the final PC topic i will make

[thisisyournamenow]

hi guys i have two pc lined up i need your help. im aware i did this last week but i have to options open and i need some quick final advice.

Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Case Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Memory Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 DDR3 Motherboard
Optical Drive LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Power Supply Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply
Processor AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz
Processor Cooler AMD Quad Core Approved CPU Cooler
Sound Card High Definition 7.1 OnBoard Sound Card



the second option is

Case: Performance Gaming Case Options
Graphics :Card ATI radeon 4870 1028
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Memory: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Optical Drive: LG GH22NS30 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Power Supply :Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 Overclocked to 3.40GHz!
Processor: Cooler Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Sound Card: 7.1 High Definition OnBoard Sound Card
Other Arctic Silver 5 heatsink compound

Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher included

i would ideal want these computer to last me, im looking to play the witcher on max, crysis etc

and up coming games like the witcher 2 etc

 

[thisisyournamenow]

which one man the fisrt or the second

 

[Baby Tea]

I personally like the second option.
The i7s are quite nice indeed.

But, then again, I've been out of PC building for a while.

 

[thiosk]

i say lame, because you should have Newegg links one each and every item.

However:

Always go intel.

and,

I would ignore that processor cooler and go the http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=31&lng=en

why do you list a sound card when its onboard sound? doesn't make sense

if you go an intel machine, buy an nvidia video card. if you buy an amd, buy an ati card. thats just my personal preference. if you bought a porche, would you buy mercedes spare parts? it doesn't make sense.

great choice on the power supply-- i hate it when people tack on cheapo psu to their expensive components.

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

Which is cheaper. Also, could you please tell how much and where you got from? And I don't know that much about computer hardware, but i would say the second one

 

[Abedeus]

The second one, but get a 295. Much better. Or wait for another 3xx series.

 

[thisisyournamenow]

the first one is 750 pounds uk the second is 950 uks, i haven't bought them yet

overclockers uk

 

[ojm62]

Dude, go to pcspecialists.co.uk I think it's that and then select the pc you would like. They build it for you for usualy about 2/3 of the price of building it yourself somehow!

 

[Avaholic03]

I'd go with option 2. AMD chips seem to run much hotter than Intel. You'll also have the extra RAM, so you'll have better all-around performance even when you're not gaming. I'm assuming you're running x64 OS, since I don't believe 32-bit Vista supports more than 4GB of RAM (I could be thinking about XP).