choices fro a new PC

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Which should I get?

AMD!
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13%
no no Intel!
4
50%
both are rubbish, find another retailer!
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No votes
WERD
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38%
 
Total votes: 8

bomberesque
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choices fro a new PC

Post by bomberesque »

OK, living in sunny Brussels my choice of retailers is a bit different from you brit residents. I have a very friendly local computer shop that seems to be competative for componentry and I want to buy a PC from them. They offer the following 2 set-ups for gaming, but are more than willing to change bits to requirement. Both are priced at 999 Euros. Descripts are a bit French, but I think you'll get the gist

Opt1; AMD

AMD Athlon 5200+X2 DualCore 64bits
Memoire DDR2 2048Mb 533mhz <- memory
Disque dur 320Gb SATAII 8Mb de cache <- HDD
Carte graphique NVIDIA Geforce 7900gto 512Mb Pciex 16X <- GFX
Graveur DVD 16X +/- Double couche <- Optical drive
Carte mere MSI K9N <- Mother board
Carte son 7.1 <- Sound card
Carte reseau 10/100 mbps <- network card
6 X USB 2.0 dont 2 en facade
Boitier Nagan avec fan 12cm <- coolery thing, I think
Lecteur de cartes memoires <- memory card reader
Clavier multimedia noir <- KB
Souris optique noire <- Mouse
Speakers 2.1 Logitech S200

Opt 2; INTEL

INTEL Core2Duo E6400 (2.13Ghz) Dualcore 64Bit 4Mb de cache
Memoire DDR2 2048Mb 800mhz
Disque dur 320Gb SATAII 16Mb de cache
Carte graphique NVIDIA Geforce 7900gto 512mb Pciex16X
Graveur DVD 16X +/- Double couche
Carte mere Asrock (made by Asus) Conroe945G-DVI
Carte son 7.1
Carte reseau 10/100 mbps
6 X USB 2.0 dont 2 en facade
Boitier Nagan avec Fan 12cm
Lecteur de cartes memoires
Clavier multimedia noir
Souris optique noire
Speakers 2.1 Logitech S200

questions;

vfm?
which is better?
Suggested changes?

No screen included, I'm thinking of a 21 or 22" from Samsung or someone, they run to about 300-400 Euros here atm. Is low response time the most important tecchie thing to look for after the visual sharpness/brightness of the image?
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Post by Dr. kitteny berk »

Intel, no question.

PSU info would be nice, otherwise looks good.
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Post by bomberesque »

Ta. I suspect that teh PSU would be the minimum necessary to power the components. They have some shiney ones available aswell, I'll talk to them about upgrading it.

http://www.power-pc.be/Catalogue.asp?categ=1&cat=30 <- should be a link to their PSU catalog page (if it works direct)
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Post by tandino »

I'm gonna agree with Dr. Berk here, Intel all the way. Also I've decided I'd rather haver 2gb of memoire rather than 2 gb of memory.
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