Any comments on set up for gaming?

[allenee2009]

I think I will go either 1 or 2. Both turn out to be about $700CAD which is pretty much maximum I can spend. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance.

1. AMD Phenom Ii X4 3.0GHZ processor 8mb cache (4X3GHZ processors)
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm sata2 hard drive
LG DVD reader/writer sata at 22x
2X2GB (4GB) of Gold XTC OCZ DDR2 PC6400 800MHZ Ram
Asus M3n78-VM HDMI Motherboard
Coolermaster X-Treme 500watt power supply
7.1 Digital Audio, with HDMI
Supports up to 6 sata devices and 2 IDE devices for easy expansion.
Supports Hybrid SLI, and GeForce boost
Asus GeForce 9600Gso Graphics Card /w 384mb of DDR3 video ram

2.AMD Phenom II X4 940 Quad-Core Black Edition 3.0GHz w/ 8MB Cache
Asus M4A79 Deluxe w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, 1394, PCI-E, Quad CrossFireX
OCZ 600W ModXstream Pro SLI Ready Power Supply
Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512MB DDR5 PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out
OCZ 4GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 2GB)
SEAGATE 320GB Barracuda 7200.10 SATA II

 

[Shane]

Id go with setup 2...but its not got a very high end graphics card if you want to game.

considred building yourself?

I bet you could get much better build.

 

[daisymtc]

second better

 

[PatPheFox]

same, and is a BE nice!