What pre built is better

[kmcgregor67]

Hi guys got a very tight budget for a new pc. Dont want all the hassle of building it myself so was looking through some of the pre built systems.

The games im going be playing are WoW MW2 and hopefully black ops. What system you think is better otu of these 2:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-210-OK&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

With the upgrade 5770 gfx or:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-168-OE&groupid=43&catid=1892&subcat=

Thanks for your help

 

[hybrid572]

Take the Krypt (first one)- MW2 and Black Ops definitely take advantage of 3 cores, and WoW supports up to 8 cores (although the benefits beyond 2 are fairly small).

Upgrade the GFX to the GTX 460 1GB if you've got the extra £30.

 

[Jony27]

or a gtx 470 if you can just stretch to it

 

[Lemin]

first one gets my vote too.

 

[Jony27]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=118
i3 seems to get better/higher fps in games especially in WoW

 

[Lemin]

I just think its a bit late to go dual core, im sure he will play other games

 

[Cookeh]

Its a tricky one.
Most games benefit from more cores, and will continue to do so.

For that reason, and the fact that the gfx card in the i3 build is a pile of crap I would recommend the first build (AMD Athlon II) and put a GTX460 OC 1GB model in there.

N.B. A GTX470 is an awesome card if you can stretch to it!

 

[Cookeh]

I just think its a bit late to go dual core, im sure he will play other games

Its got HT, it can cope with the more demanding games, and with its higher IPC it will nearly always out-perform the X4 in games

But the graphics card that build has is CRAP and will limit performance more so than the X4.

 

[Jony27]

im sure OP could always phone up OCUK to swap the gpu for something better

 

[hybrid572]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=118
i3 seems to get better/higher fps in games especially in WoW

Note that you've linked the X4 630 (2.8GHz) vs the i3 530 (2.93GHz)- and there's a very small performance difference in gaming, one that I'm sure would be almost all accounted for by the difference in clock speed.

And as others have said, the GTS 450 isn't nearly as good as the 460, or as good value for money. You'd be far better off with even a 5770.

 

[hybrid572]

im sure OP could always phone up OCUK to swap the gpu for something better

The issue here is that the Krypt is £45 cheaper, hence the extra money for a GFX upgrade.

 

[JPNUFC]

Take the krypt out of those 2!

 

[cameron1993]

its pretty even, whatever suits your pocket.

 

[kmcgregor67]

Thanks very much for the help guys have went for what most of you advised with the 460 1gb.

 

[Cookeh]

Thanks very much for the help guys have went for what most of you advised with the 460 1gb.

Good choice!