Building a PC soon have two possible builds which would you guys recommend.

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@dippel
Personally, I think that you only have to change the PSU (low quality), SSD and the HDD.
This PSU should last you much longer:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=27629

The newer Kingston V300 SSDs are slow, due to the NAND flash used when manufacturing. I would recommend Samsung or Crucial MX SSDs.

Instead of the Seagate Barracuda (high failure rate), I would recommend a WD Caviar Blue HDD.
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James Mason

James Mason

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The intel build hands down.
But everything besides the CPU and GPU in both those builds is pretty meh/low quality/high failure rate.

But here's a slightly better and cheaper build, saved you money on the PC case, Ram and Mobo, and got you a better SSD, a more reliable HDD, a more reliable PSU and a cheaper mobo that's basically the same.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($255.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($105.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($115.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($469.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($45.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($99.00 @ PLE Computers)
Total: $1249.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 14:56 EST+1000
 
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Hey mate that all seems great but a couple of things. Was Kind of going for a red and black type thing and I really dont like Micro ATX builds other than that this all seems good just needs a few changes. I also like the Radeon cards as they support dual graphics a lot easier ad cheaper what can you do for me?
 
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@dippel
Personally, I think that you only have to change the PSU (low quality), SSD and the HDD.
This PSU should last you much longer:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=27629

The newer Kingston V300 SSDs are slow, due to the NAND flash used when manufacturing. I would recommend Samsung or Crucial MX SSDs.

Instead of the Seagate Barracuda (high failure rate), I would recommend a WD Caviar Blue HDD.
 
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