Who's waiting to buy a new PC for SoW?

[Blackdog_kt]

I was going to wait for SoW but then RoF was about to release, so i decided to replace my trusty but aging AhtlonXP. I ended up not buying RoF due to the DRM after all, but i didn't regret getting a new PC in the end.

In April 2009 i got an i7 920 with 3GB of RAM, an Ati 4870 1GB and a 1.5TB 7200RPM seagate hard disk. A couple of months later i replaced my 17" CRT monitor and got a 16:10 22" dell with an IPS panel for best viewing angles and color fidelity.

My graphics card was defective and kicked the bucket next Christmas and i couldn't replace it due to the suppliers running inventory during the holiday season, so i went out and bought an Ati 4890 1GB with the aim of exchanging the replacement 4870 for a second hard disk when the warrantee would come through. I got a 1.5TB western digital, albeit running at a lower RPM, on which i installed Win7 x64 Pro in preparation for the new titles (DX10 support).

I don't think i'll buy or replace anything else for the time being. I always do what some of you already described, buying second best components to ensure maximum value for money. When the 6xxx series Ati cards hit the market and prices on the 5xxx series drop i might upgrade to a 5870 for DX11 support, but not earlier than that. I might also get a bit more RAM, but always multipliers of 3 to take advantage of the motherboard's/i7 tripple channel feature (so i wouldn't go from 3 to 4GB of RAM but from 3 to 6GB).

I might also swap my windows versions between my two hard disks, reinstalling XP on the slower western digital and win7 on the faster seagate, but it depends on how bored i will be transferring data back and forth. I make a habit of always partitioning my disks and put all my data on the second partition. This enables me to skip doing a full backup everytime i want to format my system partition and do an OS reinstall as the second partition is left untouched, so it shouldn't be much of a hassle.

I don't care much for SSDs at present, as their price per GB is so much higher than ordinary hard disks. I can live with 10-20 seconds of extra loading time just fine. I also think that anything more than 6GB of RAM is pretty much overkill for the time being, unless someone is running multiple instances of high-end design programmes with built-in 64 bit support, like photoshop or autocad stuff.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

I was going to wait for SoW but then RoF was about to release,

I forgot, what is RoF?

[WTE_Galway]

Wait for Sandy Bridge.