help buying a nig computer

[aj906]

Hi all

Because I'm technologically retarded, I want some advice as to which rig I should front up for:

http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Computers-and-Notebooks/Desktop-PCs/COAS870PRO

or

Pryon A8-01
AMD A8 2.9Ghz quad core
16GB ram
2 TB HD
HD6550 2Gb Graphics (ATi Radeon 6670)
WiFi
Blue ray writer
Windows 7

They're basically my two options - any thoughts?

[Hylander_1314]

Not sure how AMD and ATI are nowadays, but my last one, although nice, was more finicky than an Intel, with nVidia.

Depending on what game I was playing, I had to keep 2 sets of video drivers for the video card, because one set would lock up one game, and the other set would cause artifacts in couple games.

The nice thing about the AMD rig, is that I built it myself, and the software issues forced me to become more computer literate. Which i did learn a lot.

But the ease of just firing up the Intel machine I built in 08, is nicer in that I don't have the issues to worry about with drivers and can spend more time gaming.

[Pisces]

This should have been placed into the PC Hardware/Software forum (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=235) It has no direct relationship to SH3. For which that would be more than sufficient.