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1rst: Cpu is not great

2nd: Cpu is decent, motherboard is terrible (I advise P67 (for Overclocking and since there is a graphics card in these systems), Z68 (both))

Both (for gaming): Graphics card can be WAY better, I do not advise either cpu, for gaming I recommend: AMD Phenom X4 Phenom 965 or Intel i5-2500k, 4-8Gb 1600MHz RAM, Radeon 6870 (or 6950/6970) 1 (2) Gb, Gtx 560/570/580 1 (2) Gb.

Notes: Intel cpu outperforms AMD cpu easily, Get the 2Gb. gpu ONLY if you plan to Crossfire.

Other: Either Computer will work great if you do not plan to game on them, However, I advise getting 1Gb. gpu's (more video ram does not make it a better gpu)

Intel Core i3 540 w/

ECS H55 Motherboard

4GB Memory DDRAM3 Kingston 1333Mhz

1 Tera Hard Disk Hitachi 7200 rpm SATA

ATX Black ATX Casing with Keyboard, Scroll Mouse, Speaker, 500W AVR

2GB Nvidia GT520 VGA Card

Acer Emachines 18.5 LCD Monitor

LG/Samsung 22x DVD ReWriter SATA

Since all is equal except the CPU, the i3 system is superior.

Check these benchmarks for both CPU's. Scroll till you hit the highlighted CPU.

i3 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Int...

Athlon X2 260 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD...

I pick Core i3 coz the socket technology one step ahead than amd athlon

Go for i3 but the latest i3 2100 sandy bridge 3.1ghz it will cost you $125 and go for a h61 mobo as its the socket 1155 and will help you to upgrade in future

your obviously on a very small budget, i would recomend building your own pc and chossing a amd phenom ii 955 black edition, which will blow away a i3. but if they are your only choices then the i3 will win every time. would definatley recommend a different graphics card e.g. gts 450 or 5770/6770.

The only difference is the processor and the Athlon's aren't very good. The i3 is very much ahead in this race.

Purely on the basis that Intel CPU's are now faster and more efficient than those of AMD, (or so I'm led to believe) I'd go for the first one as everything else is the same.

Amd x2 is basically a pentium 4 . Get the core i3 .

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