New Gaming PC advice

[intel11]

Hi looking for a custom built Gaming rig for around £1000(No monitor). Came up these these two... any advice on which is best or anything that needs changing or can you find better!

System 1
APEVIA X-Cruiser Mid-Tower Metal Case w/ Side Window
(Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ i7 920 @ 2.66GHz 8 MB cache LGA1366
625 Watts Power Supplies (Enermax Pro 82+ 625Watt Power Supply (84 - 88% Efficiency))
THERMALTAKE V1 CPU COOLER
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R X58 2 Way Crossfire/SLI DDR3
6GB (3x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Triple Channel Memory (G.SKILL NQ Series w/Heat Spreader
ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI-E x16 1GB DDR5 Video Card
Single Hard Drive (1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive)
LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER


System 2
Antec 900 Case
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 Overclocked to 3.40GHz!
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel Kit
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 5 heatsink compound
ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI-E x16 1GB DDR5 Video Card

Both just under £1000. Will be used for gaming and watching films.

Any advice on either one

[tjdehya]

Both systems look like solid builds. Just do your research, check reviews and shop around for good prices and you will have yourself a good system. My only word of caution is Stay Away From SEAGATE. Do some research on here on this forum and around the web and you will see why.

[Poci]

Both systems look like solid builds. Just do your research, check reviews and shop around for good prices and you will have yourself a good system. My only word of caution is Stay Away From SEAGATE. Do some research on here on this forum and around the web and you will see why.

Whats wrong with Seagate?

They used to be one of the best hdd manufacturers.
I dunno last time I got one of their hdds was 6 years ago almost, in fact its the barracuda im still using in my computer,heck its the oldest part out of everything in my rig and it still works fine,little short on cache and access time but Its fine for my backup needs.

[Mangix]

build number two looks better. but maybe it's cause of my pro-corsair bias...

[tjdehya]

Whats wrong with Seagate?

They used to be one of the best hdd manufacturers.
I dunno last time I got one of their hdds was 6 years ago almost, in fact its the barracuda im still using in my computer,heck its the oldest part out of everything in my rig and it still works fine,little short on cache and access time but Its fine for my backup needs.

You said it right, "they USED TO BE one of the best. They have been making dead drives for over a year now. When I say dead Drives I dont meam every drive but a large percentage, so you are more or less rolling the dice when you spend money on a Seagate drive.

PCPer:
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.p...hlight=seagate
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.p...hlight=seagate
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.p...hlight=seagate
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.p...hlight=seagate

Aound the web:
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/artic...es/index.shtml
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sea...king,6885.html
http://digg.com/hardware/Seagate_720..._owners_BEWARE

Like I said do some research and you will get your answer. = Stay Away From SEAGATE.