Axis

Yeah im going away to uni and need to buy a new computer wanting to spend around 2500 bucks ive been looking around for something that can handle games easily and has good hardware. Whether or not some bits could be changed for better parts (within the price range) and other swapped due to being not so good i would like to know. I have looked around and have found two computers in particular and and wondering what could possibly be the better or worse and what parts could be swapped. With your help i would be ver thankful

First computer just comes as the computer alone and i would have to buy a screen and key board and mouse separate however but it seems a good computer;




MPC Quad Fortress Gaming System with Quad Core CPU at 3GHz, 4GB RAM, The New 8800GTS,

This system consists of: Intel Q6600 QUAD CORE Processor overclocked from 2.4GHz to 3GHz at no extra charge and tested for stability.
4 Gigabytes of 800MHz DDR2 Memory with Lifetime manufacturer's warranty
Intel P35 Chipset motherboard with 1333MHz FSB, Dual DDR2-800, Dual PCI Express x16, SATA II RAID, Giga LAN, 8Ch, ATX
nVidia 8800GTS New Version faster than the 8800GTX 512 Megabyte DirectX 10 Graphics Card with dual DVI
560w Silverstone Powersupply
500GB SATAII Hard Drive
SATA Dual Layer DVD Burner
iCute Case with Massive Silent Side Fan with Blue LEDs New Stronger Case!
Windows VISTA Home Premium Edition installed with all drivers ready for use
2 Year Return to Base Warranty

Price $2,225.30 ea




The second computer is the one i saw in the PC Powerplay magazine labelled the BEastie

-Intel Quad Core Q6600 $429
-Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R $199
-Apacer 2GB DDR2 800MHz $198
-MSI 8800GT OC $349
- logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers $119
-Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 18x DVD Burner $60
-Seagate 500GB SATA II w/NCQ HDD $147
-Chimei 222H 22" Widescreen LCD $499
- Antec Sonata III with 500W PSU $239
-Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard $110
-MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER MOUSE $89
TOTAL=$2469

shenry

If you want to know which one is better, the answer would be the first one.It should be able to max out every game with the exception of crysis.

However if you built your own system for that price you could get a better system all together.

All the parts are interchangeable on either system.

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Axis

thanx a heap
the things that you chose to replace will this end up the same kind of price?

thanks again

shenry

I'm not the best person for putting together a new system for you plus I'm going away in a day or so...It should end up at that kind of price or cheaper maybe, and by replace do you mean as in replacing parts in those builds you mentioned before?The only thing is that the first one is already over clocked and I haven't seen any company pre over clocking the CPU before.....

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oscaryu1

HORRIBLE prices. Both will add up to around $1500 or so on Newegg....

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paratwa

Agreed, both of those systems are WAY over priced. If you could build one yourself, you would save a lot of money.

But if you HAVE to have a prebuilt system, the first one would be the best.