Which system should I get?

[iiH3R3T1C]

I am thinking about building a new PC for Crysis 2, Battlefield 3 and Skyrim with a $1000-$1350 or so budget. My two options would be:

1° for $1110
-AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX

-NZXT Phantom case

-SAPPHIRE 100311SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

-Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD-RAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK

-SILVERSTONE ST75F-P 750W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

-SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

-GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

-ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM


2° for $1265
-Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

-NZXT Phantom case

-EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

-Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD-RAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK

-SILVERSTONE ST75F-P 750W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

-SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

-GIGABYTE GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

-ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM



If you have any other suggestion for a good setup please let me know...
Thanks

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Either way you will be happy. However, be advised, AMD does have a new line of chips coming up which should offer better performance, and also may drive pricing on current tech down. Might want to hold off and see what they bring up as you may benefit more.

 

[iiH3R3T1C]

Either way you will be happy. However, be advised, AMD does have a new line of chips coming up which should offer better performance, and also may drive pricing on current tech down. Might want to hold off and see what they bring up as you may benefit more.

Any idea on when they are coming out? Thnx

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

One of the guys at Microcenter that I go to quite often mentioned June 12th, but some other things are saying shipments should go out on June 20th. So unless there are delays...but keep your eyes open for it.

 

[iiH3R3T1C]

Thnx, I will consider getting a Bulldozer processor and a new motherboard for the build

 

[iiH3R3T1C]

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[ohiou_grad_06]

If nothing else, it may drive current prices down.