Buying In Two Lot's

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Hi,

I want a system which comes to about £1300, it includes the i7 920, UD5 & Patriot Memory. I was wondering whether I should buy these three parts early and buy the rest of the system when I've saved up. I want to do this because the i7 might be dis-continued, is this a good idea or not?

I'm pretty sure I want Intel not AMD.
 
The i7 920 will not be discontinued soon. Buying a system in 2 lots will give you 3 major disadvantages..

1) You won't have the chance to properly test the first batch of components, so you might have to go through more RMA pain trying to return faulty parts a few months later.

2) You pay for 2 deleveries (And potential angst of having to wait in for the deliver man is doubled)

3) By the time you get round to buying the second lot, you may find you could have saved a significant amount of cash if you had bought the first lot later as the general rule with hardware (bar currency fluctuations) is the price goes down the longer it's been on sale.

The i7 920 will be on sale for at least the next 9 months if not 12. Also the i920 D0s coming out of the fabs 3 months from now may OC even better than the current ones, as the yield and quality of the dies will still be improving (although maybe not much).

Oh and as DAMO suggested, the LGA1156 platform is coming soon, if it turns out (as I expect) to be just as good as the LGA1366 for gaming and general use, you might feel you've wasted your money. I do own an i7 920, and it is fantastic, but it was a very expensive system overall.
 
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Ok but I don't really want i5 because it wont be compatible with the new i9's which come out next year. I will wait so long as the i7 920 is still around in a few months.

Thanks.
 
I did this when I got my i7 rig, I bought the mobo and RAM first, then I bought the CPU about a month later..

By the time I got the CPU the mobo and RAM had dropped in price by quite a bit.. the RAM was like £50 cheaper when I got round to buying the processor, and the mobo was about £20 cheaper..

So I wouldn't recommend buying in 2 lots like this..

@Damo, what difference does it make that i5 will be released soon?
 
The upcoming LGA1156 platform has 3 processors announced for it at the moment, 1 i5, and 2 i7s. The i7s are very similar to the LGA1366 i7s in performance (They lack triple channel memory support which is a moot point). They will have higher clocks and turbo modes than the 920 and should be reasonably priced.

It's not really the i5 people are interested in, it's the 2 i7s that that socket will support which might change the game.

As for the i9, people really need to understand, this will be a low clocked, and very expensive CPU, it's not going to be faster for 90% of people than a i920 or an i870, also it's unlikely to overclock as well. It may yet only be a paper launch to distract attention from AMDs six core CPUs while the 8 core processor is in development.
Essentially with 4 socket server boards it's a way for getting 24 cores (48 with hyperthreading) in one box. This is not the sort of box you will want in your house.
 
I have to agree with everyone else, buying in separate lots is a bad idea. I bought my latest build in two stages, motherboard, RAM and case first then the processor.

My motherboard is now being RMA'd as it won't boot consistently (See my earlier post in this forum). Thankfully, I requested RMA from a certain place on 01/08/09 - a couple of days later I would have had to go through MSI who wanted £24 Handling charges with a turn around time of 6 weeks. Considering the board was only £104 that's more than 20% of the cost....

The place I'm returning to are picking up the mobo tomorrow and will have a replacement with me in the next few days, all free of charge.

Which would you prefer? ;)
 
wozencl said:
I have to agree with everyone else, buying in separate lots is a bad idea. I bought my latest build in two stages, motherboard, RAM and case first then the processor.

My motherboard is now being RMA'd as it won't boot consistently (See my earlier post in this forum). Thankfully, I requested RMA from a certain place on 01/08/09 - a couple of days later I would have had to go through MSI who wanted £24 Handling charges with a turn around time of 6 weeks. Considering the board was only £104 that's more than 20% of the cost....

The place I'm returning to are picking up the mobo tomorrow and will have a replacement with me in the next few days, all free of charge.

Which would you prefer? ;)
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Well I only assumed all my components will work.

What do you mean RMA'd, sorry for being a noob.:confused:
 
Best off just waiting i rekon :)

RMA is Return merchandising authorization or return material authorization.
Basically returning it because it doesnt work properly in exchange for a full refund or replacement.After a series of test to confirm the part was damaged or DOA (Dead on arrival)

Also buying in 2 lots means your losing some of your warranty.It may not be much of an issue to you but i prefer having a nice warranty as a peace of mind.

Good luck with whatever you choose
 
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