GO SB or wait for Bulldozer

Predicament · 26 Feb 2011 at 11:57

I get paid on the week of March 2nd. What should I do ?

I am building a gaming rig.

Lemin · 26 Feb 2011 at 12:06

May get some idea in 2 days...

http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/21753-amd-to-showcase-bulldozer-at-cebit

Predicament · 27 Feb 2011 at 09:37

Lemin said:
May get some idea in 2 days...

http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/21753-amd-to-showcase-bulldozer-at-cebit

Will do... cheers boss

I also figure that I am going to wait for the new SSD's to be released...

shannowdr · 27 Feb 2011 at 14:32

Good call,

Hopefully Cebit will answer many questions on Bulldozer, the new 9 series motherboards and what competition those pre order ocz Vertex 3 drives have.

Predicament · 27 Feb 2011 at 16:03

shannowdr said:
Good call,

Hopefully Cebit will answer many questions on Bulldozer, the new 9 series motherboards and what competition those pre order ocz Vertex 3 drives have.

thanks!

Anyone planning on building soon?

Predicament · 27 Feb 2011 at 18:46

lots of views: few responses

powelly · 27 Feb 2011 at 18:55

i will be upgrading in june, so im waiting to see what bulldozer offers

mufcmark · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:01

People know very little about the actual of performance of bulldozer therefore they cannot comment on whether you should buy it or not.

Your just gonna have to wait and see like the rest of us

mikey1090 · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:02

Predicament said:
thanks!

Anyone planning on building soon?

Yeah I'm building a new PC next month! Hate this period of time where new stuff is coming out. Because then you have to wait even longer to hear user reviews and make sure there are no issues with faulty parts etc.

Gelly54 · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:03

id wait to see what BD is all about first cos no one knows nothing

Savvy · 27 Feb 2011 at 20:56

Waitinng to see what AM3+ boards have looking to replace my motherboard and drop 955 in new board

Danny25555 · 27 Feb 2011 at 21:58

I'd say go with a Sandybridge build and save some time, Even if Bulldozer is far superior to SB (Which i doubt), it will be overkill for most games out today

Predicament · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:45

Danny25555 said:
I'd say go with a Sandybridge build and save some time, Even if Bulldozer is far superior to SB (Which i doubt), it will be overkill for most games out today

I might just do that...

Predicament · 1 Mar 2011 at 11:55

I am getting excited!

AtticusFinch · 1 Mar 2011 at 12:00

Wait and see the new tech then decide. Definitely worth waiting for the short time before parting with your cash.

Rexton · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:34

I'd rather get hardware that's been out for a few months and people have had first hand experiences with than plunge straight in for new hardware.

.... On the other hand, new hardware usually means little price wars

smudge2126 · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:39

I'll be building my gaming rig at the start of september (B'day 26/08 so by time everything gets here wll be september) so by then BD should off been out for a while i have most my commponents sorted in my head just waiting now to see what upgrades will be out then

mmj_uk · 1 Mar 2011 at 13:42

There's no point really in touching SB until the B3 revisions are available, unless you're absolutely desperate and don't mind the inconvenience of having to replace the motherboard soon.

smiley1987 · 1 Mar 2011 at 14:30

AtticusFinch said:
Wait and see the new tech then decide. Definitely worth waiting for the short time before parting with your cash.

I'd agree 100% because bulldozer could be as good as sandybrigde and potentially cost less money .

Chana_Masala · 2 Mar 2011 at 07:10

smiley1987 said:
I'd agree 100% because bulldozer could be as good as sandybrigde and potentially cost less money .

No, I highly doubt a brand new AMD CPU architecture is gonna be cheaper than sandy bridge. At best it will be priced very close, Intel could have priced SB higher but I think it wanted the edge on AMD knowing this year would be a big one for them. I am not convinced yet that AMD could make a new CPU on par with the 2500/2600 series, BUT anything is possible. Just a waiting game now haha...