Not sure about which system will be best for gaming

right system 1 is this


System 1


AMD PHENOM™ II X4 940 (3.0GHz) 8MB CACHE (Socket AM2+)

4GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x2GB)

ASUS® M3A79-T DELUXE: AM2+, DUAL DDR II, S-ATA II, 2 PCI

8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

640GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

22x DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

1024MB RADEON HD 4870 PCI Express + DVI

1024MB RADEON HD 4870 PCI Express + DVI

Antec Nine Hundred Black Gaming Case with Side Panel Window

700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£78)

ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£45)

24 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1200 8MS D-Sub, DVI (£175)


[u]System 2


Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-920 (4 X 2.66GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache

6GB CORSAIR XMS3 1333MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (3x2GB)

ASUS® P6T DELUXE: DDR3, SATAII, 2 x PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 1 x PCI-e x1

320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

22x DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

512MB RADEON HD 4850 PCI Express + DVI

512MB RADEON HD 4850 PCI Express + DVI

Antec Nine Hundred Black Gaming Case with Side Panel Window

700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£78)

ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£45)

24 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1200 8MS D-Sub, DVI (£175)

witch ones best for gaming?

System #1 for sure. Core i7 won't make much of a difference in games over the AMD 940. Especially not enough to make 2 4850s outperform 2 4870s. Plus you'd be more gaming future proof with the 2 4870s.

Don't get me wrong, Core i7 performs extremely well, as do 2 4850s. But 2 4870s would smash (well maybe not SMASH, but you catch my drift) Core i7 with 2 4850s, especially with the 1GBx2 Vram w/ your 1920x1200 resolution.

At least that's what I think.

what he said. if you're mostly gaming, more gpu is your friend.