Help with choosing desktop plzzzzzzzz

[jonny_uganda]

I am trying to choose between HP Pavilion Elite m9548hk Desktop PC and a dell studio xps desktop. Dell is $1500 and hp pavilion is $1420. I am looking to play games lik gta 4 and other new games coming out.
here are the comparisons:
Hp pavilion:
Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Processor type
Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8200
2.33 GHz, 4 MB Advanced Transfer Cache, 1333 MHz
Internal drives
640 GB
Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)
Graphic subsystem name
nVidia GeForce 9500GS 3D PCI-Express Graphics card
Video RAM
512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics memory with HDMI, DVI and TV-out capability. Up to 1791MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista®
Studio xps dell:
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor (2.66GHz, 8MB)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 64bit
Memory
3GB Triple-channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 3 DIMMs
Hard Drive
500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Graphic Card
ATI Radeon™ HD 3650 256MB
Which one is beta?

 

[fly]

well if i had to choose i would go w/ the dell. but i would recomend building a computer because buying 1 from dell/hp or any other eliminates the options of overclocking and anything else in that customizing area.

 

[scooter]

Hey man,

For $1500.00 you can build a custom machine tailored to your needs that will simply blow those retail machines out of the water.

Spend your hard-earned cash properly, buy the parts, and build. If you need help with doing that--your in the right place--just ask.

Cheers.