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Originally Posted by damien c
My pc is used for gaming and video work, but mainly gaming.
I spend money on it when I want to upgrade it and I am currently saving for the core i7 980x CPU, it may not be used fully yet but it will be there till it is.
The reason nothing last's long is not due to failure, it is down to wanting to upgrade which I do so when I think it is worth it for the money.
As I don't want to wait 30 mins or so for a video to convert or have to play a game with medium or low detail settings, I see it as worth tweaking till I get it how I want it and more fool me for trying.
I have only asked for advice recently about the graphics card, but after seeing issues with ati cards when playing games I chose nvidia yes more money but no issues in games unlike ati.
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you have just highlighted the error in your mindset there
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I am currently saving for the core i7 980x CPU, it may not be used fully yet but it will be there till it is.
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that is totally the wrong way to do it. I can garrentee by the time the six core are even nearly utilised something better and faster will be available. Computer hardware progresses at a tremendous speed
So you save £750 to blow on a cpu then you find in 2011 Intel release the X68 chipset ( its on the roadmap) you have to buy that and then what? Bill smiles as he gets a nice £750 cpu while you "upgrade" again
You had a perfectly good i7 machine pretty close to when they were released didnt you? does Bill have that now? how many other builds you done around the i7 for yourself ?