Comparison of These PCs

[cyberninja105]

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I need help deciding which PC is better or will run just as good as the other. (My focus is not having people rag on me for my Hard drive size not being good enough or other things irrelevant to performance. I'm also not focusing on changing or overclocking CPU, unlocking or upgrading anything). So basically I need a AS-IS comparison of these two PCs (performance wise):

PC 1: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rTWDRB

PC2: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8HYpP6

here are the specs for each PC:

PC 1

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 RAM: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Storage: Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB (for OS) and Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V 1.14Ghz PSU:Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

PC 2

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB 1.22Ghz PSU:Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Sorry I did not know what category to put this question into.

-Ardwen The Great

 

[CTurbo]

The PC 1 is better, but the psu is not very good in either. I would take PC 1 and get a better psu. You could save money by getting a H97 motherboard instead.


I see you actually have the partpicker links backwards. The PC 1 link opens up the build with the GTX960.

The build with the GTX970 is a lot better, but there is a lot of wasted money there. You could easily shave a couple hundred dollars off without any performance loss.

 

[Sleetz]

The first build is plenty good, take the extra money you were going to spend on the second computer and invest in a new power supply.

EVGA 650w
XFX TS 650w
Seasonic X 650w

If you are wondering why I say replace the CX600 look here.