Gaming PC for the price of a console, that outperforms a console :)

[BenKenobi88]

IllegalPaladin said:

BenKenobi88 said:

Geldorn said:

I see you decided to skip on Windows altogether, as well as a mouse and keyboard.

And you're still above the $399 that the PS3 costs. Tsk.

Now, build me a complete PC for $399 that includes the same hardware or better than the $399 PS3 and I'll be impressed.
More so when you beat the $199 Xbox 360.

Remember that Windows will need to be included in that price and that no, not everyone is a student. And no, HD movie downloads is not the same as having a Blu-ray drive.

No...but a lot of people here are students.

It costs me $10 to buy Windows Vista legally...so no, I would NOT have to include a $200 OS on my system, because then I'd just freaking get Wine or Ubuntu or something. Or wave that pirate flag.

 

Dude, where did you get Vista for $10 and what version is it?

Vista Home Premium.

Windows XP is also $10.  My college (Purdue Calumet) sells Microsoft products legally for around $10 each, like Office, Windows, etc. 

Most colleges have some sort of free or very cheap way to get you Microsoft products.

Oh, and Garcian Smith, there's nothing wrong with this thread.  The fact that people on this site constantly spew lies, such as Windows always costs you $200, is reason enough for an informative thread like this.  I see plenty of console circlejerking enough in the day.