It's time to prove gaming PC's are affordable...

[Captain_Tom]

prayformojo said:

Captain_Tom said:

prayformojo said:
I want to ditch consoles and go over to Steam but the process of building a PC that will match the next consoles is just, too much money. In the long run, it'll save me money, sure. But I just don't have it up front.

That $500 PC I listed is easily strong than the next xbox (Based on rumors of course) and rivals or beats the PS4 depending on how optimized games get and if you overclock the PC's 7850 (Which you would be silly not to).

I didn't see that post, thanks :) Although, like I said before, if I were going full DD, wouldn't I want atleast a TB HDD? I'd imagine 250 GB filling up way too fast. And what's your opinion of solid state hard drives? Are they worth the extra $?

Honestly if you are starting your PC from scratch without having a ton (20+) of steam games already, go solid state.  I just ordered my first one last night (500GB), and I believe all NEW builders should get one from here on out.  

 

Even 120GB is enough for your first 5-10 games and you don't need to have them all installed at once.  Pluse SSD's keep getting cheaper and cheaper, so when you need more, you can get more.

 

As for the performance difference:

-From what I know games will load in 1-3 seconds instead of 10-30.

-NO poppin

-Slightly increased framerates in some games

-Your PC boots up in 15 seconds instead of a minute and it is instantly ready to go.  You don't have to wait a minute for all of your start up programs to be ready, they are all instantly up and running.

-Opening a program is like turning on a light.   Just click, and its on!

-They are silent and consume 10x less power.

Bottom line: At the end of the day, they are becoming the new standard.  You will want one within 2 years, and when that happens you won't want to have to move all of your data and reinstall windows.  Plus you can always get a cheap $40 500GB HDD later to store all of your music, photos, and Videos.