Help between two pre-built systems please! Advice welcomed

JG1337

JG1337

JG1337

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Hi All,

I bought my last PC from Overclockers over 10 years ago now I believe, and it's still doing well! However, I think it's time to upgrade since I work from home on it daily and it's probably the item I interact with the most on a daily basis. Time to invest!

I have built two options:

  1. I think this is my preference
Case
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Gunmetal Grey

CPU
Intel Core i9-11900K 3.5GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - OEM

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite AX (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i PRO XT RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060043-WW)

Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (Black)

Graphics Card
Gigabyte *Build Stock* GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

M.2 Solid State Drive 1 (Primary Drive If Selected)
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (S100T2B0C)

M.2 Solid State Drive 2 (Secondary Drive If Selected)
You can optionally select an item

2.5" SATA Solid State Drive 1
WD Blue 1TB 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive *SI STOCK* (S100T2B0A)

Power Supply
Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Soundcard
You can optionally select an item

Case Lighting
You can optionally select an item

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)
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2. This I think is the latter option?
Case
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Gunmetal Grey

CPU
Intel Core i9-11900K 3.5GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - OEM

Motherboard
Intel B560 (Socket 1200) DDR4 Motherboard

CPU Cooler
Cooler Master 240mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler

Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (Black)

Graphics Card
Asus *Build Stock* GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (Primary if selected)
WD Black SN750 SE 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (S100T1B0E)

Gen3 M.2 Solid State Drive
You can optionally select an item

2.5" Solid State Storage Drive
WD Blue 1TB 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive *SI STOCK* (S100T2B0A)

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)
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Questions:
1) What I need help with is identifying where option 2 wins against option 1? (I think just GPU?)
2) Should I just buy a 2TB SSD and put both my OS and storage file? Or is it best splitting the two?
3) If best option is to split the two, what's better between M.2 SSD's and 2.5" SATA SSD's?
4) If option 1, do I need to buy a soundcard, or does my mobo support 7.1?
5) What's better between Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX PSU
and Kolink Continuum 850W 80 Plus Platinum Modular PSU (same price)?
6) If I bought two of these (£2250 systems - do OC do any discount or incentives)?
7) Case Lighting option - will OC install these for me and sync it to the case lighting?

I don't really play many games on my PC - RuneScape at a push. However, I need a high performance PC for my work usage. Thanks in advance!
 
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