In terms of PC's a good PC will always give you a superior gaming experience (from a solely tech perspective) then a console. Price really isn't as much of an issue as people make out. My PC is over 3 yrs old now with a budget dual core CPU, 2Gb RAM and a 8800GTS 320Mb and it manages to run Crysis on Med-High and most cross platform games look better on my PC then the console counterparts (CoD4 & WaW and Mirror's Edge w/ PhysX on are the most obvious). It cost me about £700 just over 3 yrs ago and still manages to play these games no problem. I probably won't upgrade until the next batch of consoles come out.
OT: The 360 is too much of a closed system to really be considered even close to a PC. Of all the consoles only PS3 is close to being a PC due to linux installations, web browser, laptop HDD and use of USB keyboard & mice. But then it's also the most expensive.








