Upgrade Advice

[horrain]

Hello, i think its time i need to be upgrading my XPm 2600@2500Mhz, as its starting to act up and i dont want to failing during my disertation next year at uni.

Ive been reading into AM2 and Intels 805D and im not shoure which would be best, heres my two options.

AM2 system:
A64 3500+ 2.2GHz AM2 @ £135.07
Stock Cooler @ £0
Asus M2N32 - SLi - Deluxe @ £152.69
Geil 2Gb PC5300 Value DDR2 @ £135.07
Seagate 7200.9 120GB @ £44.59
Asus Case TA-212 @ £41.07
Windows XP Home OEM @ £58.69
~~Total: £567.18~~

805A system:
P4 805A @ £86.89
Zelman CNPS 9500-LED @ £32.84
Asus P5WD2 Premium @ £140.97
Geil 2Gb PC5300 Value DDR2 @ £135.07
Seagate 7200.9 120GB @ £44.59
Asus Case TA-212 @ £41.07
Windows XP Home OEM @ £58.69
~~Total: £540.12~~

Ill be getting a PCIe graphics card from a local shop as ill be trading in my current 6800Ultra in for store credit.

Which out of the above two systems do you think will be better for gaming, office work and programming(mainly Java and php, with php running on wamp)


Thanks in advance to anyone who drops by and gives me some advice

 

[semi-pro waster]

Gaming I'd be going for the AMD option, also I think you may need XP Pro for dual core systems as I don't think Home has that capability. I'm also not sure that the case and PSU are quite good enough for that system, I'd be tempted to get at least a 400w PSU.

 

[horrain]

Forgot to mention ive gotta OCZ Powerstream PSU, its the 470W version, and from what ive read Home is ok for multicore CPU's its just not ok for multi CPU setups.