New system, your thoughts please.

[legend_of_chaos]

Right guys, not posted for ages but i have finally got the money for a new rig and was looking at two choices.

1-"Ultima Dreadnought" Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz DDR3 System.
System Specification
- Case: Antec 902 Gaming case with nVidia Green Fans
- Power Supply: Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with Akasa Apache Black 120mm
- RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- Graphics Card -Point Of View GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5
- Sound : 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG BH08LS20 8x Blu-Ray-RW/DVD±RW Dual Layer SATA Drive - Black


2-"Ultima Vanquish" Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Quad Core DDR3 System.
System Specification
- Case: Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58A-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with Akasa Apache Black 120mm
- RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 5970
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Don't know which system to get, any ideas?????????????

System will be used for everday use, gaming, music creation, internet, photoshop and so on.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Go for the 5970 system for sure (no2- Vanquish).

However, are you open to building the system yourself.

If so, what is your budget and your main uses?

 

[legend_of_chaos]

I'm getting it from ocuk so they are building it for me, my budget just on the tower is about £1,600, main use is music production and and i suppose i'll be getting back into pc gaming, my current system is about 7 years old

 

[Phatzy]

option 2, far better gtx and psu

 

[legend_of_chaos]

Think i'm going to swap the 5970 for a 5870 and get a intel X25-M SSD 80gb

 

[cmndr_andi]

Think i'm going to swap the 5970 for a 5870 and get a intel X25-M SSD 80gb

Good plan. It will still be great for gaming and will be even better for your other tasks. Plus you can always add a second 5870 in crossfire at a later date.

 

[legend_of_chaos]

That's what i thought