Hi Guys,
Im planning on buying a new system on Friday and I cant decide whether to get a Apple or not and would very much appreciate peoples advice and comments to help me reach my decision I have listed the full specification of each system below.
I know Apple’s certainly look nice and the guy in the local store told me they run much faster and smoother than other systems ? (im not sure on this)
The system will be used for the below tasks and nothing more – its probably worth noting that any games will only be RTS and MMORPG’s as I have a xbox which I prefer to play titles such as call of duty and first person shooter / action games.
The system will be used for the following:
Gaming (WoW Cata / Dawn of War 2 Series / Starcraft 2) I want to play these games on the maximum graphics setting on a 24” monitor (minimum) – I may also try the new Star Wars MMORPG when its released
Watching movies using a form of connection on my 50” plasma TV
Downloading Movies & Music (I do a lot of this)
Burning DVD’s & CD’s (a lot)
Web Browsing
iTunes
Microsoft Office Pro 2010
Social Networking
Here are the specs for each system:
Pre Build System:
Case:
Cooler Master Elite 430 Case or Xigmatek Asgard
Processor:
Intel Core i5 2500K Processor Overclocked to up to 4.5GHz
CPU Cooler:
Corsair A70 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
Additional Cooling:
2 x Blue LED Case Fans
Thermal Paste:
Generic thermal paste
Motherboard:
Asus P8Z68-V LE Motherboard
Memory:
8GB Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks)
Graphics Card:
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Graphics Card (ASUS Direct CU II or Palit Factory Overclocked)
1st Hard Drive:
40GB Corsair Force Solid State Drive
2nd Hard Drive:
1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk
SSD Caching Configuration - Choose one Hard drive and one SSD
1st Optical Drive:
Samsung Blu-Ray ROM / DVD-RW Combi Drive
2nd Optical Drive:
Sony 24x DVD-RW Drive
Power Supply:
Corsair TX 750W PSU
Sound Card:
Onboard High Definition Audio
Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Primary Monitor:
24" Asus VS247H Widescreen LED Monitor
Keyboard and Mouse:
Generic Wired Keyboard and Mouse
Apple System:
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 processor
- 3.4 GHz
- 8 MB Smart Cache
- Quad Core
Operating System Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
RAM - 4 GB installed DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz)
- 16 GB maximum RAM capacity
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
Screen type Widescreen LCD
Screen resolution - 2560 x 1440 pixels
Screen size 27"
Screen features - IPS technology
- LED-backlit glossy
- 16:9 aspect ratio
Hard drive 1 TB SATA 7200 rpm
Optical disk drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Memory card reader SDXC card slot
USB 4 x USB 2.0 ports
FireWire 1 x FireWire 800 port
Modem/Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
WiFi Built-in 802.11n wireless networking
IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
Bluetooth Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
Video interface Two Thunderbolt ports, each of which can act as a Mini DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort output supports DVI, dual-link DVI, and VGA video (requires adapters, sold separately)
Audio interface Optical digital audio output
Headphone out
Optical digital audio input
Audio line in
TV output No
Expansion card slot No
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Two internal 17-watt high-efficiency amplifiers
Built-in microphone
Webcam Built-in FaceTime HD camera
Keyboard & Mouse Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse
Accessories included Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Magic Mouse, power lead, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation
Software included Includes iTunes, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools and more.
Includes iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand and iWeb)
Size 650 x 517 x 207 mm (W x H x D)
Weight 13.8 kg
Please could you give me your views comments and opinions to help me to decide?
Thank You
Im planning on buying a new system on Friday and I cant decide whether to get a Apple or not and would very much appreciate peoples advice and comments to help me reach my decision I have listed the full specification of each system below.
I know Apple’s certainly look nice and the guy in the local store told me they run much faster and smoother than other systems ? (im not sure on this)
The system will be used for the below tasks and nothing more – its probably worth noting that any games will only be RTS and MMORPG’s as I have a xbox which I prefer to play titles such as call of duty and first person shooter / action games.
The system will be used for the following:
Gaming (WoW Cata / Dawn of War 2 Series / Starcraft 2) I want to play these games on the maximum graphics setting on a 24” monitor (minimum) – I may also try the new Star Wars MMORPG when its released
Watching movies using a form of connection on my 50” plasma TV
Downloading Movies & Music (I do a lot of this)
Burning DVD’s & CD’s (a lot)
Web Browsing
iTunes
Microsoft Office Pro 2010
Social Networking
Here are the specs for each system:
Pre Build System:
Case:
Cooler Master Elite 430 Case or Xigmatek Asgard
Processor:
Intel Core i5 2500K Processor Overclocked to up to 4.5GHz
CPU Cooler:
Corsair A70 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
Additional Cooling:
2 x Blue LED Case Fans
Thermal Paste:
Generic thermal paste
Motherboard:
Asus P8Z68-V LE Motherboard
Memory:
8GB Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks)
Graphics Card:
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Graphics Card (ASUS Direct CU II or Palit Factory Overclocked)
1st Hard Drive:
40GB Corsair Force Solid State Drive
2nd Hard Drive:
1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk
SSD Caching Configuration - Choose one Hard drive and one SSD
1st Optical Drive:
Samsung Blu-Ray ROM / DVD-RW Combi Drive
2nd Optical Drive:
Sony 24x DVD-RW Drive
Power Supply:
Corsair TX 750W PSU
Sound Card:
Onboard High Definition Audio
Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Primary Monitor:
24" Asus VS247H Widescreen LED Monitor
Keyboard and Mouse:
Generic Wired Keyboard and Mouse
Apple System:
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 processor
- 3.4 GHz
- 8 MB Smart Cache
- Quad Core
Operating System Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
RAM - 4 GB installed DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz)
- 16 GB maximum RAM capacity
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
Screen type Widescreen LCD
Screen resolution - 2560 x 1440 pixels
Screen size 27"
Screen features - IPS technology
- LED-backlit glossy
- 16:9 aspect ratio
Hard drive 1 TB SATA 7200 rpm
Optical disk drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Memory card reader SDXC card slot
USB 4 x USB 2.0 ports
FireWire 1 x FireWire 800 port
Modem/Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
WiFi Built-in 802.11n wireless networking
IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
Bluetooth Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
Video interface Two Thunderbolt ports, each of which can act as a Mini DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort output supports DVI, dual-link DVI, and VGA video (requires adapters, sold separately)
Audio interface Optical digital audio output
Headphone out
Optical digital audio input
Audio line in
TV output No
Expansion card slot No
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Two internal 17-watt high-efficiency amplifiers
Built-in microphone
Webcam Built-in FaceTime HD camera
Keyboard & Mouse Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse
Accessories included Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Magic Mouse, power lead, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation
Software included Includes iTunes, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools and more.
Includes iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand and iWeb)
Size 650 x 517 x 207 mm (W x H x D)
Weight 13.8 kg
Please could you give me your views comments and opinions to help me to decide?
Thank You