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Is now a good time to buy a i7

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  • 15-09-2009 10:19am
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    Griffin87
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭


    Will the price drop further on 1366 motherboards and ram

    I am about to buy a
    Intel Core i7 920 "D0 Stepping"
    Asus P6T
    Prolimatech Megahalems
    Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz

    This is going to cost me €665.376 From Novatech including delivery and vat


    is now a good time to buy or should i wait another month ?


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    requiem1
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭requiem1


    Griffin87 wrote: »
    Will the price drop further on 1366 motherboards and ram

    I am about to buy a
    Intel Core i7 920 "D0 Stepping"
    Asus P6T
    Prolimatech Megahalems
    Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz

    This is going to cost me €665.376 From Novatech including delivery and vat


    is now a good time to buy or should i wait another month ?

    well if you're worried about i5 i wouldn't be, if you can get good value for money then do it. I picked up a great board off adverts and got the same cpu and ram as you're looking at getting. Still have to put it all together but I'm happy with the purchase.

    Realistically there will always be leaps and bounds in technology but for the majority of users they don't need the best of best. if you're a gamer you might not see much benefit over core 2 setup but if you're holding off on buying cause of the potential release of new technology, there isn't a huge amount in the pipeline so going i7 is fine.


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    Griffin87
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭Griffin87


    i just bought it should be here on friday cant wait to set it up


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    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    Do Novatech charge Irish or English vat?


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    #5
    Griffin87
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭Griffin87


    Uk Vat


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    #6
    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    From what I've seen theres never a good time to buy tech stuff. As soon as you buy it theres other stuff in the pipe work which is already over shadowing your latest purchase. I say if its what you want, and you can afford it, go for it...

    And I see that you did...good job! Of course having taken my own advise my credit card company loves me...


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    it's always a good time to buy middle of the range!

    The price to performance difference between top and middle is so large. Unless you're loaded or have a specific need for more power i don't see why people bother....


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