i`m looking to buy a new PC, i was wondering which one of these two would be the best to upgrade to, one is on another site i can't mention but it's called the Matrix II 920 and the other on overclockers UK, i`ll list the price and specs of both below.
Matrix II 920 - Price £749.99 including VAT.
Full Specification
AMD Phenom™ II X4 920 Quad Core Processor AM2+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
NZXT HUSH Silent Brushed Aluminium ATX Midi Tower - Black + 550W PSU
ASUS M3A78 AMD Socket AM2+ Phenom ATX Mainboard
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (2x 2GB)
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Optional Item - Please Select Raid Option (Two Identical Hard Drives Required)
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
512MB ATi 4850 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
22" Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS-1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor (DVI,VGA,WS,Spkrs - 5ms)
52-in-1 Multi-format Memory Card Reader - (Internal)
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Creative Labs T6100 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + Limited Microsoft Office Trial
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)
Titan Vulcan - Price £749.98
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 2.8GHz @ 3.5GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
- Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Corsair 4GB DDR3 DHX 1600C9DHX Twin3X (2x2GB) (TW3X4G1600C9DHX)
- Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
- Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
- OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler
- Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- 1yr Onsite Collect & Return Warranty
The Matrix II 920 can have the graphics upgraded to a 512 MB ATI Radeon 4870 for an extra £64.00.
You get more for your money from the Matrix II 920 with an excellent monitor, 5.1 speakers , keyboard, mouse but it's not the newer AM3 platform though you do get a quad core instead of tri core but not guaranteed an overclock like on overclockers.
You can also upgrade the monitor to an even better 24" Iiyama Prolite E2407HDS-B1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor for an extra £50 which i don't think overclockers has even got in stock yet.
Matrix II 920 - Price £749.99 including VAT.
Full Specification
AMD Phenom™ II X4 920 Quad Core Processor AM2+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
NZXT HUSH Silent Brushed Aluminium ATX Midi Tower - Black + 550W PSU
ASUS M3A78 AMD Socket AM2+ Phenom ATX Mainboard
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (2x 2GB)
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Optional Item - Please Select Raid Option (Two Identical Hard Drives Required)
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
512MB ATi 4850 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
22" Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS-1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor (DVI,VGA,WS,Spkrs - 5ms)
52-in-1 Multi-format Memory Card Reader - (Internal)
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Creative Labs T6100 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + Limited Microsoft Office Trial
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)
Titan Vulcan - Price £749.98
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 2.8GHz @ 3.5GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
- Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Corsair 4GB DDR3 DHX 1600C9DHX Twin3X (2x2GB) (TW3X4G1600C9DHX)
- Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
- Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
- OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler
- Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- 1yr Onsite Collect & Return Warranty
The Matrix II 920 can have the graphics upgraded to a 512 MB ATI Radeon 4870 for an extra £64.00.
You get more for your money from the Matrix II 920 with an excellent monitor, 5.1 speakers , keyboard, mouse but it's not the newer AM3 platform though you do get a quad core instead of tri core but not guaranteed an overclock like on overclockers.
You can also upgrade the monitor to an even better 24" Iiyama Prolite E2407HDS-B1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor for an extra £50 which i don't think overclockers has even got in stock yet.
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