Better of the two.

Ryan-3 · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:43

I'm stuck trying to decide which is better for just over £700.

PC1 (My favorite for upgrade-ability):

Core i5 @ 2.66Ghz (Comes Stock)
4Gb Corsair DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
320Gb Hard Drive (Don't use a lot!)
512mb HD4850 (Soon to be a 2GB HD 4890)
650W Powercool 80+
20x Dual Layer DVD RW
On the Asus P7P55D Board in a NZXT Beta case.

OR PC 2:

Phenom II 955 @ 3.52Ghz
6GB Crucial DDR2 @ 800Mhz
500Gb Hard Drive
2GB GTX 285

850W PSU
20x DVD RW Drive
On the Asus M3N72_D Board in the CM Elite 300 Case.

Which ones better value?
Any feedback helps

Ross1234 · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:44

Two but with with a lower wattage PSU and a 4890.

(Is this for gaming?)

cmndr_andi · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:47

If they both cost the same, then PC2 will be the better performing (mainly due to the GPU), but if you are getting a new PC from scratch then I suggest building it yourself. Then you can get exactly what you want and it will cost you less.

Ryan-3 · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:48

They are both for gaming.

For PC2, changes for the same prices are:

A HD4890 and Gigabyte GA-MA790-UD4H board and with 8GB ram instead of 6GB.

Thats all in the saving with the 4890 over GTX 285