Hardware Need advice on these two rigs

[jDSX]

Hi I wanted to know what pc is better for gaming for the price since I am in the market for a custom built one, my old one isn't doing well anymore sad to say and I don't know if any of these are worth the money that the seller is asking I have seen both and they work fine I just wanted to get opinions on these two I plan on using one for gaming and general use 1080p/60 fps in games

first one selling for $350

specs
AMD FX-8320 Processor
Asus M5a97 r2.0 mobo
16gb g.Skillz ram
Asus GTX660 2GB graphics card
Cooler Master HF 912 case
Corsair TX650 PSU
There is also blue/orange LED's installed in the fans

no hdd but that doesn't matter I have a few and a gtx 1060 to switch out the 660

second pc is selling for $400

Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler
ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Rosewill 700W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Machine is running in a Cougar QBX mITX case. Nice and clean, small form factor case.

I like the i5 but no idea if my 1060 would fit in its cramped case also no clue how good that cpu cooler is

 

[Minox]

The Cougar QBX supports GPUs up to 350mm in length, so I doubt that a 1060 would be an issue. I also dislike the Cooler Master HAF-chassis quite a lot. They're spacious, but they're ugly as sin and takes a whole lot of room.

Edit: The FX-8320 scores higher than the i5 6400 and the 16GB of RAM as opposed to 8GB is also a smaller upside for the first computer, but RAM is easily upgradeable and Intel CPUs do run cooler than AMD ones a lot of the time.

 

[Joe88]

Ddr4 isnt cheap right now, prices are hovering about $85 for a matching stick,
I also dont trust the rosewill psu, they are a very low end budget brand

On the plus side though it is newer hardware, you could always stick a newer kaby lake cpu in there with a bios update on the mobo.

 

[jDSX]

Okay well guys the second one got sold but I found another one

$400
Intel i5 4670k OC'd to 4.3Ghz
Cooler master 212 Evo heat sink
Gigabyte Z97x-sli-cf Motherboard
8GB Ram
1tb Harddrive
Corsair Carbide Midtower Case
550w psu
Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[Kioku]

Okay. There is no reason to buy an AM3 FX series chip. They're 5 years old at least at this point and hard to upgrade.

 

[jDSX]

Okay. There is no reason to buy an AM3 FX series chip. They're 5 years old at least at this point and hard to upgrade.

If I can get one for $220? Yes please but this isn't "Don't buy X cpu/socket" thread

 

[k3rizz3k]

I myself would go with the 4670

 

[Kioku]

If I can get one for $220? Yes please but this isn't "Don't buy X cpu/socket" thread

You're right, this is a "what do you think" thread. I'm not fanboying around.

I gave you my opinion. Won't make that mistake again.

 

[jDSX]

You're right, this is a "what do you think" thread. I'm not fanboying around.

I gave you my opinion. Won't make that mistake again.

I mistook your post as off topic sorry but working 7am to 6pm full time no lunch will do that to you

 

[jDSX]

Does anyone have experience with the z97 gigabyte mobo? I am getting mixed reviews on it starting to worry if I should go with the amd one at this point

 

[Armadillo]

Not used that specifically, but used plenty of Gigabyte boards in the past and using one now, never had any major issues. Reviews for the board seem fine to me, unless you meant user reviews? I wouldn't really pay too much attention to user reviews, people always complaining when something don't work, but hardly anyone leaves positive stuff.

I'd still take it over the fx8320 for gaming, 8320 is getting on a bit now, and didn't have great ipc even when it was released.