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Old 09-01-2007, 04:31 AM   #11 (permalink)
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i paid a lot of money just for my athlon 3800+ system, i think the CPU cost about £80-£100, not is about £25-£35
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interesting responses. yes, my build from 1.5 yrs ago would be half as much to build now. :o
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i dnt belive there are optimal times to build, there are bad times to build, i built my system probarbly a month before dual core CPUS came shooting down in price, however technology is forever evolving, getting better and cheaper, you will get ****ed off what ever time you build tbh
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i dnt belive there are optimal times to build, there are bad times to build, i built my system probarbly a month before dual core CPUS came shooting down in price, however technology is forever evolving, getting better and cheaper, you will get ****ed off what ever time you build tbh
i would agree... but the stuff coming out this year.. will be huge step-ups in technology... i would say sometime this year (if u don't mind premium prices) or beginning of next year so the prices can fluctuate
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you have to pay full price for parts as soon as they come out to be on top of everything
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^^^ and that's just being silly but if you have the money to burn...
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not really its the best time to build IMO
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hmm how nice, shoes how **** chelsea are when they get beaten by aston villa 2-0, and only get points by shoddy referee decissions for example that penalty 2 weeks ago!! Liverpool are top, Liverpool are top!!!
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thats good coming from u what have you won the 06-07 season
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