Which is the best option between these two?

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I’m looking at getting a new gaming PC, and have about £1100 to spend. My last PC was bought 17(!) years ago, also from OC as an overclocked one, but I’ve been out of gaming PCs for so long that I don’t really know what’s what.

I’ve not got a great track record with building my own PC, so thought I’d go for a prebuilt one, and have seen the following two:

Or

I was originally leaning towards the Mach 2, especially when it was £50 cheaper, but with that price rise and now the Black Friday deal on the Pyrite, I’m not sure which is best. I like the better CPU and larger HDD on the Pyrite, but I wonder if the bigger case of the Mach 2 would give better airflow (my old PC used to overheat regularly) and I’ve always had Nvidia cards in the past (though obviously not for a while) so don’t really know how the 9060 XT compares.

I’d appreciate any help/suggestions, or if there’s a better alternative to look at. I’m after playing FPS games mainly, having played mainly CoD and BF in the past, but also some RTS games.

Thanks.
 
Hoggy said:
but I wonder if the bigger case of the Mach 2 would give better airflow (my old PC used to overheat regularly)
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It shouldn't be an issue with either case. Those CPUs and the two graphics cards don't use a lot of power (well, relatively not a lot, compared to high-end ones).

Hoggy said:
and I’ve always had Nvidia cards in the past (though obviously not for a while) so don’t really know how the 9060 XT compares.
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The 5060 Ti is around 10% faster, but it depends on the game and the use of upscaling/ray tracing, so they're more or less safe to consider equivalent.

For the most part, the Mach 2 will be the faster gaming PC, but it'll depend on the game. E.g. CoD loves AMD for whatever reason. RTS games may run a little better on the 7700 if the CPU is used meaningfully.
 
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