pick the one for me

[locosman]

hello, i know you are probably tired of these similar posts, but i havnt done this in a while and i wanna make sure im not making any uneccessary mistakes. i will be using one of these computers (not built yet) for large databases for access or mysql. it will also be running many programs similtaniously and almost always will be turned on. i need a high resolution to fit windows with no overlap. thanks
oh and hows the price (CND$)

system #1
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Socket 939 (Retail Box)
$249.00

Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb w/ Dual-Ch DDR400, Gb LAN, SATA, 8-Ch Audio $112.00

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 EIDE 160GB ATA-133 7200RPM 8MB Buffer (OEM)
$108.00

Sony (DDU1621) 16X DVD-ROM Drive (Black) (OEM $29.00

Antec SLK3700AMB Metallic Bronze Super Mid Tower w/ SmartPower 350W Power Supply $83.00

Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR AGP 8X w/ TV-Out, DVI $129.00
Kingmax 512MB PC4300 DDR2 533MHz 240-pin Unbuffered DIMM $72.00x2

total $854


system #2

Intel Pentium 4 530, 3.0 GHz, 1MB L2, 800 MHz FSB, Socket LGA775, HT Technology (Retail Box) $232.00


Gigabyte GA-8IP775-G Socket T (LGA775) Intel 865P w/ Dual-Ch DDR400, Gb LAN, SATA, 8-Ch Audio $87.00 ?


OR

Asus P5GD1-VM Intel 915G DDR w/onboard Intel 9000 Video,8-Ch audio,10/100 Lan $123.00 ?

Kingmax 512MB PC4300 DDR2 533MHz 240-pin Unbuffered DIMM $72.00x2

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 EIDE 160GB ATA-133 7200RPM 8MB Buffer (OEM)
$108.00

Sony (DDU1621) 16X DVD-ROM Drive (Black) (OEM $29.00

Antec SLK3700AMB Metallic Bronze Super Mid Tower w/ SmartPower 350W Power Supply $83.00

Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR AGP 8X w/ TV-Out, DVI $129.00

$812 or $848

thanks again and if you can save me some bucks somewhere that would be great... was trying to stay under 800.

 

[locosman]

do i go with amd for statistical analysis?
i saw this in comp 101

 

[Geoff]

Are you going to be playing any games? If you are, i would go with the AMD, if your not going to be playing games or very few, i would go with the Intel, and you might be able to slide with a 2.6 or 2.8Ghz, which would save you some money (only if your not going to be playing games that is)

 

[locosman]

no this copmuter would not be used for any games. so i can go with intel 2.8 to save money, good idea.

i just saw that the 2.66 has a 533 mhz FSB as opposed to 800 FSB for 2.8.
the prices are 182 and 215 respectivly. is it a big difference?

 

[M0ddingMan1a]

yea, if ur not gonna use it for games and stuff, anything that is heavy graphics entertainment things. then yea, i would go with the p4.

 

[Praetor]

1. go for the second one (with the ASUS motherboard) and dont even bother buying a videocard as it has onboard

2. you cant use DDR2 on the ASUS board (or GB one either). you'll be looking at DDR memory (and since yer more concerned with stability from what im seeing, maybe consider pc3200 memory since you shouldnt be overclocking)

3. your PSU is prolly underpowered for the system you should consider something beefier (suggestions in the PSU 101 as well as why i say its not so great)

4. got any optical drives? if none yet, some suggestions in CD/DVD 101.