boxing day 48hr sale buying new pc - need help choosing

[Skrilla]

Decided to pick up a 2nd computer for the office. Id like to stick under $1200ish range, and noticed a couple discounted ones on Newegg. I narrowed it down to 2 (unless someone can find a better option for the price) and would love an opinion on which one is the better pc. Mostly for office work, but I do play games on it. Some newer mmo's, and android games through Nox or Stacks. Nothing too crazy like AAA shooters. I have $1500 replacement fund through my company, and still need a kb/mouse, 2 monitors etc.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=10%7C83%2D102%2D357%5E83%2D102%2D357%2C83%2D230%2D292%5E83%2D230%2D292

thanks for the help!

[CompletelyNumb]

Intel system has a faster clock speed, better single core performance (think office apps), and an SSD for faster start-up and program launch. Downsides: only a small SSD, you would likely need another HDD unless your offices uses all network storage.

Ryzen system would have a huge performance increase for programs that are designed to use multiple cores. No SSD though, which is a big negative to some users.

Both systems have 8gb ram, which personally isn't enough for the software I use.

[Skrilla]

I found another one that may be a bit better, can get for $1299

https://www.staples.ca/en/msi-nightblade-3-gaming-pc-3-6-ghz-intel-core-i7-7700-1-tb-hdd-128-gb-ssd-16-gb-ddr4-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-windows-10/product_2711242_1-CA_1_20001?akamai-feo=off

[rx7boi]

For $1500, why not consider having Memory Express build you a PC? The 8th gen processors are in stock now and even an i5-8600k is faster than the 7th gen i7-7700k that you have chosen out.

Nearly all of the the pre-built machines I've seen lately only have the 7th gen processors.

[Skrilla]

Ended up buying the MSI. $1158 otd. Quick and easy best pc I could find for the $$

[Tik-Tok]

Ended up buying the MSI. $1158 otd. Quick and easy best pc I could find for the $$

That's a pretty good price. Boxing day only I assume? It's $1499 now.

[Skrilla]

Well when I called the guy told me it's 1499, went there and the lady who helped me said it's 1299, got to the till prepared to pay that and it was 1158 lol