Hi, I am looking for a gaming desktop and I came across these two: Dell XPS 730x: PROCESSOR Intel® Core i7-920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English) Service Pack1 64-bit MEMORY 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ (3x2GB DIMM) HARD DRIVE 1TB - SATA-II, 3GB/S, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache GRAPHICS CARD SLi, Dual nVidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD-ROM PHYSICS ACCELERATOR Killer K1 Gaming Network Interface Card FLOPPY DRIVE & MEDIA READER Dell 19-in-1 Media Card Reader with Bluetooth 2.0 SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio wireless b/g/n total:$2789 Psystar open7: operating system windows vista home premium 64 bit Processor 2.93GHz Core i7 940 memory 6GB DDR3 1333 hard drive 1TB 7,200RPM SATA optical drive 6x Bluray Burner/16x DVD±RW DL Graphics Card Dual GeForce 9800GT 512MB 3 Port Firewire 400 (Onboard) wireless b/g/n bluetooth 2.0 total:$2900.77 Does anybody know Psystar or if you have owned one, please explain your experience.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11333323&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56671|74658&N=4018595&Mo=12&pos=10&No=1&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74658&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10600-Cat56671&topnav= Basically same specs as first comp you could easily add the extra graphics card and save a bundle. It also comes with a 2 year warranty, and costco's return policy. I have read up on the physics acceleratorand have been told that since most games are not made for them they do not really do anything. Also get the 2.66 ghz, because from what i am told the architecture is the same on all the i7's so you can easily over clock it to almost 4 ghz with air cooling.
Ever think about building your own? I've heard from many people its a lot cheaper to build your own. If your computer savvy at all, it may be a bit cheaper. As for the two prebuilt ones, I'd probably go for the Dell if you can't SLI the second one. The second one (Pystar) looks a lot better in terms of processing speed, but x2 512MB is just like a dual core. x2 512MB in SLI is like a 1GB Video Card. Ask around and see if you can run the Pystar in SLI. If you can, then go for the Pystar. BTW, don't worry about buying from an unknown company - its a PC, you can get it fixed practically anywhere - by anyone.
