To Wait or not to wait

[Kenna]

Hey guys, im planning to build my new pc shortly, the specs that i have so far decided are as follows.

intel 6700k for $435aud (318 usd)

16gb kingston hyperX ddr4 for $125 aud (92 usd)

Gigabyte z170mx gaming 5 motherboard $249aud (182usd) is a micro atx board

GTX 1070 Asus strix used for $500 (365usd)

cosair H100i for $159aud

Intel 600p 512 m.2 ssd $239aud

Corsair Rm750x PSU $175

Fractal designs mini c $139 aud

 

my build is gonna total just over $2000 aud (approx 1500 USD)

my question is should i wait for new AMD Zens chips due in Q1 2017 (and maybe possibly the new AMD Vega cards), or should i just go for it.

My current build has 8gb ram (used to be 16gb but 2 sticks died) a I5 4670k @4.4ghz and a gtx 970.

 

 

[SirWendall]

2 minutes ago, Kenna said:

Hey guys, im planning to build my new pc shortly, the specs that i have so far decided are as follows.

intel 6700k for $435aud (318 usd)

16gb kingston hyperX ddr4 for $125 aud (92 usd)

Gigabyte z170mx gaming 5 motherboard $249aud (182usd) is a micro atx board

GTX 1070 Asus strix used for $500 (365usd)

cosair H100i for $159aud

Intel 600p 512 m.2 ssd $239aud

Corsair Rm750x PSU $175

Fractal designs mini c $139 aud

 

my build is gonna total just over $2000 aud (approx 1500 USD)

my question is should i wait for new AMD Zens chips due in Q1 2017 (and maybe possibly the new AMD Vega cards), or should i just go for it.

My current build has 8gb ram (used to be 16gb but 2 sticks died) a I5 4670k @4.4ghz and a gtx 970.

 

 

It's too early to tell if Zen will be good or not

[EPPHO]

I mean,your current setup is pretty good so you actually can wait for it 

[Alexzz_]

if you feel like you can game a few more months on your current setup, wait.

if you feel like you need a new pc right now, go for it

[Kenna]

hmm, my current computer is getting a bit slow, with my samsung ssd having degraded a bit. A windows reinstall would probably help speed it up a bit.

The main reason i want to get a new pc is because my current case is simply to big and noisy,and i need something significantly smaller since im moving into a small apartment shortly. I could still sell my current setup for maybe $1000 aud (ppl sell similar pc bulds on a used site called gumtree for around $1000-1400 aud)

Selling my current rig would hopefully offset around half the cost of my new one. 

[Anker_by]

On my opinion wait is better to many things is coming in 2017.

[SirWendall]

Intel has always been more relevant. You can take an i7 920 and still play AAA games with it. If it were me I'd wait

[Kenna]

Not really the right section, but nvidia is just gonna release pascal refresh next year or do they have something else in the works that i should pass up a gtx 1070 for.