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I need some AMD help

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I am purchasing a computer today, and I am unsure which way I should lean.

Option 1:
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena Quad Core 2.30GHz Processor
160 GB Western Digital SATA 300 Hard Drive
ASUS M3A78-CM Motherboard
ASUS DRW20B1ST SATA DVD Burner
3GB Kingston KVR800D2N5 Memory
Antec NSK6580B Mid Tower Case 430W Power Supply
Windows XP Home Edition with DVD & COA
PS2 Keyboard Port
8 USB 2.0 Ports (6 back 2 front)
Integrated RJ45 Gigabit LAN Port
Integrated High Definition Audio
Integrated ATI RV610 Graphics
1 PCI Express x 16 Connector (available)
1 PCI Express x 1 Connectors (available)
2 PCI Conventional Connector (available)



Option 2:

560 watt power supply
Amd 64 x2 5200 processor running 2 cores at 2.7ghz each
4 gb of ddr2 ram

nvdia 9400gt videocard with dvi-d hookups, vga, and svideo or component hookups (great for hooking into tv) 1gb video memory i believe, 80% sure may be 512. No less then 512

Motherboard - Hummer studios amd 780g or amd sb700.. Not really which, have booklet for those models
handles 64 bit amd processors up to and including the "Phenom line"
supports up to 8gb ram
onboard 10/100/1000 mbps lan
2 16x pci-e2.0 slots - hybrid crossfire function for dual video cards
2 pci slots
2 usb ports on motherboard 2 in front of case front mic./headphone jacks
onboard realtek azalia 8 channel audio codec integrated
award 8 mb bios

250gb sata harddrive

runs windows vista ultimate 32 bit with backup discs provided

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by the way, this is my first AMD. I will mailnly be using it for multimedia, web design, photoshop CS3+4, AI, DW. thanks for the help


Message edited by youngbeatnik on 08-02-2009 at 05:59:45 PM
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