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Which rig is better?
Well, I am selling my current rig (a dude at school offered me $500 for it and i said deal, since i only payed around $350 for the case and all the parts) i have decided to upgrade my computer and i am having trouble deciding between two computers that come relatively cheap from Tigerdirect.com here are the links:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4559646&CatId=114
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4497959&CatId=114
thanks in advanced.
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Have you considered building your own rig?
X3 720 BE = $135
Asus M4A78T-E Socket AM3/ AMD 790GX/ Hybrid CrossFireX/ HDMI/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard = $142
CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB ( 2 X 2GB ) PC3-10666 1333MHz 240-pin DDR3 = $70
10-Bay ATX Computer Case with 550W PSU & 9.84-Inch Blue LED Fan = $38
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - Hard drive - 250 GB - internal - 3.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB = $40
LG GH22NS30 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD?RW (?R DL) / DVD-RAM - 22x/22x/12x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25" - black = $22
Sapphire 100277L Radeon HD 4770 512MB DDR5 Dual DVI / TVO PCI-Express Graphics Card = $99 (optional)
Without GPU $447, with GPU $546.
The motherboard has an IGP (ati 3300) so you can save for a new GPU, but if you build it yourself it will cost less and you get a much better rig. All my prices I got from Amazon.com, do you have an OS right now and a keyboard and mouse? If not it may cost another $100 so then forego the GPU and you can buy them instead and save for it later.
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