Which of these 2 PCs would you buy?

[kevlon]

Which of these 2 pre built systems would be best for gaming on a 22" 1920 x 1080 monitor.

i5 750 @ 4ghz
5870
ocz 600w (or 700w)
antec 902
500gb HDD
4gb 1600mhz dual channel memory

or

i7 930 @ 4ghz
5770
Corsair tx650
antec 902
1tb HDD
6gb 1600mhz triple channel memory

Costs are approx £1020 for i5 and £1100 for the i7. Mostly first person shooters and driving games.

 

[stulid]

First one.

Better graphics card, CPU is plenty fast enough.

 

[arc@css]

First system, mainly because of the 5870.

 

[OCDStevo]

For games, the first one wins hands down for me.

 

[Solaris]

+1 for the first one

 

[illogik]

First one.

Better graphics card, CPU is plenty fast enough.

 

[Redmint]

As above, in the majority of games, even with the same graphics card, the 750 : 930 difference isn't massive.

 

[JonJ678]

Number one is better for gaming. I would buy number two, as I value cpu performance more highly than graphics.

 

[kevlon]

Cheers for all the advice gents, much appreciated. Time to get the wallet out.............

 

[immortalcloud]

Which of these 2 pre built systems would be best for gaming on a 22" 1920 x 1080 monitor.

i5 750 @ 4ghz
5870
ocz 600w (or 700w)
antec 902
500gb HDD
4gb 1600mhz dual channel memory

or

i7 930 @ 4ghz
5770
Corsair tx650
antec 902
1tb HDD
6gb 1600mhz triple channel memory

Costs are approx £1020 for i5 and £1100 for the i7. Mostly first person shooters and driving games.

That seems expensive?

I know someone who has an i5 750@4ghz, h50 watercooler for cpu, 5770, 1tb hd, 4gb 1600hz ram, CM Scout case OCZ 600w for a lot less than that!! If your into shooters and driving games then i cant see the point in having anything over the 5770?

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Matt

 

[stulid]

The graphics card is different!

£200 different.

 

[Arcimbaldo]

As others said the top one definately, and i have also heard the i5 is suppose to perform as well as the i7 when a single gpu is used

Even more reason to get the top one

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

That seems expensive?

I know someone who has an i5 750@4ghz, h50 watercooler for cpu, 5770, 1tb hd, 4gb 1600hz ram, CM Scout case OCZ 600w for a lot less than that!! If your into shooters and driving games then i cant see the point in having anything over the 5770?

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Matt

shooters and driving games, not needing anything over a mid range card?

You want the MOST fps in shooters? So surely that means you want the best card you can afford? also, it all depends on res, im sure a 5770 will suck at 2560 res, although this is unlikely to be being used.

 

[immortalcloud]

shooters and driving games, not needing anything over a mid range card?

You want the MOST fps in shooters? So surely that means you want the best card you can afford? also, it all depends on res, im sure a 5770 will suck at 2560 res, although this is unlikely to be being used.

Its being used on a 1920x1080 monitor and i the 5770 performs fantastic at this res , 100fps+

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would get the first computer for gaming but get the PSU from the second one.

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

Its being used on a 1920x1080 monitor and i the 5770 performs fantastic at this res , 100fps+

what games? dx 11 titles? are there any bad company 2 or metro 2033 bench's around? with all the eye candy turned on, as in HSAO etc in bad company?

Not saying I dont believe you, id just like to see the numbers accurately so i know what performance these cards give

 

[wannabedamned]

Gaming first machine, Encoding second machine.

 

[Vision]

First

 

[Cookeh]

First one.

Better graphics card, CPU is plenty fast enough.

 

[square_nothing]

as i game, the first one