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What do you think would be the better setup for gaming, browsing and a bit of encoding here and there.
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Both are mint.
Would choose the first one
The only thing I like about the i5 build is the 5970. But after reading some stuff about 1366 sockets and the hex core's I was thinking why not just get the i7 build and in the future just buy another 5870 and a hex core when there cheap.
Also, the PSU is possibly slightly overkill, and i think this would more than suffice...
a bit of encoding here and there.
Imo, take the 1st rig, and drop the 5870 down to a 5850...
Overclock your 5850 if needs be up to the 5870 speeds, and get an SSD boot drive.
Also, the PSU is possibly slightly overkill, and i think this would more than suffice...
If you really want SATA3, then you could drop to say this MB, and with an SSD boot drive, you wouldnt need to spend the extra to get a SATA3 storage drive, so you could add another 1TB to your system?
Thats just my thoughts anyhow.