PLEASE help me choose between these diamonds.

[amanda1266]

Hello, I've been searching for the perfect diamond and I have my list narrowed down. I'm buying my setting from Blue Nile, so these are all from there. I'm having trouble making the final decision and I was hoping you could help me. I can't decide whether to pay more for a SI1 over a SI2, or to pay more for more size.. UGH! So confusing... Here are the ones I have it narrowed to: There are two .9 and three over 1 carat.

#1- .91 F/SI2, 61.6 depth, 56 table
6.25 x 6.22, HCA is 1.3
Priced at $3962
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamo...ty_LD02851893?keyword_search_value=LD02851893

#2- .90 F/SI1, 60.2 depth, 58 table
6.30 x 6.25, HCA is 1.1
Priced at $4308
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamo...ty_LD02990427?keyword_search_value=LD02990427

#3- 1.02 E/SI2, 62.2 depth, 55 table
6.45 x 6.43, HCA is .9
Priced at $4791
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamo...ty_LD02843145?keyword_search_value=LD02843145

#4- 1.06 G/SI2, 61.1 depth, 58 table
6.59 x 6.57, HCA is 1.7
Priced at $4741
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamo...ty_LD02959649?keyword_search_value=LD02959649

#5- 1.01 G/SI2, 60.5 depth, 58 table
6.51 x 6.48, HCA is 1.0
Priced at $4955
http://www.bluenile.com/round-diamo...ty_LD02967756?keyword_search_value=LD02967756

My first instinct is that #1 is a good deal. But then I look at #2 and I wonder if I should pay more since it's an SI1 and slightly bigger.. Then I think if I'm going to pay that much for #2, then I should pay a little more for #3 and get a much bigger diamond..........

LOL and this is what I've been doing for this entire week.....

Please advise! Thanks!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Well, I'd never consider an SI2 from Blue Nile because they don't provide you with the magnified images of the stone. So unless you are going to have the stone sent to you first to look at before setting it, I would go with an SI1 as long as they can assure you that it is eyeclean.

 

[amanda1266]

Thank you! They did verify the SI1 is eye clean. So does that diamond look good to you? To a novice like myself it looks great.. it even scored a 4xExcellent on the HCA scale.