Which setup would be better for gaming?

[Remmer]

can pay for these systems by finance so money isnt that big of an issue..

Ok so I am currently stuck on what to buy for my first gaming PC.. I have two choices.

the first is a custom build from aria with the following specs :

Corsair Obsidian 750D case
750W Corsair Builder Series
4GB EVGA GTX 760 SC with ACX Cooler
Asus ROG Maximus VI Hero Intel Z87
Intel I5-4670K
2TB Seagate HDD
Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM (2133)
Windows 7 64bit

TOTAL COST : £980.90


OR I COULD HAVE THIS PRE BUILD FROM ARIA WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING:

3x XFX Radeon 7950's 3GB GDDR5
AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad Core CPU
Gigabyte GA 990FXA
Cooler Master TX3 EVO CPU Cooler
Corsair 200R Midi case
850W PSU Modular
4GB (1600MHz) RAM
32GB Crucial V4 SSD
NO OS INSTALLED

TOTAL COST: £1100

 

[Sylvanriv]

The first build, no question. The FX-4300, even overclocked, which it doesn't appear to be, will bottleneck the 3 (3!) 7950's. Also, only 4 gigs of RAM? Probably not a good bet.

The first one is much better "bang for your buck", with a top of the line i5 and a 4GB 760 which easily will be enough for gaming.

 

[giltyler]

#2 would be my selection since RAM is easy to upgrade if needed.
The SSD with make the system run faster and you can over clock the CPU if there is any bottle neck in the system.
You could always remove 1 of the 7950's and sell it for a premium right now and still max out most games with the 2 remaining 7950

 

[tiny voices]

In the second build. an fx4300 will bottleneck a single 7950 let alone 3. The other two cards would be basically useless.

Also the motherboard will only allow for 2 cards to run at x8/x8 so the third card would be worthless anyway.

Also a 32gb SSD is too small for Windows when it is installed and cached.

 

[Sylvanriv]

In the second build. an fx4300 will bottleneck a single 7950 let alone 3. The other two cards would be basically useless.

Also the motherboard will only allow for 2 cards to run at x8/x8 so the third card would be worthless anyway.

Also a 32gb SSD is too small for Windows when it is installed and cached.

Basically what I was trying to say. If it's an option, I'd just spec it out on pcpartpicker and buy a build like that. You'd get much better value and performance. If not, definitely the first build.

 

[Remmer]

ok from the feedback I'm guessing the best option would be to get the first build. A quick question however, I don't know much about computers but I was just wondering what the i5 4670k could be overclocked to? as I'm thinking of adding in a Corsair h100 into the build. I really don't know anything about liquid cooling though let alone how to install it.

 

[tiny voices]

You do not need to overclock at all. It is a hobby more so than it is really for more performance on modern CPUs. At stock clocks that i5 will easily max all games for a long time.

 

[Outlander_04]

The AMD build is very unbalanced , and definitely not worth considering in that form

Take out one of the graphics cards and upgrade the processor to an FX 8350 and it can make sense
You'd also want a bigger SSD , and 2 x4 gig of RAM .
The TX3 cooler is too small to consider too