PC building dilemna!

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freakycody

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Ok I was going to build a PC
See this thread.

With the latest intel drops was going to upgrade to q9550.
So said stats for my build were (links in thread):
q9550 + xigmatek HDT-S1283
4gigs ddr2-800 g.skill
sapphire 4850 512mb
gigabit p45-ds3l
corsair 650 watt psu
320gb hdd
64bit vista home premium
+other necessary parts.

I was quite happy with the way it turned out and after all said and done, it was looking to be around a tad over 900 bucks

Then comes best buy's ad on sunday.
There is a Dell Studio XPS desktop. 1099 total. Comes with 20in s2009w monitor and some canon printer (will sell both the monitor and printer, so prolly in the end will cost about the same).
the Dell Stats are:
i7 920
4gigs ram (dual channel--- though supposedly mobo supports tri-channel)
4850 512mb vid card
640gb 7200rpm sata hdd (was just grabbing a 320gb hdd for my build)
360watt psu
vista home premium 64bit

They both have the same video card, both have dvd burner, 4gigs ram (ddr2 vs ddr3).
Is the dell worth picking up over my build? It is rocking the next gen cpu, but OCing (was not gonna deal with it, but when my old pc got older i did OC it) is out of the question. Dell has limited upgradeability (need new psu if ever to get better graphics.
What would you guys do?
 
lt_shiro said:
I would buy the Dell, changing the powersupply isn't a issue.
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I am not worried about that if i choose to upgrade (have done that before:D)

Mainly I was getting at is this a good enough deal for me to take? I like the cool running and speedy system I was about to build. Plus you cant beat the satisfaction of building a pc. The only thing that made me look at the dell was the i7 because I cannot build an i7 for that price as consumers can only purchase the expensive x58 boards (though who knows about this dell board).

Speed wise it looked like the q9550 is comparable to the i7 920 due to the higher clock speeds but q9550 is the previous generation of intels.. so yeah. haha so i got all these tings running through my head making me go back and forth lol
 
I don't think you can overclock on that Dell but 920 it is sinful fast already. Free printer and monitor is what makes me say it good buy.
 
If you can sell the monitor and printer, yes, go for the Dell (if you don't plan on OC'ing).
 
Ok, I did not figure in taxes which will tack on another 100 bucks so that really makes the i7 cost more. for that same amount of money 1200 i could build an i7 pc. But then I am getting far from the amount I was originally spending (newegg does not charge me taxes). So in the end looks like I am going back to the pc I was planning on building. Thanks for the input though.
 
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