Preferred Purchase Timing?

Mackles · September 27, 2019

Howdy folks,

I'm new here, and had a question re: timing on purchasing a new rig!

As I'm sure many do, I'm worried about the possibility of major timing-FOMO -- i.e. if I purchase parts for a new setup, what's to say that right after I do so, new and better products won't be released right after?!

While there is of course no surefire way to avoid this, my question is: Is there any time until which I should wait to make my purchases? (I.e. any common times for new hardware to be announced?) Or is there a time at which things would be on sale?

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CONTEXT:

I live in the US, and budget is luckily not too much of a concern.

I'll be using the system for software engineering, gaming, moderate video/audio production, etc. etc.

Here are the two builds I'm considering (they're essentially the same parts, just choosing between 9900K & 9900X):
> 9900K https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hvj8fH
> 9900X https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BLcQpG

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I know asking about preferred timing is a vague sort of question, but I figured it'd be better to ask rather than insta-purchase stuff!

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!!

Vishera · September 27, 2019

Half a year after a new generation is launched,

In that time last gen products are significantly cheaper,you can also wait a bit for christmas deals too.

Andrijaaa · September 27, 2019

Why aren't you going with Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti O11G instead? It would match your build (as you're going with rog/corsair theme) and they are around the same price tag. Also, there is Lian Li case that is ROG approved, would also match your build better. Plus, that 1000w 80+ gold is not what I would go with, rather with Corsair 850 AXi/HXi 80+ Platinum, 1000W is too much for that system (unless you're planing to go SLI in the future, which isn't recommended for gaming since almost every game lacks support in DX12/Vulkan - NVLink and you would probably benefit more from a single RTX 2080 Ti, only if you're going for 4k 120+ FPS gaming) and 80+ Gold is too low for energy efficiency.

As for buying the right parts on right time, it really depends on what you're meaning with that. One could buy everything in Q1 and then complain about it in Q4 when best of the best comes out (i.e. i9-9900k R0, ROG MATRIX RTX 2080Ti, etc.). Or if you mean buying on right time for price wise, Black Friday is the largest one if I'm not mistaken, and every 6 months parts will go under the starting price as new stepping goes out, etc. So if you feel like waiting some time for picking everything up (if money is the problem) then wait for holiday deals, if you feel like waiting some time for picking the best parts (i9-9900k R0 is out, ROG MATRIX RTX 2080 Ti will be soon if it already isn't) then wait Q4. Overall, it really depends on you.

Mackles · September 28, 2019

19 hours ago, Andrijaaa said:

Why aren't you going with Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti O11G instead? It would match your build (as you're going with rog/corsair theme) and they are around the same price tag. Also, there is Lian Li case that is ROG approved, would also match your build better. Plus, that 1000w 80+ gold is not what I would go with, rather with Corsair 850 AXi/HXi 80+ Platinum, 1000W is too much for that system (unless you're planing to go SLI in the future, which isn't recommended for gaming since almost every game lacks support in DX12/Vulkan - NVLink and you would probably benefit more from a single RTX 2080 Ti, only if you're going for 4k 120+ FPS gaming) and 80+ Gold is too low for energy efficiency.

As for buying the right parts on right time, it really depends on what you're meaning with that. One could buy everything in Q1 and then complain about it in Q4 when best of the best comes out (i.e. i9-9900k R0, ROG MATRIX RTX 2080Ti, etc.). Or if you mean buying on right time for price wise, Black Friday is the largest one if I'm not mistaken, and every 6 months parts will go under the starting price as new stepping goes out, etc. So if you feel like waiting some time for picking everything up (if money is the problem) then wait for holiday deals, if you feel like waiting some time for picking the best parts (i9-9900k R0 is out, ROG MATRIX RTX 2080 Ti will be soon if it already isn't) then wait Q4. Overall, it really depends on you.

Thank you for all the info!

Regarding the top half of your post -- I'll certainly check those items out! I was planning on diving a bit deeper into particulars before purchasing, but my pcpartpicker list was a rough template. I'm glad I've got some good advice!

And as for the latter half -- I basically just meant that while I'd ideally love to make my purchases between now and the end of the year, I wasn't sure if within those next 3 months there would be some much better options I should wait momentarily for. Of course, I'm aware that throughout next year things will be released, as things evolve quickly, but I just didn't want to overlook any HUGE oversights.