Help me choose between two system configurations!

[Zaeem]

I going to buy a new PC this month. By budget is around 1300$. All the prices given have been converted from Pakistani Rupees to

US Dollars, taken from a local computer store. But I am confused between these two system packages. Which one should I select

and why?
Please help me choose! Which will give me the best bang for my buck and last somewhat longer?


SYSTEM I

INTEL CORE i7 920 2.66Ghz(8MB CACHE - 4.8 GT/s) 318$
XFX RADEON PCX 4850 512MB 256BITS DDRIII 212$
ASUS DVDRW 20xDL DRW-2014SI 31$
COOLER MASTER CHASSIS CM 690 82$
SEAGATE 500GB 3.5" HDD 7200RPM 32MB Cache (ST-3500320AS) 68$
A4 TECH (WIRELESS) GKS-770D WIRELESS KEYBOARD+MOUSE 28$
CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 TRIKIT 3X3G-1333 (1GBX3) 138$
INTEL DX58SO (LGA1366-SND+GIGA LAN-1600/333/1066 MHZ FSB) 281$
ACER AL-1916W 19" SILVER WIDESCREEN 153$

TOTAL 1311$



SYSTEM II

INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q9550 2.83Ghz (12MB CACHE - 1333 MHZ FSB) 353$
EVGA PCX GTX260 896MB 448BITS DDR3 CORE 216 346$
ASUS DVDROM 18X SATA E818A 21$
COOLER MASTER CHASSIS CM 690 82$
SEAGATE 320GB 3.5" HDD 7200RPM 16MB Cache (ST-3320620AS) 55$
A4 TECH KL-30 A SLIM KEYBOARD 6$
LOGITECH NEW TOUCH 200 USB 12$
ACER X223W 22" SILVER WIDESCREEN 237$
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX/800 BUS (2GBx2) 65$
ASUS (INTEL) P5QC INTEL P45+ICH10R 1600 FSB 186$

TOTAL 1363$



Any other suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance!

Thanks in advance!

 

[aevm]

The first one is better for work (better CPU and larger hard drive).

The second one is better for playing games (better video card, better monitor).

The first system can become (much) better for playing games than the second if you add a second XFX 4850 card. That is OK if the power supply you get with it is 550W or larger. It can become about the same for playing games as the second if you replace the XFX 4850 with a HD 4870 1GB.

The second system has no room to grow because you cannot use two GTX 260 cards in SLI on a P5QC.

I'd prefer WD hard drives these days because Seagate has some technical problems.

You should add Vista 64-bit to the list,