Posted October 25, 2014 Hello all . I'm having trouble picking between the following builds. (These are not prebuild I'm building it myself.) $1635 Gaming Chasis: BitFenix Prodigy mITX Case MotherBoard: GIGABYTE Z97N-Gaming 5 Mini-ITX w/ 802.11acCPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache Cooling: Nzxt Closed Liquid Cooling Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (2 x Standard 120MM Fans)RAM : 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)Video Card: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) [+539] (Single Card)Power Supply: 550 Watts - Cooler Master V550 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply [+52]Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) Secondary Hard Drive: None External Storage: NoneSound: ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO Or the Amd (small) Mid tower $1785Gaming Chasis: Cooler Master N600CPU: AMD FX-9370 4.40 GHz (4.7 GHz Turbo) Eight-CoreCooling: Nzxt Closed Liquid Cooling Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (2 x Standard 120MM Fans)Motherboard: GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 3, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 4 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCIRAM : 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel MemoryVideo Card: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell)Power Supply: 500 Watts - EVGA 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDDSound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO I love Both Builds but I am worried with a M itx It will be hard to upgrade in the future(not that I'll need to for awhile) But I love AMD I have stood by them for as long as I can remember. I have always had issues with Intel and its sockets so I worry about the ability to upgrade. For this being my 2nd personal pc build I want it to last and be able to take recording and gaming at the same time. (as well as 3d modeling and Note I will be moving this pc around a bit (the purpose of being somewhat small for a desktop) Graphic editing, cry engine ect.ect...) I'd love some opinions at the moment. If you have and Ideas for me let me know. Thanks a bunch Attached is a pic of the 2 cases (Desplay purposes only, I'm not buying prebuilt.) Art is in my blood, Gaming is a moving art form :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 definitely the first one. 4790K >>>>> 9370 ^^^ CPU: i7 5820k @4.0Ghz Cooler: Thermaltake Nic C5 Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS Ram: 8 gb @2133Mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 @1560 Case: Proprietary Sun Ultra 24 Storage: HyperX 120gb & 1 TB WD Green PSU: Cooler Master 550w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 I'd go for the first one, 4970k >> then 9370 imo, you can always go for a ATX case + mobo for the intel if you wanted, unless money is an issue, but yeah m-itx for moving around is easier Either you're master race or you're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 as much as i love my 8320 you cant be serious to buy 9370..... Go with intel and youll get better performance at any time most likely... CPU: AMD R7 5800x | GPU: XFX 5500XT 4GB | RAM: 2x8GB Kingston Fury Renegade 3600MHz CL16 | Cooling: Deepcool Gammaxx L360 | MB: Aorus B550 Elite V2 | Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 250gb & WD20EAZX | Case: Antec DF700 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 460: Intel 6200U | 8GB | 256GB SSD | Active pen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 you will be cutting it close in terms of power draw with the amd system, fx9370 pulls alot of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 The Intel rig any day if you're asking a sensible person. So worth it. Sig under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 Author To all I understand the 9370 Draws alot of power. So. I could always pick a different processor. AMD FX-8370 4.00 GHz Eight-Core (4.3 GHz Turbo) AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology <-------- My other option Art is in my blood, Gaming is a moving art form :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 25, 2014 Author My Budget is about 1700 (Including shipping) But I AM ORDERING THIS ON BLACK FRIDAY(Or Cyber Monday) Heres another Possable option http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Sir8bit/saved/tbVfrH Art is in my blood, Gaming is a moving art form :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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