Which computer would be better?

[AleciaFitz]

Looking at purchasing a new computer but not sure which. I have narrowed it down to two - which one do you think is better?

Processor:
4th Generation
Intel Core i7 4770 3.4GHz
3.9GHz With TURBO!
Memory:
16GB DDR3 RAM
Graphics Card:
4GB Graphics Nvidia GT 630
Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Hard Drive:
Western Digital 1TB HDD Storage
Kingston 120GB SSD
Optical Drive:
LG DVD Burner
Power Supply:
Corsair VS650 PSU

OR

Processor:
3rd Generation
Intel Core i7 3820 3.4GHz
3.9GHz With TURBO!
Memory:
Hyper X Kingston RAM
16GB DDR3 2133ghz
(High Performance RAM)
Graphics Card:
2GB GDDR5 Graphics Nvidia GTX 680
Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Hard Drive:
Western Digital 1TB HDD Storage
Kingston 240GB SSD
Optical Drive:
LG Bluray Burner/DVD Burner
Motherboard:
Asus Rampage IV
Formula
Power Supply:
900W Silver Plus

 

[tiny voices]

For gaming? The second one will be 10000x better. The top one will struggle at lowest settings and the bottom one will max any game.

 

[AleciaFitz]

Haha thought so. Pity there is like a $1000 price difference between the two. Guess I'll have to fork out more than I really wanted to!

 

[tiny voices]

What do you want to do with the computer? You can save SO MUCH money if this is a gaming computer.

 

[AleciaFitz]

Well the first is $1499AUD and the second was $2750AUD (bit more than $1000!).

I wouldn't say I was a hard core gamer or anything like that (if that isn't already obvious) but I do like spending a lot of time playing Skyrim etc and with the thought of Fallout 4 coming out eventually I would love to get a new computer that I could play with high res graphics. On my old computer (that died last night) I could only play with low res graphics which was always a bummer. I use my computer to watch TV and movies on as well. Nothing overly fancy.

 

[tiny voices]

You could probably save about $600 and lose NO performance at all. ALOT of wasted money here.

 

[AleciaFitz]

Is there another computer you could suggest? I'm not set on getting one of those computers, they were just 2 I was looking at from a local Australia place (specifically Sydney).

 

[tiny voices]

Here is what you want to look for:

An i5 CPU ( an i7 performs NO better in games)
8gb RAM (games use 4gb and 16gb is OVERKILL for anything besides video rendering and encoding)
A gtx670,gtx760, gtx770, hd7950, r9 280x GPU. (these will allow you to play at max settings in new games)

 

[AleciaFitz]

Thanks so much for all your help!! It's really good to have an idea of what I actually need.