Comparing two specs.

[spyglys]

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER EIGHT CORE FX-8150 (3.60GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Free Item
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days


Price: £946.00 including VAT and delivery.

OR

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Free Item
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days


Price: £1,030.00 including VAT and delivery.


I will be using the computer for gaming such as WoW, Diablo 3, CoD games, skyrim, and other MMORPGs ( they are not the only games i will be playing ofcourse, these are just names that spring to mind ). Also all of the adobe master collection programs. I will also be rendering videos recorded via dazzle. Also uploading videos and general video editting. Also i would like the system to be future proof for a good ammount of time.
Please be free to edit or modify any of the systems and leave feedback on which you would prefer.

 

[keynes]

2nd one
Any reason for the caviar green?

 

[Viper]

2nd one
Any reason for the caviar green?

Agree, but id probally pay an extra £10 i believe for a Corsair PSU.

 

[spyglys]

Caviar green cause it's cheaper. And which psi are u talking about viper?

 

[keynes]

Caviar green cause it's cheaper

It is a more energy efficient hdd (slower than caviar black)

 

[spyglys]

How stupid would I be to choose the amd build? The only reason is the cost.... Almost £100 is a big difference.
So my question is would I suffer on gaming if choose that one?

 

[keynes]

How stupid would I be to choose the amd build? The only reason is the cost.... Almost £100 is a big difference.
So my question is would I suffer on gaming if choose that one?

Depends on your budget, gaming with the GPU you have chosen would give you similar performance with an AMD or Intel CPU. If you are looking at more CPU intensive tasks the i7-3770 would be better.

 

[spyglys]

What would preform better stuff like c4d, Vegas pro, adobe master collection... Etc but also want good gaming as well.. The only reason I'm debating is because the benchmarks of both I looked at are pretty.
Ps that's the reason I chose 16gb ram.

 

[keynes]

What would preform better stuff like c4d, Vegas pro, adobe master collection... Etc

i7-3770

 

[spyglys]

Does the 4 extra cores do nothing for those kind of program's? Also I am attracted to the sound of 8 core pc (I know it's kinda stupid...but yh)

 

[keynes]

Does the 4 extra cores do nothing for those kind of program's? Also I am attracted to the sound of 8 core pc (I know it's kinda stupid...but yh)

I answered your question to the best of my knowledge, you can look at benchmarks but I am certain the i7-3770 would perform better for the programmes you have mentioned.

 

[spyglys]

I just checked the benchmarks and yes it outperforms the fx CPU. Is the a big difference between i5-3550 and the i7-3770

 

[Grinder]

The i7 3770 uses hyperthreading which gives you 8 virtual cores and compared to the AMD 8 core processor they are quicker than the full cores which makes you think AMD have split 4 cores in half and said they are full cores for marketing purposess.