Thinking about a new game PC...

TarJak · 12-29-08, 09:53 PM

My "current" rig is down for the count at the moment with a dead mobo (under warranty but the place I got it from is closed until 12 Jan!), and I'm thinking about what my next buy should be as even with a new mobo the current is starting to look a little tired.

These are two that I'm comparing and wanted to get some advice from those in the know about whether the AMD or the Intel have any drawbacks or advantages over the other:

AMD AU$970.00
AMD AM2 x4 Core Quad 9950+
ASUS M2N68 Nvidia Chipset -Multi-Layers Socket AM2 940 Motherboard
(AMD Approved Motherboard) “Genuine” AMD COOLING FAN & HEATSINK
AMD AM2 Technology & Re-Programmable Flash Plug & Play BIOS
Genuine Super Fast Synchronous Pipeline Burst CACHE Built-In On CPU
On Board 2xEnhanced “Ultra DMA 133/100 (ATA100) Bus Master Ready” IDE Controller, And Floppy Drive Port,4 Memory Slots
On Board 2xPCI-E Ports, 4 x Enhanced USB Ports, 1 x 16550 High Speed UART Serial Ports,1 x SPP/ECP/EPP Parallel Port
1TB 7200rpm Ultra DMA 100 (ATA-100) Enhanced Cached IDE Dual Channel Hard Disk Drive
2GB DDR2 800 (Double Data Ram)–PC640 0Memory High Speed RAM With EPROM (AMD Approved)
512MB Nvidia GF 9600GT 16x 3D PCI-E Video Display Card
Support DirectX 9 with Full Screen MPEG/DVD Playback True Colour Graphic Accelerator Card
1.44MB 31/2” High Density Floppy Disk Drive
Integrated Gigabit Network Card (Integrated)
Dual Layer DVD RW Drive - Enhanced Cached ATAPI IDE CD-ROM
ASUS “6 Channel” AC97 Digital Audio Stereo Plug & Play Sound Card(Integrated)
Aopen H500Y Deluxe ATX Medium Tower Case

Intel AU$1060.00
775 Pin NetBurst Micro-Architecture Pentium 4 Processor
ASUS P5QC – Intel Chipset Motherboard – Support Intel Celeron, Dual Core, Core 2 Duo, Core Quad CPUs
Pentium 775pin ICH7, Hyper Threading, Prescott and MMX Technology & Re-Programmable Flash Plug & Play BIOS
Genuine Super Fast Synchronous Pipeline Burst CACHE Built-In On CPU
On Board 1xEnhanced “Ultra DMA 100/66 Bus Master” IDE Controller (Up to 2 IDE Devices), 4x DIMM Slots And Floppy Drive Port
On Board 1 x (16x) PCI-E Port, 4xEnhanced USB Ports
1 TB 7200rpm Enhanced Cached IDE Dual Channel Hard Disk Drive
2GB DDR2 800 (Double Data Ram)– PC6400 Memory-High Speed W/EPROM (Intel Approved)
512MB Nvidia 9600GT 16x 3D PCI-E Video Display Card-Support OpenGL Full Screen MPEG True Colour Accelerator
Dual Layer DVD-RW Drive-Enhanced Cached IDE (Support CDRW, MP3, Digital Audio Extraction)
ASUS ”6 Channel” AC97 Digital Audio Stereo, Plug & Play Sound Card(Integrated)
AOPEN H500Y Deluxe ATX Medium Tower Case
Integrated Gigabit Network Card and Firewire 1394

12-29-08, 09:53 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Thinking about a new game PC... My "current" rig is down for the count at the moment with a dead mobo (under warranty but the place I got it from is closed until 12 Jan!), and I'm thinking about what my next buy should be as even with a new mobo the current is starting to look a little tired. These are two that I'm comparing and wanted to get some advice from those in the know about whether the AMD or the Intel have any drawbacks or advantages over the other: AMD AU$970.00 AMD AM2 x4 Core Quad 9950+ ASUS M2N68 Nvidia Chipset -Multi-Layers Socket AM2 940 Motherboard (AMD Approved Motherboard) “Genuine” AMD COOLING FAN & HEATSINK AMD AM2 Technology & Re-Programmable Flash Plug & Play BIOS Genuine Super Fast Synchronous Pipeline Burst CACHE Built-In On CPU On Board 2xEnhanced “Ultra DMA 133/100 (ATA100) Bus Master Ready” IDE Controller, And Floppy Drive Port,4 Memory Slots On Board 2xPCI-E Ports, 4 x Enhanced USB Ports, 1 x 16550 High Speed UART Serial Ports,1 x SPP/ECP/EPP Parallel Port 1TB 7200rpm Ultra DMA 100 (ATA-100) Enhanced Cached IDE Dual Channel Hard Disk Drive 2GB DDR2 800 (Double Data Ram)–PC640 0Memory High Speed RAM With EPROM (AMD Approved) 512MB Nvidia GF 9600GT 16x 3D PCI-E Video Display Card Support DirectX 9 with Full Screen MPEG/DVD Playback True Colour Graphic Accelerator Card 1.44MB 31/2” High Density Floppy Disk Drive Integrated Gigabit Network Card (Integrated) Dual Layer DVD RW Drive - Enhanced Cached ATAPI IDE CD-ROM ASUS “6 Channel” AC97 Digital Audio Stereo Plug & Play Sound Card(Integrated) Aopen H500Y Deluxe ATX Medium Tower Case Intel AU$1060.00 775 Pin NetBurst Micro-Architecture Pentium 4 Processor ASUS P5QC – Intel Chipset Motherboard – Support Intel Celeron, Dual Core, Core 2 Duo, Core Quad CPUs Pentium 775pin ICH7, Hyper Threading, Prescott and MMX Technology & Re-Programmable Flash Plug & Play BIOS Genuine Super Fast Synchronous Pipeline Burst CACHE Built-In On CPU On Board 1xEnhanced “Ultra DMA 100/66 Bus Master” IDE Controller (Up to 2 IDE Devices), 4x DIMM Slots And Floppy Drive Port On Board 1 x (16x) PCI-E Port, 4xEnhanced USB Ports 1 TB 7200rpm Enhanced Cached IDE Dual Channel Hard Disk Drive 2GB DDR2 800 (Double Data Ram)– PC6400 Memory-High Speed W/EPROM (Intel Approved) 512MB Nvidia 9600GT 16x 3D PCI-E Video Display Card-Support OpenGL Full Screen MPEG True Colour Accelerator Dual Layer DVD-RW Drive-Enhanced Cached IDE (Support CDRW, MP3, Digital Audio Extraction) ASUS ”6 Channel” AC97 Digital Audio Stereo, Plug & Play Sound Card(Integrated) AOPEN H500Y Deluxe ATX Medium Tower Case Integrated Gigabit Network Card and Firewire 1394 Last edited by TarJak; 12-29-08 at 11:37 PM.