Which of these builds will give the best performance?

IndigoGo

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Planning on gaming and some video editing with Sony Vegas. Originally, my choice was an Intel build but following the GPU price increase, I decided to save money by going with an AMD build (CPU, Motherboard) and using the spare money to buy a GTX 1080.

Now that the GTX 1070 is much more affordable, I must make a choice: AMD or Intel? The computer is mainly for gaming at 1080p 144hz, playing games like Warhammer Total War at 60+ FPS at High-Ultra quality.

Intel Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($427.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock - H270M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($141.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($179.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: GALAX - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB EX OC SNPR White Video Card ($575.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.00 @ Shopping Express)
Power Supply: Antec - High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($111.00 @ IJK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: $1716.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-30 12:25 AEST+1000

AMD Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($295.00 @ Umart)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($138.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($195.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($699.00 @ Umart)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.00 @ Shopping Express)
Power Supply: Antec - High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($111.00 @ IJK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: $1721.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-30 12:04 AEST+1000

Note: I am not planning on overclocking because I would probably break something (Im not too smart when it comes to computers)
 
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Those are good builds. I would tell you to go with the AMD build. I have taken your build and used it to create something similar. I'm not telling you to go with my build over yours but you can definitely use mine as a reference guide of sorts for understanding how to get more bang for your buck. I chose a GTX 1070 for you because you said you are gaming at 1080p and doing some light video work and the 1070 is perfect for that. Since you are not overclocking I chose a more basic motherboard to save you some money. Overall I gave you more storage, a better power supply and a better processor for about the same price.

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fvb6f8

QwerkyPengwen

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Those are good builds. I would tell you to go with the AMD build. I have taken your build and used it to create something similar. I'm not telling you to go with my build over yours but you can definitely use mine as a reference guide of sorts for understanding how to get more bang for your buck. I chose a GTX 1070 for you because you said you are gaming at 1080p and doing some light video work and the 1070 is perfect for that. Since you are not overclocking I chose a more basic motherboard to save you some money. Overall I gave you more storage, a better power supply and a better processor for about the same price.

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fvb6f8
 
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