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Hey Everyone,
Ok I have about $2000AUD to spend on a PC. Both of these systems are the same price. Which would you go for and why?
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AMD Box
1 x Gainward 7900GT 256mb DDR3 PCI-E x16 video card, 2x DVI, TV out
1 x PC-3200 2048MB Corsair TwinX Pro 184-pin DDR SDRAM CAS 2 (2x 1024MB sticks) 400mhz w/LEDs and heatspreader
1 x Thermaltake Soprano Black Steel case w/side window, 2x 12cm fans, 430w PSU
1 x AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ 64-Bit CPU, Dual-Core 2x 512K Socket939 w/AMD fan-heatsink
1 x Black 3.5inch 1.44mb Floppy drive, Panasonic
1 x 74Gb Western Digital Raptor 10,000 RPM SerialATA Hard Drive, 16mb cache
1 x 200Gb Western Digital Caviar SATA-II drive, 8mb cache, 7200RPM
1 x Asus A8N-SLI-Deluxe Skt939 AMD64 board, 2x PCI-x16, DDR, 3x PCI, Multi-SATA RAID, IEEE1394, 2x GigaLAN, Audio
1 x Asus DRW-1608P3 Black 16x DVD+/-R, 8x Dual Layer+R IDE Drive, retail pack w/Nero and AsusDVD software
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Intel Box
1 x DFI Infinity 975X/G LGA775 i975x P4/C2D ATX board, DDR2, 2x PCI-x16, 2x PCI, 4x SATA-II, GigaLAN, Firewire, Audio
1 x Gainward 7900GT 256mb DDR3 PCI-E x16 video card, 2x DVI, TV out
1 x 250Gb Samsung 7200rpm SATA300 hard disk, 8mb cache
1 x Corsair Twin2XPro 1024MB 240-pin DDR2 XMS2-5400 Twin Pack (2x 512mb sticks) w/heat spreader, not for DDR boards
1 x Thermaltake Soprano Black Steel case w/side window, 2x 12cm fans, 430w PSU
1 x Intel Pentium D 920 2.8 GHz Dual-Core (800MHz FSB 2x 2mb cache) Processor LGA775, 65nm w/Intel Cooler
1 x Black 3.5inch 1.44mb Floppy drive, Panasonic
1 x 74Gb Western Digital Raptor 10,000 RPM SerialATA Hard Drive, 16mb cache
1 x Asus DRW-1608P3 Black 16x DVD+/-R, 8x Dual Layer+R IDE Drive, retail pack w/Nero and AsusDVD software
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The AMD box has 1Gig more RAM but the intel board and memory is more expensive which makes the prices for each system exactly the same.
Thoughts, concerns.....
Cheers!
[ 07-26-2006, 07:41 AM: Message edited by: T-D-C ]
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