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What should I do for xmas?

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Gawd
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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?
 
if u do a lot of gaming or need the performance then drop the grand otherwise just shrink it.

if u do have a nice pc to game then add about 2 years to college and tuition.
 
Yeah, thanks for the advice, right now I'm probably just going to shrink, and if I still have the extra grand next summer, I'll upgrade then.
 
You know what, I was about to make a thread asking what to get for XMAS and I was a bit afraid that everyone would look down at me or something, but after seeing this thread I'll go ahead and create my own.

Good luck on your gifts :)
 
Yeah, I'll probably get either the 865PE or the 875P SFF from shuttle since their on sale. :D
 
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