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well it looks like they renamed the 800 series as the 900 series on the desktop...what is your budget?
I'm just asking in general. I plan on picking up a 970, but I'm in no rush. My 7970 is serving me well.
 

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Yes when did trend start, PC games were always cheaper.

Unless I really want the game I wait, Steam does me well
It started in the last 2 years I've noticed. Far cry 4, borderlands, assassin's creed, and dragon age are all $59.99 on steam/origin. The used to always be $49.99 new. I don't know what changed.

You can go to those cheap Russian keysharing sites for cheaper games, but I don't trust em
 
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It started in the last 2 years I've noticed. Far cry 4, borderlands, assassin's creed, and dragon age are all $59.99 on steam/origin. The used to always be $49.99 new. I don't know what changed.

You can go to those cheap Russian keysharing sites for cheaper games, but I don't trust em
The prices will drop so quickly that it doesn't really matter the starting point.

That's just publishing companies getting greedy
 

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early next year. Regular hard drives will slowly start being phased out in 2-3 years after that I believe.
ehhh, can't see regular platter HDD's getting phased out anytime soon, they serve their cheap archival purposes.
 

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ehhh, can't see regular platter HDD's getting phased out anytime soon, they serve their cheap archival purposes.
Not if SSD's keep dropping the way they do. Once ssd gets to only be a small premium in price its a wrap. What we need is a push for budget laptops to ship with ssd instead of hdd

Those massive 4TB+ hard drives will only be meant for businesses. Only someone like @Ciggavelli who wants everything at 4K resolution right now will care about space past 2TB
 

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Not if SSD's keep dropping the way they do. Once ssd gets to only be a small premium in price its a wrap. What we need is a push for budget laptops to ship with ssd instead of hdd

Those massive 4TB+ hard drives will only be meant for businesses. Only someone like @Ciggavelli who wants everything at 4K resolution right now will care about space past 2TB
SDD's kind of hit a peak, you can only stack so many NAND' flash chips on top of each other.
 

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It's Crucial which has great RMA service and comes with a 1 year warranty. At these prices I'd take the risk breh.
Yeah I am about to pull the trigger on a 128GB. I am putting it in an old iMac
 

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Not if SSD's keep dropping the way they do. Once ssd gets to only be a small premium in price its a wrap. What we need is a push for budget laptops to ship with ssd instead of hdd

Those massive 4TB+ hard drives will only be meant for businesses. Only someone like @Ciggavelli who wants everything at 4K resolution right now will care about space past 2TB
:heh: hdd aren't going anywhere. With everything going digital at high quality, you're gonna need a lot of space. 4k will be the standard in a few years. What I look like downloading 4k videos with a 1tb ssd?

SSDs are too small right now for everything. We need that space.

The way games are going you'll need 50gb per game soon. That fills up 1 tb fast.
 

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:heh: hdd aren't going anywhere. With everything going digital at high quality, you're gonna need a lot of space. 4k will be the standard in a few years. What I look like downloading 4k videos with a 1tb ssd?

SSDs are too small right now for everything. We need that space.

The way games are going you'll need 50gb per game soon. That fills up 1 tb fast.
2-3 years breh. 2-3 years is such a long time. there will be affordable 3tb ssd's around by 2017 for sure

affordable 1tb ssd by next year.
 
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