Need help choosing the right gaming pc

[Doomstick]

Hi Guys I need help choosing a great pc for gaming to play games like Skyrim, witcher 2 and other high end modern games. I have a budget of like £1000 but the two I have chosen go over it by a few hundred. Either way if you guys could take a look and tell me which you think is better that would be genius.

The Intel one:

-Case:Antec 300 Case with purple LED Fans

Power

- Case: Antec 300 Case with Purple LED Fans
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 750w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz Sandybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
- Cooler: OcUK H2 Flo CPU Cooler
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 570
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

The AMD one I sorta built online at wired2fire.co.uk:

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Case

Power Supply: Non-Modular 700W Power Supply (80 plus Certified)

Processor: AMD FX 8120 16MB (8 Cores) Black Edition (Socket AM3+) Processor

CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Scorpion HDT-S1283 CPU Cooler

Graphics Card 1:nVidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card

Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz C9 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2x4GB)

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX AMD 990FX (Soxker AM3+) Motherboard

HDD 1:Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

HDD 2: Seagate 1TB BArracuda 7200.12 32MB Cache SATA III Hard Disk Drive

Optical Dive 1: DVD-RW 22x

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1

Anyway guys I would totaly appreciate if you could have a look and tell me if its good or not. Also If you can help me work down the price on the second computer while maintaining the power that would also be awesome.

Thanks Guys.

 

[Vonnis]

I'd go for the first simply because a 2500K is the best CPU for gaming at the moment. The mention of purple LEDs made me throw up in my mouth a little though.
If you want to go the AMD route (which I'm guessing is cheaper, though the included SSD might even things out) do NOT get the 8120. Bulldozer CPU's are a joke, a Phenom X4 is cheaper and outperforms Bulldozer chips in gaming because of the latter's abysmal single threaded performance. Don't take my word for it, check out some reviews/benchmarks. Not sure if swapping the CPU is an option but you did say you sort of built it online so I'm assuming you have a few options there.

 

[number2301]

To second the previous post, do not get the AMD FX chip. They are awful, and overpriced.

Looking at the spec I don't understand why the AMD machine there is cheaper. Sure AMDs are traditionally cheaper, but the FX isn't, and 990FX boards aren't.

As for the intel, that's a good spec, I'm not sure on the board though, is it an actual intel branded board?

All in, either will absolutely cane any game out there.

 

[Doomstick]

Hey guys! Thanks for your advice.

@vonnis The AMD built on wired2fire.co.uk whilst the Intel was pre-built with options to upgrade graphics cards etc. It's called Titan Spinasours or something along those lines if you would like to take a closer look.

@Mattew94 This is my first gaming pc so I'd rather limit the risk of messing it up.

@number2301 Would I have to change my mother board if were to change the CPU on the AMD build? And the Intel is and Intel motherboard I believe.

Thanks guys.