Basically i'm sitting watching TV when my dad turns to me and says, "How'd you like a new mobo and cpu?". I was a little confused so I answered, 'I guess i would'. So he tells me to price them up and he'll give me the money as a christmas present.
Now, looking at prices online i'm having second thoughts. Getting a decent CPU and mobo is going to ring in around £250 and then there's the problem that i don't have a PCI express graphics card or spare sound card, HDD, case or PSU. I can't afford those extras and i can't ask for more money from my dad.
In all honesty, my system is quite old now but it's only just becoming 'minimum' as a specification for the newer games coming out - many of which i'm no longer even getting for the PC due to their included DRM. So there's no desperate need to upgrade. Not only this but i want a completely new box i.e. i want to start from scratch so i can play old games on my old (current) box and be able to play new games on my new box.
Then there's the simple fact that i wasn't planning on actually upgrading until later on next year. Sure there are loads of good processors and especially graphics cards around at the moment but i feel like i'll get a better deal in spring or summer for these components and possibly a fantastic deal around early autumn when the next generation of processors are out to force down the prices.
So looks like i'm holding off an upgrade in a move that might be considered spitting in a gift horse's mouth....
What do people think?
2 comments:
Didn't you just upgrade your video card? You can have your old one back if you'd like!
LOL! That was last November! My, oh how time flies!
But like i said, i wasn't planning on upgrading until late next year anyway :)
However... my P4 3 GHz processor is starting to struggle with games - I'll see how my rig handles Fallout 3.
Then we'll see about a graphics card return ;)
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