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Which PC is better for gaming purposes?

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auris331

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Hello, I'm going to buy one of these PCs, but I'm not sure which would be a better one for gaming, so I want to ask for your help on deciding.
These are my two options:

Option 1:
CPU : AMD FX6 6300 3.5Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3
HDD : 1TB SATA3 7200rpm 64Mb
SSD : 60GB SSD SATA3
RAM : 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz with cooling
GPU : Radeon HD 7850 DDR5 2048Mb (256bit)
PSU : OCZ 700W 80+

Or

Option 2:
CPU : Intel® Core™™ i5-3470 Processor (6 MB Cache, 3.20 GHz) (Ivy Bridge)
Motherboard : H61 S1155, B3 Stepping
HDD : 500 GB
SSD : None
RAM : 8 GB DDR3 - 1333 MHz
GPU : GeForce GTX660 2 GB GDDR5
PSU : 550W
 
The GPU and the CPU would be faster in your second rig (Intel/660). But I would suggest you instead look towards a video card that has come out within the past year.

Also, if you want more response to your query, you can ask a mod to move your thread to General Hardware. Those guys love questions like this.
 
I'm not building PCs from parts, I'm going to buy a prebuilt one, and I'm asking on your opinion on which is a better one, their price is pretty much the same, I was thinking the second option myself, but I wanted to ask for professional opinion, and it would be nice if a moderator could move this thread to General Hardware(I would PM a mod, but it says that I can't until I reach 25 post count >.>)
 
auris331 said:
I'm not building PCs from parts, I'm going to buy a prebuilt one, and I'm asking on your opinion on which is a better one, their price is pretty much the same, I was thinking the second option myself, but I wanted to ask for professional opinion, and it would be nice if a moderator could move this thread to General Hardware(I would PM a mod, but it says that I can't until I reach 25 post count >.>)
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It wasn't clear enough for me in the first post that you were buying one prebuilt. But I still say number 2 is a good bit better. Better still would be if you can find one with a newer card.

Better better still would be to build your own IMO, and ask questions in the forum as they arise. When you gett into something with higher end parts like this (pretty good graphics card, etc) the prices generally start jacking up a good bit.

Have you tried pricing the parts on Newegg to see how much over cost their price is?
 
I know that it would be better to build my own PC, but my budget doesn't really allow me to do that, and then I found these two options which don't cost that much, 2nd option costs 2206 LTL and the first one 2199 LTL. and that's what my budget is 1900-2300 LTL
 
auris331 said:
I know that it would be better to build my own PC, but my budget doesn't really allow me to do that, and then I found these two options which don't cost that much, 2nd option costs 2206 LTL and the first one 2199 LTL. and that's what my budget is 1900-2300 LTL
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I think you would be really happy with either, depending on what you are upgrading from.

The SSD is nice for overall speed, but won't do as well in gaming, and is something you can add to the second when the budget allows.
 
If you really want to know what I'm upgrading from it's Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz CPU, Intel G33 GPU, 2.5GB Ram, and I don't remember what's the motherboard called
 
ketchup79 said:
Enjoy your new Cadillac, either way, lol.
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Yeah exactly. Either one will be a shocking upgrade. That said, I like the intel PC but i'm not sure about the gtx 660. If it was the 660ti that would be good, but he didn't mention if it was the ti version or not.
 
moonbogg said:
Yeah exactly. Either one will be a shocking upgrade. That said, I like the intel PC but i'm not sure about the gtx 660. If it was the 660ti that would be good, but he didn't mention if it was the ti version or not.
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Non-ti is fine. Still faster than the other card (and maybe even the one that replaces it) and excellent drivers. I should know, I have one.
 
Not sure if OP has bought yet, but is this for the US? Best deals imho on prebuilts are to buy a Dell Outlet XPS 8700 and then drop a 760 in it.

XPS 8700 i5-4430 CPU
1TB HDD
8GB DDR3-1600
Wireless A/B/G/N
Windows 7 or Windows 8 64-Bit

$589

Add your GPU, the 460W PSU in those is incredibly stout for the rating.
 
Arkaign said:
Not sure if OP has bought yet, but is this for the US? Best deals imho on prebuilts are to buy a Dell Outlet XPS 8700 and then drop a 760 in it.

XPS 8700 i5-4430 CPU
1TB HDD
8GB DDR3-1600
Wireless A/B/G/N
Windows 7 or Windows 8 64-Bit

$589

Add your GPU, the 460W PSU in those is incredibly stout for the rating.
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Unless you know of some place in the US that takes Lithuanian Litas, I am going to guess he is not. That's a good buy though.
 
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