Opinions on these two PCs?

[Vakarian]

I've narrowed down my search for a new (primarily gaming) PC to just these two, and I'm kinda torn at the moment. They're both the same price ($1499 AUD), with the only real difference being the HDD size. However the first PC's Phanteks Enthoo case seems a much more appealing build than the Nanoxia. I'm probably over-thinking the obvious, but I thought I'd at least get a second opinion before spending that much money. The two PCs are:

Challenger 970 Gaming System

System Components:

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 4460
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Motherboard
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB
Memory: Team Group Elite Plus TPKD38G1600HC1101 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3
Solid State Drive: SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL Super Micro Tower Chassis
Additional Lighting: Thermaltake Green Lumi Colour 12 LED Strip 30cm
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM License
Warranty: 2 year return-to-base warranty on assembly, see individual product pages for warranty duration on each component

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33070

And...

Bloodclaw 970 Gaming System

System Components:

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 4460
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Motherboard
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB
Memory: Team Group Elite Plus TPKD38G1600HC1101 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3
Solid State Drive: SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Claw Black/Red
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM License
Warranty: 2 year return-to-base warranty on assembly, see individual product pages for warranty duration on each component

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=32773

For the record: I'm personally not interested in building my own PC, nor do I know anyone who could help me if I wanted to anyway, so I'm happy enough buying pre-built for now! But I would really appreciate some feedback here.

 

[zsedan]

Some like EVGA graphics card more but that's relative.
Both seems fine, maybe the + 1 TB is nice, if you fill up your HDDs fast.
Also 2x4 Gb Ram kit is advised.

 

[sizzling]

They both have 1x8gb ram. 2x4gb is better

 

[middlemarkal]

your RAM should be 2 * 4 GIG

evga gpu

both nice case

good power supply

 

[Vakarian]

Does the 2x4GB make that much of a difference?

If I took the RAM into consideration, I'd be looking at these two:

Reactor 970 Gaming System (same price $1499, just an unusual case)
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=33076&zenid=9589a53a31b254b4ae40bc3cebe50d29


Armor 960 Gaming System ($1299, downgrading to GTX 960 card)
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=32918&zenid=9589a53a31b254b4ae40bc3cebe50d29

 

[zsedan]

It's always better to get ram in pair kits.

 

[Vakarian]

Does it honestly impact gaming in any significant way? If it's only a marginal performance boost, then I'm not that worried.