okay this is a quote that i had in reply to the dual core poll on the main page but no one seems to want to reply ...

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I am honestly going to have to say I want to buy it. I have a system built for it saved as a newegg wishlist. I am haveing some personal debate though whether I should wait for 2007 (this does not mean i wont build a new system for myself. I could buy a nice gfx card and nice WD raid edition drives and put those into a cheap good mobo with a cheap good 64-bit cpu until i can purchase the following) In 2007 (only one year away depending on the month) AMD will have support on their dual core CPUs for DDR3 (from word of mouth. I should have researched it.) also longhorn (windows: vista) will most definitly be out and maybe it wont suck (only with high dreams and hopes that people become nice and less malicious) I would go intel and get ddr2 but I'm not an intel guy.

one other thing. why don't mobo companies start making gamer dual cpu boards? this makes more sense to me than having a CPU company make CPUs with dual cores. I understand that you would spend more money if you were to buy a mobo that has support for multiple CPUs (aimed towards the gamer) and I'm not saying that the dual core CPUs are a bad idea (I mean I was so close to buying one but I don't want to be outdated in just a year) I really don't know where I am headed with this, I just have always wanted to see a gamer mobo that supports multiple CPUs.

the thing that is keeping me from building one is that I am a college student and being one means that I am thousands of dollars in debt so i really should wait till one more big thing comes out (DDR3 I'm thinking)

if any of you could lead me in the right direction of what the next big thing is going to be and wont be outdated in 365days (i can't afford to buy two systems in a year let alone one) then could you AIM:SirDavisCarrots or PM me?

[QUOTE=SirDavisCarrotsthe thing that is keeping me from building one is that I am a college student and being one means that I am thousands of dollars in debt so i really should wait till one more big thing comes out (DDR3 I'm thinking)
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If you are into buying computer bits and building your own system then you should know that there is always something bigger and better just around the corner. Everytime you buy something it will be cheaper, if not obselete by next month.

This is just my opinion, but waiting for the next thing is an exercise in futility.

I say buy now and enjoy it

There's certainly something to that logic. I wasn't going to rebuild my desktop until I could double the performance. Then it died.

I went with an opteron 146 and I have doubled my benchmarks and apparent speed, without really expecting to. Worked out nicely