Hello there people, I need urgent help with my purchase of a new gaming rig.
I am having second thoughs on my purchase I am about to make. Rumors of Pascal, Broadwell along with 980 ti not being a "true directx 12" card, along with 6960x makes me think about my choice of buying soon.
Can anyone debunk som of it for me? I will provide link down under with infomation I have researched on the matter.
So will it be a buy time buying? Is it down right a unsmart choice to buy now? Som say both things are in Q3, som are certain Pascal is Q3 whilst they say "6960x etc" is Q1-Q2 ish.
New architecture and NVLink, or is it somthing else?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsDBTPWf0_0
https://pcpartpicker.com/...80ti-they-are-obsolete - Here is story about the 980 ti obsolete thing, not my words.
Story of my current rig is from 2008 and its looking grim.
I played the waiting game for I can't tell how long and currently running a geforce 280, and only 3,5 of my ram works out of (6GB) I got 4x1GB sticks to replace them maybe if all hell breaks loose. I can't remember my cpu but its back from 2008ish Quad core. Its toaster. I got a backup CPU and motherboard, that is just as bad, from a friend, so I can't tell if it will be a "Good replacement" but its a backup.
But chances are it dies is there, its not set in stone. But in the last half year I lost ram and ramslots working, alot with usb functionality from my motherboard longer back, in most of the slots. Only got a few working back. Along with my 460, but a friend gave me his old 280 to make me last until I bought a new pc.
I got Witcher 3, Assassin Creed All of em, Warhammer Vermintide, Dragon "All", Battlefield 4 + more just waiting to be played. But I can't, as it is.. I manage to get a few games working like Blood Bowl 2 on "medicore" graphics.
Its bad okay.
I saved up and waited for 4-5 years maybe more. And I want to go big. The subject is not if my hardware setup is good, I wish to go big , not buy to suffice this time. I want to buy it all together to get a good warranty on my hardware which I can get in this deal I got, with 5% off on hardware too. The deal is great, but is the time really now, or am I buying into obsolete hardware?
Please remember this is not about my choice of hardware, but if the hardware I am about to buy is obsolete or simply not worth buying vs waiting for the Pascal and Broadwell.
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Plans for build, I get 4 years of full on warranty + 5% off hardware do to a good deal in this shop.
CPU: 5960X
Cooler: Corsair 110i GTX
PSU: Corsair AXi Series AX1500i 80+ Titanium
GPU: Sli 980ti Strix.
Mob: Asus Rampage V Extreme/3.1 USB.
Ram: HyperX Predator 32GB 3000Mhz
System: Samsung pro 1TB
Storage: Western Digital Black 4TB
Drive: Asus Blueray/DvD
Case: NZXT 820 Phantom.
Cablemod "Red and Black"
post edited by Greenfeuer - 2015/10/09 01:15:04