Viper1 on 21 June 2013
| catofellow said: How much would it cost to build or buy factory built a PC that was comparable in power to the PS4? |
CPU: AMD A10-5800 - $130
Mobo: MSI-FM2-A55M - $45
GPU: Sapphire HD 6670 - $50
HDD: 500 GB Toshiba - $50
PSU: SeaSonic SS-300ES - $38
RAM: 4 GB 1866 DDR3 Crucial Ballastix - $36
Case: Gigabyte GZ-F5HEB - $22
OS: Win 7 - $100
Controller: ~$50
Total - ~$521
Faster CPU but fewer cores.
Less RAM but faster for general computing.
No disk drive required (but listed below).
Blu-Ray: LG 12x BD-ROM - $40
If you already own a PC, chances are good you could exceed the performance of the PS4 for under $200 in upgrades.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
