Need comments regarding new PC

[iguanaonastick]

Hey fellas

Was trying to get myself a new PC, and stopped on these specs:
(2 specs are quotes from different retailers, a little bit different, 1st one being cheaper than second due to it including a 24" TFT monitor as well)

Please note: Focus is on Gaming. Chrysis-maxsettings gaming, WOW raiding at full graphics -gaming, Metro 2033 with max antialiasing - gaming, etc. This kind of stuff. Might also do some small rendering in photoshop and 3dmax, but not alot, its just a hobby.

Quote 1:

Intel® Core™ i7 960 Quad Core Processor (3.20GHz,8MB Cache) - LGA 1336
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed
Thermaltake Element 'V' Gaming Chassis
1200W Cougar Desktop Power Supply
Akasa Freedom Tower Heat pipe quiet cooling, CPU Overclocking, specialist cabling
Asus P6X58D-E-USB3 - Intel Core™ i7 & i7 Extreme Edition - LGA1366 Socket(ATX)
G.Skill 12GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory (6x 2GB KIt)
128GB MLC SSD SATA Solid State Drive + Installation Kit
2TB (2x 1000GB) Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
Blu-Ray Combo Optical Drive ***Special Offer *** (Blu-ray ROM, DVD/CD RW)
2x 2GB ATI Radeon HD5970 - CrossFireX Configuration
=====>>>Monitor=====>>>24" Widescreen TFT Monitor - Full HD 1920x1080 5ms D-Sub
Multi-Format Memory Card Reader -(52-in-1 Internal)
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Supports up to 8 USB 2.0 ports (4x mid-board, 4x back panel) + 2x USB 3.0 ports - P6X58D-E
2 x 1394a port(s) (1 at mid-board; 1 at back panel) - P6X58D-E
Gigabit LAN, featuring AI NET2 - ASUS P6X58D-E
ASUS PCE-N13 Internal 802.11N WiFi Adapter - 300Mbps

Total cost: £3246, not sure about delivery included.


Quote 2:

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Thermaltake Element V Gaming case[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Antec 1200W True Power Quattro SLI/Crossfire Ready Power Supply
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[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']INTEL CORE I7 960 (3.20GHZ, 8MB L2 CACHE)[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Noctua CPU Heatsink and Cooler
[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']ASUS P6X58D-E MOTHERBOARD with USB3 and SATA3[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Corsair or OCZ 12GB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHZ RAM with Heatsink[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']2 x ATI RADEON HD 5970 2GB BLACK EDITION (Overclocked) PCI-E GRAPHICS CARD (X-Fire Mode)[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']SAMSUNG BLU RAY 8X READER / DVD +/- REWRITER[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']OCZ 120GB VERTEX 2 SATA II ULTRA FAST SANDFORCE SSD DRIVE (Much faster than MLC)[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']2 x 1000GB S-ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive 32Mb Cache[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Multiformat INTERNAL CARD READER[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']7.1 Chanel HD Audio Integrated[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']2 USB Port on Front[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']6 USB Port on Back including 2 x USB3.0 Ports[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']10/100/1000 Gigabit Network integrated [/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']TP-Link 802.11N 300mbps PCI Wireless Network Card[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Firewire Port on Back[/font]
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']MICROSOFT 64BIT WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL with Original DVD[/font]

Cost is £3200 including delivery.






Which of these two would you recommend for me? Would you recommend any hardware changes? Any other comments?


Thanks







Edit: for some reason it fucked up the second quote. I have tried re-pasting it, removing the font thing, changing it, and even manually retyping it. It just keeps doing the stupid [font]crap. Meh.

[JPMiller]

I would opt for the second build because I like some of the part choices better...
That is right after my bypass surgery from the pricetag shock...
Are you a beta tester for the newest games, or a CAD designer?
I would get a bigger better monitor if it were me...

[iguanaonastick]

I do a lot of beta testing, yes, but mostly the need comes from being tired of constantly having to downrank game settings, so wanted this PC to be... well, F awesome.

If you were changing something, what would you change?
Also, what exactly in Q2 do you prefer to Q1? Is it worth the price increase? (because Q1 includes TFT monitor in price)

[JPMiller]

Q2 has better PSU, better versions of the video cards, better/more well known CPU cooler, and faster SSD drive...
If you got money to burn you may as well get a good 30" - 32" LCD to actually USE those 2 dual GPU cards.
You also may want to look into issues that you will run into using 2 dual GPU cards together...
I may be wrong, But I seem to remember there being comments to the fact that it would be useless in certain games and cause issues in others