would it be smart to wait for next years mac pro? ( did not wait, thanks everyone)

[englishman]

I went with the quadcore with 8 gigs of ram and the 5870 card.

Great for gaming. Hope the 5870 is not too noisy for you. Bang for buck I disagree with many of the folks here and think the base quad is the best value for many of us.

 

[newmacuser23]

I was debating over USB 3.0 as well but fortunately Apple made my decision easy when they announced they were killing off the 30 inch cinema display which I wanted so I decided to forego usb 3.0 and ordered my mac pro and cinema display instead.

 

[mds]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wont We be able to add USB 3 via a PCI card?

 

[davelanger]

Great for gaming. Hope the 5870 is not too noisy for you. Bang for buck I disagree with many of the folks here and think the base quad is the best value for many of us.

My current ppc pro is pretty loud, so I am sure it wont bother me.
I upgraded the graphics card a few years ago, and it always sounds like a plane is taking off sometimes.

Do you game in osx or windows

Btw
For the custom pros, it says ships in 3-5 days, do most ship out in 3?