Which would you recommend?

**Panderai**

Well guys I have two quotes. One from PC World and the other from Creative Computing.

I'd like to know what you think.

PC World:

HP Pavilion A6332 + 20" Widescreen TFT Monitor

£629.99

AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core Processor
(2.2 GHz, 3600MhZ FSB, 2MB Cache)
3GB memory
320GB Hard Drive
DVD Writer with LightScribe Technology
ATI Saphire (Can buy for £179.99 and they'll put it in)
15-In-1 Card Reader
6 USB Connections
20" AOC Widescreen TFT

Note; They install Vista, but said someone can just downgrade (or upgrade SMILEY

) to XP for me.

So £809.98 for that.

This is the Creative Computing Quote.

Black Estar BENZ 8870 Midi Tower case
1355111 BX80750E8200 Intel core 2 duo E800 2.66 GHz
1333Mhz LGA775 6MB Retail
Assus mother board P5K LGA775 Intel ICH9R
GEIL 2GB DDR2 800 CL4.0 DUAL CHANNEL MOA retail
Seagate SATA 250Gb.10 ST3250820AS
Saphire XI950 XTX 256mb Graphics card PCIe
Liteon x20 retail kit DVD Writer
Samsung 19" TFT 932BF
Trust Gaming mouse and headset bundle Gamer Pack Advanced GM-6400
Multimedia KB-1150
Microsoft Windows XP Home
McAfee Virus Scan 2008 - OEM
Creative Arena Computer System..

Hopefully I didn't type that out for nothing..

So..views?

**Panderai**

Also, I can get the 2GB upgraded to 3GB easily but how much would it cost?

**letsrock**

I seem to run games fine with my Compaq computer and I had it over a year so far with no problems. it has a AMD Athlon 64 processor, PC3500, 2Ghz cpu, 2 gig RAM,windows XP, nvidia 7600 GS graphic card with 512 RAM(PCI-express) and 8MB internet connection. I run everything in highest detail I don't lag with MXO or Half-life2 but when I play Bioshock I got to turn my details down to low lol other then that i'm running good with my setup and it didn't cost that much, you might find a good deal on Ebay. if I would ever get a new computer I would get a duel-core. happy hunting!

Vtech01

If you really cant/dont want to build your own and want a decent gaming machine check out

http://www.dell.com/xps
http://www.gateway.com/systems/seri...s/529598059.php
or if you want something more expansive go for Alienware
http://www.alienware.com/product_pa...ll_default.aspx

Those are all good brands but I honestly recommend building your own. There are so many reasons to do so.

**Panderai**

I would build the computer myself, but truthfully I don't have the time to do so (sigh) and these two quotes (top of the page) are the final two products that I'm going to choose from. So I'd like to know what you guys think..

**Denary**

Vtech01 wrote:

If you really cant/dont want to build your own and want a decent gaming machine check out

http://www.dell.com/xps
http://www.gateway.com/systems/seri...s/529598059.php
or if you want something more expansive go for Alienware
http://www.alienware.com/product_pa...ll_default.aspx

Those are all good brands but I honestly recommend building your own. There are so many reasons to do so.

Dell is not a good brand and thats coming from experience, if you want a computer that works for more than a year then don't buy from Dell. Same with Alienware which is just a subsidiary of Dell.

Also out of the choices that you presented I'd go for the second. Even though I'm not an AMD fan a lot of users are satisfied with it and it looks to be the most powerful computer out of the bunch.

Also I'm not sure about if you would need 3GB but if you did want to upgrade then the prices range from as little as about £10 to about £60-70 It's preferance of where you want to buy it really but make sure you get the correct type of RAM memory (usually DDR2 nowadays)

**Panderai**

Thanks Denary, but the AMD is the first choice, not the second, so what one do you mean? SMILEY

**Denary**

Sorry meant the first one then SMILEY

and do make sure you get XP installed on it!

**Panderai**

Thanks. My other mate said Vista is stubborn to remove.. SMILEY

But thanks.