Which rig?

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Sup all.

I've got a choice between these two rigs. I'm a gamer, so both of these have what I need to last a few years on the edge.

Question is though, which one is the fastest for gaming?

For the sake of ease, I wont be changing the stats from each quote, so please judge purely off what is porvided here.

Computer 1.

http://www.msy.com.au/SYSTEMS/INTELA...RTAINMENT5.pdf


MSY SYSTEM - custom quote


CPUI991I72700K Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5Ghz 1155pin Boxed CPU

MBIGB7Z68DS3 && Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 DDR3 Intel 1155pin Motherboard

COOLTTISGC200 && Thermaltake ISGC 200 Universal Cooler Fan - Free 1156
Clip-Support LGA775,AM2+,AM3

VGAPAHIS7970 HIS 3GB 7970 PCI-E VGA Card

RAMPTD3SLK16G01 Patriot Signature 32GB Kit DDR3 1333 - PSD316G13
33KH

HDDPTWF0120 >> Patriot WILDFIRE Sanforce SF-2281 2.5" 120GB SATA3
SSD Solid State Drive

HDDSG1G35S32000 && Seagate 3.5" Barracuda Green 2TB ST2000DL003 SATA

CASETTLEVE10GTS {{Thermaltake VO300A1W2N Level 10 GTS Tower Case

PSUTT98TPTX775 >> Thermaltake ToughPower-XT 775Watt PSU

NICASPCEN15 >> ASUS PCE-N15 PCI-E 300M Wireless-N Network Card / I

RWLG9799-1 >>>>> LG Blu-Ray Writer - SATA

SWMS98W7UM64 Mcirosoft MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit OEM

Total = $2221

Computer 2

Altech NRG Storm 2500K V2, Wired IT Solutions - Online Shop


Altech NRG Storm 2500K V2


Intel i5-2500K Core i5 Processor, 3.3GHz, LGA1155 **** Overclocked up to 4.6GHz Performance ****

Asus P8Z68-V PRO-GEN3 MB, Socket 1155, Intel Z68 Chipset, 4x DDR3, HDMI, DVI, D-SUB, SLI/CrossFire, SATA3, eSATA, GbLAN, FireWire, 8CH,USB3.0, ATX

Corsair Hydro H80 Liquid CPU Cooler

DUAL ATI HD-6870 OC 1GB GDDR5 in XFire Mode

GB Corsair 1600MHz DOMINATOR DDR3 memory

120GB Corsair Force SSD

2TB Hard Drive – SATA 3, 7200RPM

Corsair Obsidian 650D Black Mid Tower

Corsair 850 watt (HX-850) PSU (80-PLUS Silver Certified)

12x Blu-ray Burner Drive

Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

Total = $2470



So that's them. Any feedback from the pro's would be greatly appreciated.

[JosePerez]

Well between those 2 obviously the first one is more powerful... It has better processor (i7-2700k vs i5-2500k), and better vga (7970 vs CF 6870)... Although the second one have the edge with the hard-drives (Corsair Force > Patriot Wildfire) and any (well not any, but in most cases) 7200RPM > Barracuda Green (5900RPM)...

[Pitabred]

I'd definitely say the first one. The SSD speeds won't matter that much in gaming or anything other than disk benchmarking. It'd be nice if you could get a bigger PSU in it, that way you could surely do Crossfire 7970's if you ever get the upgrade itch, but that's the only nitpick I'd have.

That's just specs, though. I have no knowledge of either of those system builders as far as reputation goes.