Intel or amd ? who is better on the long road? (5-6years) 'till the next upgrade.

((SIMPLE GOOGLE these news and you can see for yourself this is true))

1) AMD stopped any production of FX 'new models' years ago and public stated it's focus was the APU line, which is cheap, low end, and for portable (tablet, phones, etc.) models. PC Gaming in AMDs view seems a dead end business wise and the cost to 'switch gears' like that is TOO HIGH to be profitable, so AMD in gaming, now and stated publically is DEAD. Coudl they suddenly change in 2 or 3 years YEAH anything can.

2) INTEL has stopped ALL desktop making, HASWELL was the final line, with only BROADWELL in the pipe (basically a 2.0 upgrade of HASWELL) to complete and THEY TOO only will focus on the portable, low cost, low power marketspace as well. They shut down the plants that make the chipsets and so on, so again same thing from INTEL. BUT the current INTEL CPUs are NEWER, FASTER and better than the HIGHEST end AMD FX chip, that now the benchmarks in gaming show it to be i3 then FX8, then i5 then i7. FX6, FX4, APUs, DualCore Intels etc. are cheaper but aren't capable enough for titles.

3) That said, the systems you picked, as noted below, suck with the GPU, you need to invest in a serious GPU for current title games and 'long term' investment. Nvidia GPUs are best x60, x70, x80 models (i.e. 760, 770, 980, etc.) any other ones you see (x40, x50, x25, etc.) are all LOW END NOT FOR GAMING GPUs. These are mainly to fill the marketspace of the prices your hoping for - i.e. $200Laptop/$300Desktop to sucker you in.

4) HARDWARE IS ONLY WARRANTIED FOR THREE YEARS. So trying to build a 6 year old system means for 3 years your risking POOF it died. Sorry that is the fact on it, and you can open ANY computer right now and look on ANY part / look up that part and it will tell you the same thing WE GARUNTEE IT WILL WORK FOR ONLY 3 YEARS.

5) Your price range limits your ability on the system performance, so you also need to have your EXPECTATIONS set with such a limited budget. IF you WANT "what I see on youtube" that will set you back around $1200-1500 on desktops, over $2K on laptops. Mainly because the video cards take up 1/4 of that price ALONE (yea over $400!!!) to play "like I see on youtube" games being played ANY TITLE. So either pony up twice more funds, expect to REPLACE out the GPU, PSU (to give it enough power for the card you pick) in the next year anyway, OR lower your expectations on what you want to play / what settings you want to play at.

6) LOOK UP THE GAMES you want to play, look at the benchmarks, check www.canirunit.com for the RECOMMENDED hardware for it, then measure all things together, and you will get a 'guess-idea' on the performance, CAN YOU ACCEPT THE GAME played in THOSE settings getting THAT performance? IF NO, then what does it COST to meet what you WANT? That will help point you at the hardware that will meet your needs, or accept your needs should change.