need help choosing between two Gaming Desktops?

Question

i've looked and customized 2 pc's. But, i can't decide which one's the one giving the best gaming experience, most speed and stamina. :)

1st rig ( my Fav)
Chassis : V3 AVENGER Chassis by Antec
Chassis Cooling : V3 Ultra Cyclonic Positive Pressure Airflow System
Exterior Finish : Midnight Black with Acrylic Side Window
Power Supply : 1000W Corsair SLI/CrossFire Ready 80 Plus Modular Power Supply (+80)
Graphics Card 1 : NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 480 1536MB OC@725MHz w/PhysX
Graphics Card 2 : NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 480 1536MB OC@725MHz w/PhysX
Graphics Card 3 : NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 480 1536MB OC@725MHz w/PhysX (+450)
Dedicated PhysX : YES, Using Graphics Card 3
Motherboard : MSI™ X58A GD65 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Ready w/Blu-ray Audio USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s (+40)
Processor : INTEL® Core™ i7-930 2.8GHz Quad-Core, 8MB Cache w/HT
Processor Cooling : V3 GAMING LC240ZS By Asetek Zero Service Liquid Cooling (+50)
V3 LC™ Overclocking : NO, INTEL® Automatic Turbo Boost Technology Only
Memory : 6GB Kingston HyperX Triple-Channel DDR3 - 1600MHz CL8
Operating System Hard Drive 1 : 1TB SATA 7200RPM High-Performance
Operating System Hard Drive 2 : 1TB SATA 7200RPM High-Performance
Operating System Hard Drive RAID : RAID 0 - Striped for Faster Speed (Total Size = 2X Drive Size)

price: $3,369.00
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2nd rig (also good)

Processor : Intel® Core i5 750, Quad-Core + Hyper-Threading (8 Virtual Cores), 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, (Does not Support Integrated graphics)
Operating System : Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 32-bit (with Media)
File System : NTFS
Memory : 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
Hard Drive : Western Digital VelociRaptor, 150GB SATA, 10,000RPM, 16MB Buffer
Removable Storage : No Removable Drive Selected
Optical Drive 1 : 10X Blu-Ray Reader, 16x DVDRW and 40x CDRW w/Cyberlink BD Solution Software
Optical Drive 2 : 22X DVD+/-RW and 48X CD-R/32X CD-RW w/Lightscribe, w/ Ahead Nero and PowerDVD 7.0, S-ATA
Additional Storage : No Additional Storage Selected
Additional Storage 2 : No Additional Storage Selected
Graphics Card : Dual Nvidia Geforce GTX 480 Cards In SLI, 1.5GB GDDR5, PCIe 2.0 x 16, 3D Vision Ready, (Requires 1000W PS or Better)(3D Vision Requires Monitor and Glasses)
Network Card : Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN
Additional Network Interface : Asus 802.11 b/g Wireless Card w/external antenna (PCI)
Sound Card : Integrated Multi-Channel High Definition Audio
Multimedia Devices : Integrated IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter
Motherboard : Intel® P55 Express Chipset, Socket 1156, ATX Motherboard, PC3 2200 DDR3 XMP Ready, 3x PCI Express x16, 2x PCI Express x1, 2x PCI, SLI and Crossfire Ready
Case : CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Mid-Tower, Black, No Power Supply

price: $2,521.25

Answer 1

both can run 3d (pretty much all nvidea cards above the 9000 series can)



assuming you have the money the first one easily destroys the second.



that said if you choose the second it will max out any game on 1080p with 3d active currently so it just depends on how bigger punch you want to give you bank balance

Answer 2

NO



DO NOT GET, I can tell, that is a CyberPowerPC/iBuypower setup, isn't it. Sure, they will send you a computer, but they do no quality control and try to buy the cheapest parts they can, meaning if it's dead, it's dead, and their support is horrible so you will likely not be able to replace it.





Actually build your computer from parts, don't use those shitty manufacturers like Cyberpower, and do some research on components.

Parts: http://www.newegg.com/

PSU Tiered List: http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

PSU Calc: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp (Note: I doubt a 1000 watt PSU can run 3 GTX480's at once, a single one can take 300+ watts)

Video Card Hierarchy: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-radeon-hd-5570-gaming,2697-7.html

CPU Hierarchy: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu-core-i5-athlon-ii,2675.html



Stay away from Jetway and Powercolor, don't be fooled by marketing.





Also, fun fact, Crossfire scales better than SLI on X58, meaning 3 HD5870's beat 3 GTX480's for $300 less and using much less power, kinda weird how that works out, isn't it.





If you want to check the build you make with me, email [e-mail]

Answer 3

Go for the first rig. You got a beast of an i7 there for some serious gaming. Teamed up with 3 Nvidia GPU's you're going to be able to run games really well.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

obviously number 1 will get you better performance. its 800$ more expensive. has more Ram. better CPU, 1 more video card