EVGA nForce 790i VS Gateway Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz

[Roman101]

Hey guys, I am new to this forum and I'm looking to get a good PC for gaming and work.

Right Now, Before yesterday I was going to buy this PC from Future Shop.ca http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10124869&logon=&langid=EN

But, Last night Tiger Direct send me an e-mail, showing a great deal on this PC http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4936535&sku=B69-1103&SRCCODE=CANEM1487&cm_mmc=EML-_-CanadaMain-_-CANEM1487-_-email

The one from future shop is double the price the one from tiger direct. I am looking to play some new games on my PC(Crysis, Fallout 3, BF2) and I'm wondering will Gateway's performance be significantly better then Enga's.

Especially for the price, I really do not think I need 12 GB of ram now.
I know Gateways processor is much better, but I think that Q6700 2.66GHz should run most of the games for the next 4-5 years( the time I'm planning on buying new PC.

PS. I am going to switch to a better video card in about a year, so video card should not be a problem.

I really don't want to spend an extra $800, but if Getaway is much, much, much better then I guess I will.
I really need you suggestions on what should I do, and some of you can give the pros and cons of each PC it would be very helpful.

Thx in advance and sorry for so much reading.

[jlreich]

If you are planing on keeping the system for 4-5 years then get the i7 system. S775 is just not going to be able to keep up that long. It's already a generation behind. ;)

If you can accept doing a core upgrade within a couple years you could save the $800 and take $200 of it and upgrade the CPU to a Q9550. But then again a good part of the cash saved is from the difference of video cards between the two systems. So not really saving much in the long run.

Realistically the max longevity for a gaming system is two years. So if you plan on 4-5 years then fork out the cash for something that is not only better now but will be much more able to cope with future upgrades as necessary for the long haul. ;)