Which Build Should I Go With?

[milesralls123]

This rig is purely for gaming but which should I get?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FqhvFd

or

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BxbR8K

 

[Herc08]

The Ryzen build will give you more performance no doubt, but in my book it's still a bit too early to tell if AMD really has something good going for them. It won't hurt to get it, but I know Intel's chip will lat for a long time. Also, not sure about NZXT power supply. As much as I love the company, they are more of an accessory type and not a main component type. And $89 for that? You can get something of much better quality for cheaper or the same price. Also, I would go with the RX 580 4GB of the 1060 simply as it's bit more powerful. At the end of the day, any of the two will work just fine, so now it's up to you and which drivers you want to install, who has the better warranty.

That's just my three cents.

 

[Miltoid19]

I believe that you should go with the AMD build because of the more cores and the higher clock speed.
Also I thing you can find a RX 580 at the price range of your GPU.

({Note} you added 2 CPU coolers on the Intel build)

 

[geofelt]

It depends on the games you will play and what you might want for a future upgrade.

Most games depend on the performance if the single master thread.
For them, both processors are somewhat equal.
This would include mmo, strategy and sims.

OTOH fast action shooters are more dependent on the graphics card.

For multiplayer games where more than 2-3 threads are useful, the nod goes to ryzen.

I find the I5-7500/7600 chips in a nowhere land so far as gaming goes.
They are comparable to I3 7xxx chips and even for G4620 chips which cost less.
Then, spending some 10% more buys you a I5-7600K which can be overclocked to the 5.0 range.

One rule of thumb for a balanced gamer would be to budget 2x the cost of the cpu for the graphics card.
Your current proposals are closer to 1 to 1.
I might spend less on a good I3 and more on a stronger graphics card like the GTX1060 6gb version.

FWIW, the I5-7500 comes with a perfectly adequate cooler, no aftermarket cooler is necessary. (let alone two of them)