"PC Gaming Puts Other Platforms to Shame in GAMES, RESPECT, and DEALS"

[vlad321]

HappySqurriel said:

WilliamWatts said:

HappySqurriel said:

Please show me this magical PC build for $400 that I won't need to replace with a new $400 system in 12 to 18 months. Be sure to include a motherboard, memory, cpu, graphics card, audio card (although I will accept onboard audio), hard-drive, case, power-supply and licenced version of Windows. Show me benchmarks that will lead me to believe that this system will handle a game like Starwars: The Old Republic above minimum settings and above 800x600 when a guild decides to have a 100 man raid in the zone you're playing in.

You can do it with $500 with a PC you don't have to build yourself if you start with a reasonably priced $400 HP with a strong dual core processor and an HD 5670. This is about 40% more powerful than my second system my girlfriend uses to play games on which has an Athlon X2 2.5Ghz and an HD 4670.

And how long will that be a viable gaming system before you replace it?

Building a $500 PC that can play games is possible, building a PC that has a similar viable life to a console is very expensive.

When you say life to you mean in terms of length or in terms of ability? Because you can have both for those amounts of money. Of coruse comparable to a console it means that you will not be playing all the games on max. For instance, the 360 and the PS3 would not be able to handle SC2 on max, but you will be able to run them at comparable graphics.