Need advice on what computer to choose

[Devileyes]

Hello, so i have a few system that i may be able to get on kijiji for those prices, i'm mainly getting them to play witcher 3 when it comes out. thanks

1st pc i may be able to get it for 1000$:
-Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
-Corsair H100i CPU cooler
-Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
-Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
-Sandisk Solid State Drive 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
-Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
-VGA ZOTAC GTX 970 Overclock !!!
-Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case
-Windows 8.1 Pro

2nd pc for 500$:
AMD 8 core processor - FX-8320
Water cooling - Thermaltake water 2.0 Extreme
Asus EVO R2.0 motherboard -DDR3, 7.1 Audio, compatible with SLI & crossfire
8 GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM
GTX 660ti 2GB
SuperNOVA eVGA Power Supply 750W
Samsung DVD Reader/Writer
500GB Sata3 Seagate hard drive
Thermaltake Level 10 GTS Snow Edition Mid Tower case with HotSwap HDD compartments ( 2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2,0 in front )
Multifunctional card reader for SD, SDHC and other media cards.
Genuine copy of Windows 8

which one will be just enough to most likely play witcher 3 on medium/high settings?
im leaning towards the 500$ one since im on a budget but what do you guys think? which one is the better deal.

 

[ingtar33]

what's your monitor?

are you willing to overclock?


setting both questions aside that is a killer deal for that i7.

 

[Devileyes]

i have a dell u2412m.
i dont have any experience in overclocking but i may be able to pull it off.
so you think both of these are capable of running witcher 3?

 

[Devileyes]

what's your monitor?

are you willing to overclock?


setting both questions aside that is a killer deal for that i7.

Yea do you think i should go for that if i can make it work somehow?

 

[ingtar33]

mmmm... if your goal is medium, yes, both should be able to do it, though you might need to overclock that fx8 core.

the i7 probably will be able to max out the witcher on that monitor.

 

[Devileyes]

mmmm... if your goal is medium, yes, both should be able to do it, though you might need to overclock that fx8 core.

the i7 probably will be able to max out the witcher on that monitor.

honestly speaking, if the 500$ one can run it at high by removing some stuff like Anti aliasing i would go for the 500$ because i would love to play it on high, but if it can't i'll have to get the i7 one but the budget is quite tight..

 

[ingtar33]

mmmm... if your goal is medium, yes, both should be able to do it, though you might need to overclock that fx8 core.

the i7 probably will be able to max out the witcher on that monitor.

honestly speaking, if the 500$ one can run it at high by removing some stuff like Anti aliasing i would go for the 500$ because i would love to play it on high, but if it can't i'll have to get the i7 one but the budget is quite tight..

the limit for the fx8 core isn't the cpu. you said you were willing to overclock, and that motherboard and cpu cooler will support overclocking. The limit for the AMD computer is the gpu. that old 660ti won't play the witcher3 on high settings and it's questionable if it will manage at medium.

 

[Devileyes]

mmmm... if your goal is medium, yes, both should be able to do it, though you might need to overclock that fx8 core.

the i7 probably will be able to max out the witcher on that monitor.

honestly speaking, if the 500$ one can run it at high by removing some stuff like Anti aliasing i would go for the 500$ because i would love to play it on high, but if it can't i'll have to get the i7 one but the budget is quite tight..

the limit for the fx8 core isn't the cpu. you said you were willing to overclock, and that motherboard and cpu cooler will support overclocking. The limit for the AMD computer is the gpu. that old 660ti won't play the witcher3 on high settings and it's questionable if it will manage at medium.

i see i thought it should be enough since it was in the 30% range of the recommended setting on game debate, here's the link http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/?gid=874&graphics=GeForce%20GTX%20660%20Ti and look up witcher 3 on the right

 

[ingtar33]

the 660ti will run it, of course it will run it. you asked if it will run it on medium. and everything i've seen about that game a big giant "maybe".

i personally doubt it.

 

[Devileyes]

the 660ti will run it, of course it will run it. you asked if it will run it on medium. and everything i've seen about that game a big giant "maybe".

i personally doubt it.

yea fair enough, i was thinking a combination of medium/high settings xD ah well

 

[ingtar33]

the 660ti will run it, of course it will run it. you asked if it will run it on medium. and everything i've seen about that game a big giant "maybe".

i personally doubt it.

yea fair enough, i was thinking a combination of medium/high settings xD ah well

well, what scares me about that game is the "recommended" system is insane.

 

[Devileyes]

the 660ti will run it, of course it will run it. you asked if it will run it on medium. and everything i've seen about that game a big giant "maybe".

i personally doubt it.

yea fair enough, i was thinking a combination of medium/high settings xD ah well

well, what scares me about that game is the "recommended" system is insane.

ikr? man they are insane, have you seen the low requirements too? xD they make you think how beast of a game it must be