Between these: MAINBOARD - ASUS A8n-SLI Deluxe PROCESSOR - AMD 939 X2 4200+ RAM - 2 Gbs DDR GFX - 2x 6600 SLI 256 Mb PCI-Express HD - 200 Gb SATA II 300 - 7200 rpm HD - 120 Gb DUAL LAYER DVD BURNER 2x Ethernet 1Gbps ----------------------------------------------- MAINBOARD - K8 ASUS A8N-E SK939 PCX DDR PROCESSOR - CPU AMD ATHLON 64 3800+ SK939 D-CORE RAM 2 GB DDR 400 GFX - SVGA 256MB XFX 7800GT PCX SLI HD - 160 Gb Ethenet 100 Mbps + Units
I honestly couldn't tell you, it's like comparing apples and oranges. assuming the motherboards are the same though, i would probably go for the 2nd one with the 7800 GT, because you can up it to two 7800GTS and unlock pipelines in the future for increased performance, both will game very well though. Also, you can OC the 3800 to 4200 levels with little effort for the price though, I would get something a bit diferent... 3800+ 7800GT SLi compatable motherboard 2gigs ram two 80gig HDDs in RAID0 use the onboard 100mb/s ethernet networking[faster than most cables can handle anyway]
get a pc like zelink said, however you cannot unlock pipelines in a 7800GT, they are blocked on the chips bios and laser cut. 3800+ 7800GT DFI Lanparty Ultra-D (http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11400&page=1&pp=15) 32gb Western Digital Raptor 120gb Western Digital SATA Benq DW-1640 (only Monarch has in stock) From the looks of things you were looking to by a shop/factory built pc, save money and upgradeabilty and build yourself.
