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Would you buy now or wait

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Ladic

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so here is my Dilemma, I use my PC for gaming. I want to upgrade 2 pieces

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233125

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Rad...UTF8&coliid=IAZMWXORHH5VC&colid=2U47SFKOHV2PQ

However in 2 weeks I am going on a month long vacation.

Should I wait until early january when I get back or buy right now?
The piece that worries me the most is the SSD, it seems to be at a good price right now, I have no clue if by january the discount and rebates will be gone and the price go up.

What would you guys do?
 
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CPU: C2D 8400 (3ghz)
RAM: 8gb DDR2 800
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3L
Monitor: 1920x1200

HD: WD 640gb Caviar Black (Selling before I leave on vacation)
GPU: Powercolor HD 4870 512mb (Selling before I leave on vacation)

What I am more worried about is the SSD, the price $189 AR is only till tuesday, should I gamble and wait till BFF and see if goes even lower? or play it safe and buy now?
 
Honestly I would wait on both.. SSD prices have been in steady decline for some time now so I dont think you will have a problem finding a 120gb Sandforce drive for 190 after rebate. Hell right now on newegg alone there are 5 120gb sandforce drives that are no more then 210 after rebate. (1x corsair, 1x mushkin, & 3x OCZ). And in the last few months prices have been as low as 200 shipped with no rebate required.

Of course everything is going to get cheaper for blackfriday, but I dont anticipate the prices coming back up to current levels afterwards. We have already seen a few deals with SSD's at $1/gb where the acerage non sale price is closer to $1.85-1.90/gb right now. I am hoping that after BF the prices dont raise back up to anything past $1.60 or so per gb.

As for the video card, that one is a no brainer with new tech coming out before the end of the year.. Definitely wait on it.
 
Hardware prices drop over time, and the new stuff is always just a round the corner...
 
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