Which is better? Choosing Between two PCs...

[Andrew Tazy]

Hello people of Linus Tech Tips' Forums

 

I seek your assisstance in my journey to get gud PC.

 

I am selling my current PC (got a good deal for it) and I want one equally as good or better.

I have found two good and cheap computers but I do not know which one to choose between.

 

******* My Current PC (That is being sold) *******

 

CPU : Intel i5 4590s

CPU Cooler : Be quite Cooler (don't know anything else about it)

GPU : Palit GTX 1050-Ti

Mobo : Asrock H81M-DGS r2.0

RAM : 2x4 Corsair 1333Mhz DDR3 (Both RAM Sticks are different, I think one is 1600 and other is 1333 so in BIOS its set to 1333Mhz)

HDD : 3.5" 1TB Seagate Barracuda - Black (came with PC) <- Boot Drive

HDD : 3.5" 1TB Seagate Barracuda - Green (Bought afterwards) <- Games (Will be used in my new PC)

HDD : 2.5" 750GB Western Digital - Black (Taken from my laptop with half a screen) <- Wanting to run Linux from this but its just holding Virtual Machine software right now... (Will be used in my new PC)

SSD : None

PSU : Model : ATX-500B ATX Switching Power Supply

 

******* My Current PC - Done *******

 

******* Option 1 PC *******

 

CPU : Ryzen 5 1500x

CPU Cooler : Currently Unknown (Will update if/when known)

GPU : GTX 1050-Ti

Mobo : ASUS Prime X370-PRO

RAM : Vengeance LPX 2133Mhz 16 GB (4x4) DDR4

HDD : 1TB

HDD : 3.5" 1TB Seagate Barracuda - Green (From Current PC to new one)

HDD : 2.5" 750GB Western Digital - Black (From Current PC to new one)

SSD : None

PSU : Currently Unknown (Will update if/when known)

 

The buyer is also giving;

 

Keyboard - Razer Cynosa Chroma

Mouse - Tt esports nemesis

Headset - Razer Kraken

Xbox One Controller

 

£350 Altogether

 

******* Option 1 PC - Done *******

 

******* Option 2 PC *******

 

CPU : Intel i5 3570K

CPU Cooler : Currently Unknown (Will update if/when known)

GPU : GTX 1060 3GB

Mobo : Currently Unknown (Will update if/when known)

RAM : 8gb (2x4) 1866Mhz DDR3

HDD : 2TB

HDD : 3.5" 1TB Seagate Barracuda - Green (From Current PC to new one)

HDD : 2.5" 750GB Western Digital - Black (From Current PC to new one)

SSD : 120GB

PSU : 550W Corsair

 

No extras with this computer (monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc.)

 

£360 Altogether

 

******* Option 2 PC - Done *******

 

Option 1 and Option 2 are the PCs I am considering as they are well within my price range and would appreciate it, if I could get some feedback on which pc to make a move on.

 

I have compared some specs with my current and each other;

 

Centeral Processing Unit (CPU)

 

i5 3570K v i5 4590s

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4590S/1316vsm13459

 

Ryzen 5 1500x v i5 4590s

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4590S/3921vsm13459

 

Ryzen 5 1500x v i5 3570K

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/3921vs1316

 

Graphics Card (GPU)

 

GTX 1050-Ti v GTX 1060 3GB (obviously 1060 is better, based on userbenchmark)

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/3649vs3646

 

Random Access Memory (RAM)

 

Vengeance LPX 2133Mhz 16 GB (4x4) DDR4 v 8gb (2x4) 1866Mhz DDR3 (These are not the exact same, I tried to the most similar)

https://ram.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Corsair-Vengeance-LPX-DDR4-2133-C13-2x8GB-vs-HyperX-Fury-DDR3-1866-C10-2x4GB/3543vs3588

 

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Little story about my peripherals...

 

While I do currently have a mouse, keyboard and headset; they are just some trashy chinese £20 peripherals that are not too good. Well the mouse is fine, I don't wear the headset as I have glasses and the headset pushes the glasses into my and its hurts...A LOT. So I just use the headset a mic and wear my own earphones, BUT the keyboard is messed up, the keys are being jumbled up and some don't work, E.g. the pound sign...instead of '£', I get '#' and sometimes ever when caps lock isn't on, when i type its in capitals...(not im not holding shift). So yea, but my monitor is fab

 

Thank you very much in advance for your help

 

~ Andrew

[Firewrath9]

the first one, based soley on the peripherals. Sell the xbox remote for 20-30$, and use the new periphs, and sell your old ones for 10$ each (if they are 20$)

Then, Id sell a HDD or two (depending on how much storage you use), and get a nice 500GB ssd.

[Andrew Tazy]

6 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

the first one, based soley on the peripherals. Sell the xbox remote for 20-30$, and use the new periphs, and sell your old ones for 10$ each (if they are 20$)

Then, Id sell a HDD or two (depending on how much storage you use), and get a nice 500GB ssd.

Okay, thank you.

Also if you were looking at based on hardware compared to my current pc. Would you say option 1 is worse, better or basically the same?

 

Thank you

 

~ Andrew

[Firewrath9]

14 hours ago, Andrew Tazy said:

Okay, thank you.

Also if you were looking at based on hardware compared to my current pc. Would you say option 1 is worse, better or basically the same?

 

Thank you

 

~ Andrew

as for hardware, its very similar to your current PC, just a bit better in cpu and mobo, and has 2x the ram.