Building

[nOOb]

ok so i am gonna build my own computer and i want to get the best cpu that i can find with the money that i have. though i don't need help finding that cpu, i just want some advice about it. the on that i have my eye on is a p4. BUT, soon intel will becoming out with their prescott cores. so i am wondering if i should wait for the prescott or just get a p4 right now.

 

[digital_darknes]

Im not sure when they are coming out with the new p5's but if it were me, i would wait. If you get a comp right now, your gonna regret it when they DO come out.

 

[kboy]

If ya wait they'll all get cheaper & faster. Just depends if ya want to play now.

 

[mikesgroovin]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11785
I think I'd wait.......unless of course you are a World of Warcraft fan which is scheduled for June!!!!

-Mike

 

[Shrapnill]

What the articles fail to tell you is that those CPUs will likely cost close to a grand. Hell look at the EE P4s. Intel needs to check themselves on that damn pricing strategy.

Go with an AMD 64. $230-$750 USD. The cheapest EE is $915 USD. Intel is retarded.

edit- *takes foot out of mouth*

Looks as tho the PP4s will be competitively priced to 64s. If thats what you want, wait for it bud.

 

[kboy]

Dude, that's alot of dough!!!

 

[mikesgroovin]

Yea, I know that they will cost a lot....but once they do come out the P4 prices will drop considerably. I wouldn't even consider buying a PV until late 2005...

-Mike

 

[nOOb]

whoa man..... that is a lot of dough that i am not so sure that i want to cough up. But then again i don't want to have to wait till late 2005 to get a good processor. The only thing that i hope won't can is the size of the mother boards because i am gonna by a Antec P150 case and i don't want it to become obsolete just because it can't hold the correct size of components.

 

[Shrapnill]

Im guessing you mean an Antec P160??

ATX full tower form shows absolutely no signs of changing within the next half a decade, so its safe to buy a nice case. And that Antec sure is a nice one. I came || this close to getting one muhself.

 

[ekÆsine]

wow, 10GHz Nehalem using a 1200MHz front side bus...... imagine how fast fast i could watch my pr0n, thats mind blowing.