which i7 pc would you buy?

[dangerous365]

Hi

Managed to get a uk company to do me a deal on an i7 pc. would you go for this or the dell i7 studio xps deal?

1)
CASE: Apevia X-SniperG Mid-Tower 420W Case (Black Color)
CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ i7 920 @ 2.66GHz 8 MB cache LGA1366 ***Overclockable XXX***
CD: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
FAN: INTEL LGA1366 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X58 Platinum Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,Dual GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394a, &7.1Audio ***Overclockable S&S***
MEMORY: (Req.DDR3 MainBoard)(3x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Triple Channel Memory (G.SKILL NQ Series w/Heat Spreader ***Overclockable XXX***)
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts Power Supplies [+63] (CoolerMaster Sielnt PRO 700W Modular PSU SLI Ready/ 80 Plus with 135mm FAN)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 4870 PCI-E x16 512MB DDR5 Video Card
WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

£810 (reduced from £960)

or


2) Dell

CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ i7 920 @ 2.66GHz 8 MB cache LGA1366
MOTHERBOARD: Intel X58 +ICH10
MEMORY: 6GB 1066mhz (6x1gb)
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 350 Watts
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCI-E x16 512MB
HDD: Single Hard Drive (700GB SATA-II 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
SOUND: REALTEK 7.1 INTEGRATED
WARRANTY: STANDARD 1 YEAR WARRANTY

£620


Both are excellent prices, 1) has better card, better motherboard, better psu, 2) is cheaper but crap psu and to improve graphics card in the future would need to buy a psu and card.

what would you buy? cheers!

 

[Intel_man]

1. The MSI Mobo is a lot better than the Intel one. PLUS, it's got a better warranty.

 

[mortonman1]

i'd get the #1. better vid card, mobo, and other stuff too

 

[Irishwhistle]

The 1st, but then again if it were me I'd build my own...

EDIT: Oh, yeah... and look at the PSUs... 700W vs 350W... I wouldn't even try to run an i7 and an HD 4850 on that 350W PSU... the minimum PSU requirement for the HD 4850 is 450W, so I'd say definitely go for the 1st one.

 

[oscaryu1]

The 1st, but then again if it were me I'd build my own...

EDIT: Oh, yeah... and look at the PSUs... 700W vs 350W... I wouldn't even try to run an i7 and an HD 4850 on that 350W PSU... the minimum PSU requirement for the HD 4850 is 450W, so I'd say definitely go for the 1st one.

Hehe, he needs to remove the 420W from his "case":

CASE: Apevia X-SniperG Mid-Tower 420W Case (Black Color)

I was about to go

Anyways, first one.

 

[phantomofrussia]

get the first one.
also dell will not let you overclock your cpu and memory. they block it.

 

[Ambushed]

Number 1 easy, firstly remove Vista & install Linux. (Or dual boot)

 

[Shane]

#1 of course if you dont mind spending the extra