Which desktop should I use?

[Bryan]

I have two desktops and would like opinions as to which is best for my needs.

My main PC is an Asus Maximus VIII Nero Z170. It has an i7 6700k CPU and a Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970 GPU. The PC also has a Samsung NVMe M.2 500G SSD. All are in an Antec P280 case and all work perfectly. Running W11 Pro.

My second setup is much newer, A Gigabyte B460M d3h, i7 10700K but no GPU. The C: drive is a Samsung 850 SSD. Running W11 Pro.

I do not game, using the PCs' to correspond and keep household spreadsheets and the like, also minor video editing. 

I think I need to have someone with experience to tell me to continue with the Z170 and to stop thinking an old man's foolish thoughts. Just use the Giga as a backup and if necessary, a test machine.

[king1]

i7 10700K is the better CPU by four generations - 6xxx to 10xxx

The asus won't auto qualify for windows 11, not meeting all the specs, although this can be overcome.

The GPU is better than onboard graphics and might be more useful for the Video editing

Some benchmarks
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compa...ce-GTX-970
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/256...-i7-10700K

With benchmarks, bigger is better...

Ideally to maximise what you have you would add the Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970 GPU to the Gigabyte and maybe swap the samsung SSD for an NVME drive

HTH

[Bryan]

Thank you king1, I thought that being a newer unit the B260M would be so much better. The sites you provided were very helpful. If I go ahead, I will change the cases and maybe find a higher spec GPU. Now I just need to get my head around it all.
Thanks.