The only reason you might wait for the new chip is because it will bring the price down on the current model.
Realistically the chip speed doesn't matter because the bottleneck is in the storage. From a performance standpoint, you want to get the best and fastest storage controller. RAID 1 (mirroring) will provide good data protection and good read speeds. The writes may be a little slower, but with a quality RAID controller you won't notice because that is buffered to the card before it goes to the drives. As for the technology curve, and what you have listed, I would spend my money on storage, ram, and video, and go a little less with the proc speed and features. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: PC Purchase Advice > > I'm thinking I need a desktop PC to store, organize, and preserve all > of my photos, videos, and music as well as work for games, managing > bills, etc. > > I'm no expert so I ran to the Dell site and thought the XPS700B2 might > be a good fit: > http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/cto_xpsdt_700?c=us&cs =1 > 9&l=en&s=dhs > > My questions are: > > 1.) Could I get the same features for a better price elsewhere? > 2.) Is there anything new coming out I should wait for? I know Intel > has a new chip coming out but I probably won't get it as I don't need > the cutting edge performance. > > Any help is appreciated! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
