good time to buy ?

[nopelol56]

im gonna put together a new systems soon (AMD64 3200 or 3400). i figured that feb 2 would be a good time since i heard thats when some processor price cuts are gonna be. anyone disagree or know a better time to buy ?

[uniacid]

hmm dunno if AMD is having price cuts, I didn't read of any maybe they are but yea I think its a good time

[Steven]

The price cuts are referenced for Intel CPU's and not AMD.

[nopelol56]

wouldent AMD make cuts to stay competative

[uniacid]

The price cuts are referenced for Intel CPU's and not AMD.

yeah thats what I was thinking he might of been talking about, and who knows if AMD will cut thier prices might be since prescott will be coming out soon :)

[adamp2p]

AMD is already competitive and will remain competitive when the new Prescott CPU's are released. Prescott is not an impressive performer, at this release...

...I do not expect Precott to be able to catch the A64 platform until LGA 775 is released.

[nopelol56]

ok i guess i just remembered wrong, thanks. as much as i love AMD i am cureious to see what the Prescott can do. as long as intel is rebranding Xeons as P4 EEs i wont buy one but it will be intresting to see.

[giga Veteran]

What I would do is wait a few months to let the 939 pins released, pci Express, new graphics card released (R420), etc.

I heard that AMD will NOT drop cpu prices next week...read here..

http://tech-critic.com/comments.php?catid=1&id=8688

[Circaflex]

adam you also have to remember the people with those prescotts right now have one version and the extra cache isnt being read correctly, only dfi has released a bios i think, but i agree i think amd has it strong untill socket t prescott is released

[nopelol56]

thanks 4 the advice but i need to put it together soon. Aside from having a hella nice new system, i need the old one as a DEV box. i realy need to learn to linux, as many of my servers at work will be migrating soon. Dose anyone have any good sugestions for RAM. i need a gig of stable stuff. i will not likely OC it so thats not a huge concern, anyone got any good sugestions ?

[uniacid]

I've been good with OCZ, also Kingston is good, Crucial, Corsair

[isus]

corsair has never done me wrong, it's the best stuff imo.

[nopelol56]

sorry one more question. im gonna get a nice graphics card but i dont have the $$ now. Im gonna grab the 9000Pro out of my old system, but i need something to go in its place. I will just use the old one for a DEV box ( put linux on it and server2003 with Cold Fusion MX ). how little can i spen on a card for this ? thanks again for the help, i realy appreciate it !! and sorry bout the spelling, no word processor on my freinds computer.

[isus]

the cheapest card you can find should work.

personally, i would go with this card http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ductCode=322659

[nuka_t]

i heard that as a general rule, amd price cuts come one week after intel ones. i bought myself a cheap athlon xp system that im gonna use until 64 bit goes mainstream and pci express adn longhorn are out. dunno if im gonna last that long but longhorn will be here b4 ya know it. especillay if i beta test over the summer. i would just be thinking about longhorn and not my hardware.

[HeavyTwenty]

Find the cheapest PCI video card possible, then you should checkout if the card is compatible with your Linux distro by searching on google or the Linux distro's website.