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connnnn · 26-08-2007, 11:35 PM

If you're upgrading primarily for Huxley, wait. There'll be new CPU and video card models between now and when it ships, which will lower the prices for current gen stuff.

I personally built a new pc like 3 days ago, and picked everything based on price/performance for the Unreal 3 engine. I centered mine around a 320mb 8800 GTS and e6750. Crucial Ballistix ddr2-800 was on sale so I got a 2gb matched pair. Saw the Antec 900 case on sale (well, rebate), bought it, then got $30 off the antec NeoHE 500w power supply PLUS another rebate on it. Basically once you decide upon your core components (cpu model, vid card model, speed/size of ram), you can just build around it by trying to find decent products on sale. With sales + rebates I probably saved around $160 (which is about 20% of what I ended up spending).

For anyone wondering, I shopped all over from Fry's to Microcenter to Directron, zipzoomfly, etc, and newegg just ended up having the best price on practically every component (when you consider usually free shipping). Sometimes you'll get lucky and find something on sale at a competitor for lower cost though.

26-08-2007, 11:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
connnnn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX, USA Posts: 425	Re: Upgrade Suggestions. If you're upgrading primarily for Huxley, wait. There'll be new CPU and video card models between now and when it ships, which will lower the prices for current gen stuff. I personally built a new pc like 3 days ago, and picked everything based on price/performance for the Unreal 3 engine. I centered mine around a 320mb 8800 GTS and e6750. Crucial Ballistix ddr2-800 was on sale so I got a 2gb matched pair. Saw the Antec 900 case on sale (well, rebate), bought it, then got $30 off the antec NeoHE 500w power supply PLUS another rebate on it. Basically once you decide upon your core components (cpu model, vid card model, speed/size of ram), you can just build around it by trying to find decent products on sale. With sales + rebates I probably saved around $160 (which is about 20% of what I ended up spending). For anyone wondering, I shopped all over from Fry's to Microcenter to Directron, zipzoomfly, etc, and newegg just ended up having the best price on practically every component (when you consider usually free shipping). Sometimes you'll get lucky and find something on sale at a competitor for lower cost though.