Anything worth waiting for coming out soon?

Bwaaa · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:22

Hey all, I have a choice between building a PC now for £1000 or building a PC later on in the year (Sept/Oct time) with a more £600/£700 budget. I've got a spec sorted for now but is there anything forecast to be released in the next 6 months or so that's worth waiting for? I know about AMD's new processors coming out soon but I can't really see them beating the current value for money of an overclocked Sandybridge. Anything I should know before committing?

TL;DR - Purchase £1000 computer now, or a £600/£700 computer in 6 months time?

Thanks

Marvin · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:23

What about in 2 months time?

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:25

ATI 7*** series is due around the time you mention.

http://www.guru3d.com/news/radeon-hd-7000-series-in-q2-already/

But you can always be waiting for something to arrive and never actually get anything

Bwaaa · 28 Apr 2011 at 01:25

Nope if I don't get it now, i'll have to wait a while unfortunately. It's complicated haha.

Marvin · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:54

May as well build now then. A PC built for £1000 now will almost certainly beat a £600 PC built in 6 months. Will it be used for gaming/general PC stuff or something more specific? Any particular requirements?

Disco Boy · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:58

New intel motherboards (z67) which aren't that relevant for gamers. And new AMD cpus (bulldozer) which could be interesting because they will have approximately 128 billion cores each

pv123 · 28 Apr 2011 at 11:51

Disco Boy said:
New intel motherboards (z67) which aren't that relevant for gamers. And new AMD cpus (bulldozer) which could be interesting because they will have approximately 128 billion cores each

haha

Just build now SB is great and will last you a while... you can always upgrade the GPU in the future, a £700 machine in 6 months time probably won't beat a machine toaday for 1k, you also need to take into consideration that 6 months is a long time to wait just buy it now!!

Reaper 392 · 28 Apr 2011 at 12:21

its almost certain that its going to be best to build now with that extra £300. whats the PC going to be used for?

Stoner81 · 28 Apr 2011 at 12:32

Use the extra £300 now and build a system now and overclock it that way you should be fine for at least a year or two (if not longer). What do you want to use the computer for since if we know we can spec something up for you if you would like?

Stoner81.