I'm thinking the same as I continue using my Sandy Bridge i7 2600. There are times I could use a bit more memory than 8GB. But the 2600 paired with a GTX 660 suits me just fine.I'll just hold on for awhile, maybe revisit in the 8xxx series.
Hmm.. why is there price increase forecasted?
God only knows why you would think by now after a couple of years that price tag would have dipped dramatically.
If newegg & amazon can make money off of it throughout the year, I see why they're trying to keep it like that but its a very dumb move.
"There is a price increase coming because semiconductor prices are going up"
"There is a price increase because Christmas is coming up"
"There is a price increase because xxx"
Instead, you go into a rant about why prices won't be coming down. Nice.
You haven't told us what you're using as your C:/ drive, nor do you have your rig listed on your profile page.Well, factorio is a very heavy single-threaded game so unfortunately AMD would be out of contention immediately. It is a special game in which it is very heavily dependent on the bus speed (at very late game that is)....[ ]....
if you already have an i5 4570 and you want a GTX 1080, I'd say go for it. If you're looking to build from scratch, your best bet is to spend the extra cash on a processor. Reason being, games (from what I've heard) are utilizing CPU's more and you'll have less of a reason to upgrade later down the road.
Side note: I know WoW isn't the best example, but I feel as if my PC will be able to handle most (if not all) games in the next few years because crowded major cities are no joke in that game.