Dell or Compaq ?????

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I have JUST bought a comaq (spec below) from PC world but just seen Dell offer, should i keep the compaq on order or return it.


Compaq
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+
512 Mb DDR RAM
160 Gb Hard Drive
17" Samsung TFT Monitor
128Mb Intel Extreme Integrated graphics
7 x USB 2.0
2 Firewire Connections
Multi Format Dual Layer DVD ReWriter
AGP slot free
Price £580


Dell
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 3.00GHz
1024mb RAM
Harddrive 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
Monitor 17" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (17.0" v.i.s)
Graphic Card 128MB PCI-Express ATI Radeon X300SE
Optical Drive 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
Sound Card Integrated Audio

Price £570

I am not a heavy gamer but do play half life 2 and call of duty ,so i know i will have to probabley get a graphics card for the compaq. Just wondering whats the better buy, any advice welcome.

Cheers
G

 

[Alf]

I would take the Dell. looks like a gaming machine (but the X300 doesnt look to cool), but if your not into that the first one looks good

 

[ChristopherP]

i'd take the dell but the AMD 64 processor looks good

 

[Ian]

I like the look of the Dell, although the CPU in the other one looks better - but the Dells Ram and Graphics card are much better.

 

[KGB-911]

that offer from dell is not as good as it sounds...

It will cost more than that by the time you have configured it, it just says "from £???.??" meaning for the most basic spec///

well, that is what i have always found anyway