Which one would u go with??

[jhyukkang]

hello, 775 quad cpu or i7 with $1000 budget for gaming

775
CASE - antec 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129066
CPU - INTEL Q9550 2.83 Quad 12MB L2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115041
COOLER - Artic Freezer 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134
HDD - HITACHI 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145233
RAM - OCZ Platinum 2X2GB (u can upgrade to 8GB later if needed)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227298
MOBO - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128358
PSU - Antec earthwatts EA500 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007
GPU - GTX 275 EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GeForce GTX 275 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130475
total 993$ with tax+shipping

1366
CASE - antec 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129066
CPU - Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
COOLER - still considering, but under 50$
HDD - HITACHI 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145233
RAM - Patriot 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220376
MOBO - MSI X58 Pro-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130226
PSU - Antec earthwatts EA500 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007
GPU - GTX 275 EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GeForce GTX 275 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130475
total about 950

 

[hunter315]

Neither, i would drop the 1TB drive to 500GB for 6GB of ram, change the GTX275 for a 4890 to save some so you can get a stronger PSU, a GTX275 is really pushing it with an EA500.

For 1000 i would go for an AMD build with a 4890, 4GB of low latency ram, and a PSU that supports future expansion.

 

[jared51182]

I'm pretty sure the 1366 will have a much longer life for upgradability, so I would go with the 1366

 

[jchan]

yeah, same with hunter....

500w is kinda pushin a 275... corsair 650w is $80 after MIR which is only $10 more than the earthwatts

I don't trust any company with HDD other than western digital or samsung...

Take a look at the Samsung spinpoint f3 or the 640gb caviar black. People told me the 640gb will have better performance than the 1tb caviar black because of the # of platters

 

[jhyukkang]

thanks for replies
yeah, i was thinking corsair 650 but i heard in one of these forums, that someone was running 2 gtx260 with ea500.

and about HDD, its just my opinion but, i have used samsung, WD and Hitachi, and Seagate
but i like Hitachi the best,
i had doa WD(but new one works fine), samsung dead, seagate makes strange scratching noise when it starts, but works, making me worry that it will break soon..
anyways thanks