A choice of 2 computers

[bryan47]

Well here they are, im having a tough time deciding care to help out?

1
800$

mobo : asus m2a-vm
cpu : amd 5000+ black edition overclocked to 3 ghz
hard drive space : 750GB 7200rpm
LG Optical drive w/ Lightscribe
ANTEC Sonata 3 Quiet tower case
2 gb Corsairs xms2 667mhz ram
802.11n WMP300N wireless PCI card
evga 8800 gt ssc 512mb ram , DVI out
zalman cnps7500 full copper heatsink


2

900$


Specs
Motherboard:XFX 780SLi (Tri SLi Capable)
Processer: Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Memory: Crucial Ballistix PC 8500 2x1Gig
Hard Drive: Samsung SATA 2 160gig
LG DVD Rom
LG DVDRW
Video Card: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 watt
Case: Antec P 180
Monitor: 20 inch Wide Screen
Key/Mouse: Logitech Wireless

The machine runs perfectly stable at 3.2ghz The Q6600 is the "G0" stepping)24/7 (It's running stock right now)with the Zalman CNPS 9500 Nvidia edition cpu cooler, I have run benchmarks on it, I would have to dig up the screen shots onmy other comp(I am writing this email on my laptop)The case has 1 140 mm fan on top, 2 120mm in front and 1 120mm in back.The cpu has never exceeded 60c and the v/c never exceeded 75c under full load (according to everest)

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mez]

Well about 99% of people will say to build, but hell do whatever you want! I could care less.

I would go for the one the the C2Q CPU, Its worth the money, plus the 5000+ CPU is only dual core, but I would throw in a 250 GB HDD if I were you, 160 GB's just doesn't cut it for me =P

 

[Droogie]

bottom one is better, but building your own would be the best option.

 

[bryan47]

A third option opened up now

3!


730$

1) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz (overclocked to 3.2 Ghz)
2) Asus P5K-SE Motherboard (775 LGA Socket)
Dual DDR2 1066 (4 slots)
7.1 Audio
PCI-Express x16 (1 slot)
PCI-Express x1 (3 slots)
PCI (2 slots)
Gigabit LAN
8 USB Ports (2 front, 6 back)
3) Corsair 2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC5200 667 Mhz
4) Seagate 500 GB Harddrive 16 MB Cache
5) 500 watts Power-Supply Unit
6) HIS Radeon HD 4850 512 MB Graphics Unit
Built-in 5.1 Channel Sound
HDMI output compatible
7) Raidmax Sagitta 2 Casing
2 USB ports in front
Mic and Speaker Jack in front

power supply mabey seems a little on the weak side for this one,

And i'm not really big on the computer components and such, don't know if I could pull off a build all on my own.

 

[Justin]

that 3rd one looks the best but it has the slowest RAM. if you could not to include the RAM in the package, and swap it with better RAM since the mobo supports 1066 RAM.

 

[Droogie]

^^ yea, or even 800MHz RAM would be fine. But the RAM in the package would prolly bottleneck the system.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

But the RAM in the package would prolly bottleneck the system.

In dual-channel... probably not, unless the latencies are really bad. Memory speed rarely bottlenecks your system, and I doubt upgrading would improve the performance noticeably.

 

[kookooshortman55]

I would still go for the second one. 20" monitor is probably worth $200. IMO buy the second one, buy 2GB more 8500 RAM, and add another hard drive. You would most likely need to add 2GB more RAM to all of these builds. No, definitely.