Question Deciding from 2 pré-builts

[LeviTech]

Hi All.
What should I pick for the same price:

CPU: i3 13100 + GTX 1650 4GB + 512GB SSD + 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz
or
CPU: i5 10400F + GTX 1660 Super 6GB + 512GB SSD + 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz

Regards,

 

[punkncat]

The second system having more threads and a better graphics card "might" make it perform better than the first out of the box, depending on the use case. The first one has a better upgrade path in that 13th gen are better all around than the 10/11th gen high end.

 

[LeviTech]

The purpose is for normal tasks and a little gaming, like F1 2022 and future F1 games, Overwatch, MW2, Resident Evil 4 Remastered, The Last of us, something like this.

 

[punkncat]

Just on F1 2022 these systems don't make the cut for 'recommended' spec.

Is there some reason you are not considering a build yourself?
What budget do you have and where are you shopping/located?

 

[LeviTech]

I think at least MW2, Overwatch 2 and Resident Evil 4 have less recomended spec. I think the big challenge will be the last of us.

 

[Karadjgne]

It's a choice. A cpu that's several generations out of date, will have support terminated for things like bios updates far sooner but has a slightly more capable gpu or a new cpu that will have support for far longer yet has a gpu that's slightly less capable, so will be on the low end of recommended gpus for upcoming games.

I'd go with option #2 and update the cpu to a 10700/11700 later as they are relatively cheap vs a gpu, the 1660Super will be more relavent for longer than a 1650, which is already pushing limits of unusefulness in some graphical demanding games.