New PC - get it now or wait?

[msh]

Hello

 

I'm new here at the Linustechtips forum. However I've of course been following Linus for some time on Youtube and I thought to myself, if anyone could help me by answering this question it would be you guys in here.

Basically I'm looking to get a new PC.. I'm currently running on a 5-year-old AMD build with the following specs

AMD Phenom X4 95 Black 3.2GHz

Corsair 4GB DR3 Kit 13 Mhz

Corsair TX Series 650Watt

Gigabyte GA-MA70T-UD3P

XFX Radeon HD6870

 

 

Overall I've been very happy and satisfied with this build but I think it's time for something new.

 

As I started researching on the latest parts I have become a bit confused. I'm not sure wheter I should go ahead and get myself a Haswell Refresh build or if it's worth the wait for Broadwell / Skylake.. There's talk about PCI-e 4.0, DDR4 etc.. But is it even realistic to take that into consideration now? I'm guessing that DDR4 will be extremly expensive anyways once it hits the market and DDR3 doesn't even seem to be exhausted anyway yet..

 

Anyway I'm kinda unsure so what's your take on this?

 

Thanks

 

[Prodigydeadeye]

Don't wait. You will always be waiting for the next thing to come out. Technology moves quickly. Buying now will not make your build irrelivent when DDR4 comes out.

[PokémonTrainerFour]

I don't know, can you wait another year?

[CoolBeans]

No need in waiting 

[deviant88]

The only thing worth waiting is for offers and off sale to get kick ass hardware as cheap as posible.

[Altecice]

DDR4 will be slower than DDR3 on release. 

[ThatAngryGnome]

With X97 and refreshed Haswell, there isn't an incentive to wait. Go ahead and pick out your parts now.

[Degraximus]

DDR4 will be slower than DDR3 on release.

Lol what? Where did you read that? As far as i know it's lowest frequency is 2400 and 99% of ddr3 ram is below that.

And one more thing... Speed of ram doesnt really matter unless you're buying an APU.

[Prodigydeadeye]

Lol what? Where did you read that? As far as i know it's lowest frequency is 2400 and 99% of ddr3 ram is below that.

And one more thing... Speed of ram doesnt really matter unless you're buying an APU.

 

No. Ram speed doesn't matter for GAMING unless your buying an APU. There are quite a few uses for faster memory outside of gaming.

[msh]

I don't know, can you wait another year?

 

Heh.. Well I guess that I could.. But deep down inside I'm not sure that I want to .. I've kinda wanted a new system for quite a while now since I find my current somewhat insufficient when it comes to playing all of the newest games on the settings I want

 

 

With X97 and refreshed Haswell, there isn't an incentive to wait. Go ahead and pick out your parts now.

 

I guess it settles it then.. I think I'll start taking a look at it in a couple of minutes.. For the sake of it I'm probably going to create a new topic just to keep it seperated

 

Thanks

[ALXAndy]

Don't wait. You will always be waiting for the next thing to come out. Technology moves quickly. Buying now will not make your build irrelivent when DDR4 comes out.

 

Very sensible. 

 

Unless you are buying a 5820k minimum with DDR4 and an over priced, possibly unstable new tech then I would avoid waiting.

 

Haswell E is going to be ridiculously expensive, with the charted DDR4 running 15-15-15-50 @ 2133mhz. Not 2400mhz. It will be a long, long time before the timings and speeds match that of DDR3. Any new ram at launch is very temperamental and fussy about boards.

 

If you're not in the Haswell E market then just get a Devil's Canyon, pref I7.

 

 

It translates to about £230 without VAT. So around $300 for 16gb unbranded 2133 crap timings.

 

Never, ever jump aboard a new DDR. At launch they are no better than the sticks already out there.

[Prodigydeadeye]

 

Very sensible. 

 

Unless you are buying a 5820k minimum with DDR4 and an over priced, possibly unstable new tech then I would avoid waiting.

 

Haswell E is going to be ridiculously expensive, with the charted DDR4 running 15-15-15-50 @ 2133mhz. Not 2400mhz. It will be a long, long time before the timings and speeds match that of DDR3. Any new ram at launch is very temperamental and fussy about boards.

 

If you're not in the Haswell E market then just get a Devil's Canyon, pref I7.

 

 

It translates to about £230 without VAT. So around $300 for 16gb unbranded 2133 crap timings.

 

Never, ever jump aboard a new DDR. At launch they are no better than the sticks already out there.

 

I have commented on this picture before, the conversion to US$ is a bit inaccurate. PC parts cost more here than in the US. So you can't necessarily take that price literally.

[ALXAndy]

I have commented on this picture before, the conversion to US$ is a bit inaccurate. PC parts cost more here than in the US. So you can't necessarily take that price literally.

 

I didn't, I factored in VAT, tax and all the other things we get raped for here in the UK and USA.

[Prodigydeadeye]

I didn't, I factored in VAT, tax and all the other things we get raped for here in the UK and USA.

 

I know, but it still could be cheaper than what was listed. Still wouldn't be worth it though.