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If you were me.
Here is my dilemma. I have a month off for xmas break, and I have a desktop at school, but there is no way I am going to pay $30+ each way to ship it home and ship it back (plus the week it times to ship.) However, I don't think I could stand not having my comp for over a month. My idea is to shrink down to a SFF. This way I could save space in my dorm room, and also I could carry it on in my backpack for flights to and from home so even for week long breaks I could have my comp at my disposal. Now here is my real dilemma.
Do I spend $300 now on an 875P based SFF and just shrink down the mobo / case / psu.
Or do I drop a grand, upgrade my SFF to the newest Shuttle (just reviewed on the [H]), a Winchester 3500+ and a 6800GT?
If I drop the grand now, it means I won't be able to upgrade till next xmas at the earliest. However, I don't think that would really be an issue assuming that dual core probably won't be available cheaply until then anyways. Moreover, since I won't be using SLI in a SFF, AGP vs. PCI doesn't really matter to me, at least until I'm out of college and done traveling back and forth between "homes".
What would you guys do?
Here is my dilemma. I have a month off for xmas break, and I have a desktop at school, but there is no way I am going to pay $30+ each way to ship it home and ship it back (plus the week it times to ship.) However, I don't think I could stand not having my comp for over a month. My idea is to shrink down to a SFF. This way I could save space in my dorm room, and also I could carry it on in my backpack for flights to and from home so even for week long breaks I could have my comp at my disposal. Now here is my real dilemma.
Do I spend $300 now on an 875P based SFF and just shrink down the mobo / case / psu.
Or do I drop a grand, upgrade my SFF to the newest Shuttle (just reviewed on the [H]), a Winchester 3500+ and a 6800GT?
If I drop the grand now, it means I won't be able to upgrade till next xmas at the earliest. However, I don't think that would really be an issue assuming that dual core probably won't be available cheaply until then anyways. Moreover, since I won't be using SLI in a SFF, AGP vs. PCI doesn't really matter to me, at least until I'm out of college and done traveling back and forth between "homes".
What would you guys do?
