It's a great deal, but only if you prioritise 4k over higher framerates. Even the FX8300 can manage 60fps in most scenarios. I'm sure the One X could too if it was a priority. Those Jaguar cores do suck massively though.

Can I get some links to them playing modern games on PC? I am curious...

Me too. Benchmarks of it running demanding modern games please.

Sooooo PC > Consoles?

400$ is cheaper? The console alone cost as much, and it wont even run better because your old CPU will bottleneck your graphicscard which is pretty wasetfull.

I would much rather buy a new XBox One for 100$ more, getting also a 4K bluray player and saving some hardrive space on my PC for porn etc.

That's what I was thinking. If you already own PC with decent mobo and psu, the upgrade would cost you around $350 - $400

Any update on comparable builds?

I was browsing pc parts picker Canada for a bit and it's kinda useless. Most of the completed builds I checked are actually incomplete and have missing prices for components. I tried recreating a pre build machine and get incompatibility warnings. While my attempt is CAD 144 cheaper (1266 vs 1399 after mail in rebates), including shipping from 5 different retailers and adding the still missing bits, I doubt it actually ends up being less. And that's while choosing all the lowest priced options.

What I don't get is that all pre build PCs seem to pair an expensive cpu with a lower end gpu. While in this thread the consensus seems to be that you're better off with a much less capable cpu? With the I7-7700 being the most expensive cpu on pc parts picker, why do pre-build gaming pcs go for the i7 instead of a better gpu?

I have a hard time getting under CAD 1000 on PC parts picker, it will be hard to match the xbox one x. Or perhaps an I3 is enough? (was trying i5) The GTX 1060 6GB alone is CAD 360, plus Win 10 that's CAD 480, leaves 120 for the rest. XBox One X is CAD 599 here.

The XBox One X is CAD 37 less than the exchange rate would suggest. With pc parts it's usually the other way around, so it will be especially hard to match it in Canada. MS is giving Canadians a deal. (A CAD 637 or even 649 console would never sell of course)

Lets play some Jag. /AVGN/

The thing is more complicated then the most people are thinking. Perhaps you get the Hardware Power of a XOneX for theese 500 bucks but you will never get it with the comfort, Wifi etc. The other problem is the heat that a fx8300 is producing , i think the XOneX will run with 50° max under full load a pc with the fx8300 dont will run so smooth i tried it with a Dark Rock 2 Pro for a friend , he could play but after 1-2 hours his system got heat problems.......... he had 2 fan for the casis too so normally it should run.! if you wanna have a cool pc with the cpu power you have to take a good i5 @ ~ 200 Eur ( im from europe) the same problem you ahve with the graphics card if you wanna close your case after a half year later then you got this pc you cant buy the cheapest graphics card then you have to spend a little bit more 300+ eur, so you see if you wanna have a cool and silent system you need min 450 Eur only for the cpu and grapics card and because of this the Xbox One X is a very good deal not only for the price. We know also that Microsoft is a Master of Optimisation at their games!

Last time I checked $400 is cheaper than $500. And for that saved $100 you can get a 3TB drive for all your porn.

Any regular mainstream CPU from 2013 outperforms the X1 CPU by miles. CPUs haven't been bottlenecking PCs since 2010.