New Desktop PC help

[Zainy]

Having been a previous customer of PCS (I am typing this up on my awesome gaming laptop) I have decided to avail of their services yet again.
This time I need a desktop as I am finally settling down for a bit and would like a desktop for my work desk.
The purpose of this desktop will be to replace my laptop while at home. I will probably be doing more work than anything else on it (which wont be very intensive on the comp) but id like it to be able to play my games as well.
My biggest question is what is the advantage of going AMD/i5/i7

I have mocked up 3 setups where the only difference is the MB and CPU (I hope) and abviously the price.
Now the i5 and i7 setup dont have a massaive diff in price but they are a good way off the AMD.
What are your opinions on the matter? Also will 750w be enough should i at some point wish to add a second gpu to keep up with the moving times? (PCS calculate that the current setup will use less than 600w)

AMD: Price £1,196.00

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER EIGHT CORE FX-8150 (3.60GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI EXPRESS CARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

i5 : Price £1,314.00

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI EXPRESS CARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working day

i7 : Price - £1,402.00

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI EXPRESS CARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days


In summary:

AMD:
CPU -AMD BULLDOZER EIGHT CORE FX-8150 (3.60GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
MB - ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™
Price £1,196.00

i5:
CPU - Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
MB - ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Price £1,314.00

i7
CPU - Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache
MB - ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Price £1,402.00

Thoughts?

 

[keynes]

Morning,
I'd go with the i5 spec but downgrade the cpu cooler unless you wish to overclock but for your intended use that wouldnt be needed.

 

[Zainy]

cheers very much for the quick reply.
Would 750w be enough for a second gtx670? or would i need to up it to 850w?

 

[keynes]

I'd check in the configurator, I would say it is enough but I go with 850w anyway.

 

[Wolvo7]

I'd up the case too, wouldn't want your components to fry. Get one with better airflow

 

[Big_Rich]

I would drop the SSD option and install one yourself once the system arrives tbh.

Intel or Kingston isn't much of a choice, and there are far better SSDs out there for less money.

 

[lady0sheep]

If you don't want to overclock you could also get the 3550 instead of the 3570k to save a few pennies. Saying that I went for the 3570k anyway JUST INCASE I want to overclock in the future, but I probably won't knowing my laziness.

 

[Zainy]

I'd up the case too, wouldn't want your components to fry. Get one with better airflow

Cheers, what case would you recommend?

 

[Narcotics]

Cheers, what case would you recommend?

Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid Tower Case

 

[Wolvo7]

Cheers, what case would you recommend?

The Corsair is a good case, you can choose basically anything above the PCS Maelstrom T900 and it should be fine. I'd only go for the cases below that with less expensive components ie for casual gaming.

Just look at the features of the different cases (front USB 3.0 etc) and choose whether you want the front ports to be on the top or at the front, then select the one that looks good to you and is within your budget The Dragon Rider is a pretty cool case.