Which of these two PC's is better (Dell vs Chillblast £589.99)

[Katey]

I'm long overdue for a new PC. My current machine is about five years old and just restarts when it does eventually boot up, even in safe mode.

I do a lot of graphic and video processing (in particular design and photo editing is my job). I want longevity out of my new machine; I need it to run a lot of simultaneous processes at once. While I don't play PC games and can't see this changing the sales people told me at Chillblast that a dedicated graphics card will help with Photoshop too. It also keeps the option of playing games open (especially as I hope this machine will last some time).

I think I've narrowed it down to two machines but I'm not sure which is best.

Dell XPS 8700
i7-4770 (8M Cache, up to 3.9 GHz)
8 GIG DDR (2 x 4Gb (1600mhz))
1.0 TB Hard Drive (7200RPM)
1 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 635
Windows 8.1 Home
Card reader, optical drive, keyboard & mouse

Link: eBay item number:351044083299
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-XPS-8700-3-9ghz-i7-8GB-1TB-GeForce-GTX-635-Win-8-1-Wifi-DVDRW-e481-/351044083299?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item51bbdb9e63

Chillblast Fusion Quasar Haswell PC
Intel Core i5 4670K Processor overclocked to up to 4.3GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Motherboard
AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB Graphics Card
8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 Memory
1000GB SATA SSHD 7200rpm Hybrid Drive
600watt FSP PSU

Link: http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Quasar-Haswell-Gaming-PC.html

I already have a spare Windows 7 retail key and a spare optical drive which I can put into the Chillblast machine. I did do a self build on my last machine about 10 years ago and it was a nightmare, I really struggled. I couldn't get the CPU fan on. I couldn't install Windows as the MB didn't recognise my optical drive and needed drivers, I had a faulty cable and it caused a lot of tears. I'm a bit scarred by it and not sure I could ever do it again!

Thanks for reading all this! I should add my actual PC budget is £500 so I'm a bit over already, if there is a better option that is closer to this please let me know!

 

[OnkelCannabia]

I can't really help you with those PCs because I'm not very savvy in the world of video editing. I googled it a little out of curiosity and I think this link might be helpful to your GPU question:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/photoshop-cs6-gimp-aftershot-pro,3208-10.html

 

[drpayne242]

Out of those two builds the first one has a better cpu and the 2nd one has a better gpu. If i had to pick one of those without a plan to upgrade. I would pick the 2nd one. As for pre assembled pc i dont really know much that would be better but i will say this if you want to put a pc together yourself. Then you could get a better bang for your buck.

 

[Katey]

Thanks for the replies. I'm more graphics/photos than video so that isn't the main factor, but it is more important than gaming.

When I tried to put together a basket of PC parts I just confused myself and it came out to more than the pre-built ones. I think this could be my ignorance though.