Upgrading in the current economic climate

phoenix

phoenix

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So here's the thing: do I gamble on the exchange rate not improving and take some money out of my savings to pay for the rest of my upgrade now, or do I wait and see what happens?

I still need to get a motherboard, CPU and RAM.

Any economics gurus here?
 
In my strongest opinion, I'd say to move your money into retail savings bonds, that way you will never lose what you have gained regardless of the economical state. ;)
 
I’ve been thinking and arguing with myself again.

How many people actually need to own a computer? Mine is a luxury and is used for playing games, using the internet, and experimenting with photo manipulation and 3D graphics-and it does an adequate job at that at the moment. My main concern is ensuring that my computer is able to keep up with the latest games, but there again, I could just lower the detail settings or look for older titles that I have not played on GoG and STEAM.
There may be no rational reason, then, to sell off and replace older parts at all if I simply keep on using it until one or more parts fail. True, I shan’t receive anything for my old parts, but I should have accumulated a fair sum in the intervening time, and enjoy much-improved technology when the time to replace dead components comes.

Does this make sense to you?

Retail savings bonds?
 
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