide you over in the meantime such as a new video card or HDD.

 

[Concentric]

If you don't need the upgrade right now, save your urge for another 6 months.

I'm still running a single core Athlon 64 and can resit it so you can too!

 

[Kryogen]

I have an amd sempron 3000+ with geforce 6600GT.

Comp is so slow it's driving me nuts.
I cant wait 6 months, and I dont have a huge budget. Probably around 800.

So I guess I'm going P45 w Q6600 and 4870

 

[vsboxerboy]

I'd build now, with that kind of budget, it will be quite some time before you can get parts for core i7 that will fit your build (ie sub $200 CPU, and ~100 mobo). There are so many good deals now - check out this thread (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1349272) for a great example of build you can do now.

 

[lt_shiro]

Seriously you should skip the first i7 CPUs and wait the six months for the CPU after nehalem.