First gaming build, AMD or Intel?

[BboyDfresh]

I have trouble deciding between these builds for my first gaming PC
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/BboyDfresh/saved/24mZ
or
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/BboyDfresh/saved/23Ay

 

[lostsurfer]

Sucks that your in Canada and stuck with some of those prices, if you take your time and price things out individually you could do a stronger build cheaper. If you you don't want to build another pc for a couple years and just update you video card as needed, I'd go intel all the way.

 

[MC_K7]

Yeah I agree Intel performs better for gaming. AMD are interesting for budget build though. Strangely, with the two systems you configured the AMD costs more... So yeah, I'd vote for the Intel CPU.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($259.99 @ NCIX)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3200 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($24.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($18.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1045.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-30 18:11 EDT-0400)