Which is a better build?

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jordanrobinson

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Quick question, which is the better build in terms of what im getting and te price of it.

Build 1:
ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Cooler Master HAF 922 Case
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition 3.7GHz CPU
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM HDD
Antec EarthWatts 650W 80PLUS BRONZE PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink
ASUS M4A8TD-V EVO Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8gb 1600 Low Profile RAM
SAPPHIRE 2gb Radeon HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium OS

Price:
$1,244.33

Build 2:
ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case
Intel Core i5 2500k 3.3GHz CPU
Crucial M4 64gb SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM HDD
Corsair HX750 750W Modular PSU
Corsair H60 Hydro Series Liquid CPU Cooler
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8gb 1600 Low Profile RAM
EVGA Superclocked 1.2gb GeForce GTX 570 GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium OS

Price:
1823.32
 
both are a good bit overpriced, but the second will give a lot better performance, but idk which is closer to the true value.
 
what country are you in, and are these prebuilts, if so you should look at the sticky at the top of this section on building your own.
 
actually the second is a great build, no real changes for it, but the first could be brought down some and get the same performance, like the 970 and the 980 cpus are the same chip just you change the multiplier by one and done, also earthwatts is fine but it is a low amp psu so you need a better one than that really, but for that it would be fine i guess. also for the first you'll want an am3+ so you have the option to upgrade later on

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519
 
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Well if you want the better choice in terms of price then the first one should be fine. However, I prefer the second build even if its a little more expensive because it does have better parts. Maybe the SSD is the one that's making it much more expensive? Anyway maybe I'm just being biased, I've always been an Intel fan. And I definitely prefer Corsair to Antec EarthWatts.
 
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