For gaming I would pick for the playtech one, comparing it to the intel benchmark stage 1 from computer lounge

$3499 vs $3799

i7 12700F /3080 10GB  vs i5 12600k / 3070Ti 8GB

980 SSD 1TB vs 980 500GB SSD 

32GB DDR4 3200 CL16 vs 32GB DDR 5 5600 CL???

850W gold vs 660W platinum

Air cooler vs water cooler

B660 tomahawk vs Z690 AERO G motherboard thats quite a high spec board on the computer lounge one btw

cruxis:

 

For gaming I would pick for the playtech one, comparing it to the intel benchmark stage 1 from computer lounge

 

$3499 vs $3799

 

i7 12700F /3080 10GB  vs i5 12600k / 3070Ti 8GB

 

980 SSD 1TB vs 980 500GB SSD 

 

32GB DDR4 3200 CL16 vs 32GB DDR 5 5600 CL???

 

850W gold vs 660W platinum

 

Air cooler vs water cooler

 

B660 tomahawk vs Z690 AERO G motherboard thats quite a high spec board on the computer lounge one btw

 

the difference in cost/specs will come down to DDR4 vs 5. get more bang for your buck from the DDR4 system

johna8: I would say wait a tad new AMD Ryzen 7000 series.

The Ryzen 7000 stuff is looking pretty impressive - I don't think we'll see any price drops on Intel hardware, but I'd certainly hold fire until it's available if you're happy to wait another month.

The Ryzen 7 7700x looks to be faster than the 12900K in single threaded applications, and is really all you'd need for a long while in a gaming build. You'll probably have to order it as a custom build, rather than a prebuilt, but it shouldn't be much of an issue. Also gives the 3000 series GPUs more time to drop in price.

johna8: I would say wait a tad new AMD Ryzen 7000 series.

i wouldn't until they have ironed out the the inevitable glitches, crashes, bios updates etc that come with a new platform, that likely wont be till next year.