Save or spend?

RAJ_w · January 23, 2019

Hi! I am almost 14 years old (29th) and I have a question that I think computer experienced people are better able to answer it.

Sad story: I never had a real pc and I want to build a computer this/next year, and I am really excited about it.

I have made a list of products I want and it is a budget build, currently at <€1000. Products listed right here under "Budget pc v2.3": https://tweakers.net/gallery/1168102/wenslijst/

Currently I have €480 and with my birthday this week I might be able to get to the €560. It will still take at least 1 full year of saving money to get to the €1000.

Fortunately the prizes will go down in the course of time. But the "course of time" is also a problem: If I have enough money in 1.5 years, I think the products (cpu, gpu, ram) will be outdated and it probably can not keep up with the latest computer technology. But if I wait a little longer then 2 years I might be able to build myself a nice 2020+ ready pc.

Should I wait 2 years lonely and without a pc till I have enough money, should I wait for me to win the lottery, or wait 1.5 years or less and then build a pc that will be really outdated by then?

Really hope you could help me out with this.

Radium_Angel · January 23, 2019

4 minutes ago, RAJ_w said:

outdated

Outdated only comes into play when the system can no longer do what you want it to do.

Case in point, I have a system that is 10 years old. FOr what I do with it, it rocks. Therefore, not outdated.

Fasauceome · January 23, 2019

Wait a few months, new Ryzen CPUs are gonna drop and then the current ones will be pretty cheap.

Also since you're on a budget don't get Intel.

Edited January 23, 2019 by fasauceome

CharminUltraStrong · January 23, 2019

3 minutes ago, RAJ_w said:

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I would suggest waiting a while, when I was your age years ago I desperately wanted to build a system. I started by watching motherboards.org (elric got screwed, now he's tech of tomorrow), Linus Tech Tips, Tek Syndicate(old Tek Syndicate), AwesomeSauce Network(now bitwit) etc. etc. when I was 12 or so on my crappy Celeron windows 7 laptop. I saved every year but realized that I'd need a job to properly fund a real system build that could run AAA titles. So I waited until I was much older, got a job, put aside X amount of cash and put together a genuinely good system. With DDR5 coming around the corner and GDDR6 already on the latest RTX cards + HBM is evolving, I'd strongly recommend waiting a good while until you can build a decent mid range or good low end system that can utilize these new technologies instead of rushing in at the end of DDR4's life cycle.

Turtle Rig · January 23, 2019

Wait it our as Guru fasauceome said. New stuff is coming out and prices are just going to drop. The year is new so wait til spring if you can. If not then what is your budget in American dollars ? Prices are really going to fall as I said before.