Building a Gaming PC for 1080p for Under $550

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adriane23 said:

teigaga said:

BraLoD said:

spemanig said:

BraLoD said:
PS4 is 400 since last november, and can do 1080p/60fps, so...

There's nothing I can really say to this. I just want to highlight that someone somewhere can actually post something like this in a thread like this.

Nothing wrong with what I said, it's pointless to build a PC 25% more expensive than a PS4 that will be useless in like 2 years and a PS4 will endure at least 5-6 years.
People would better invest a little more into building a PC to game. But nothing wrong with doing this either, I just don't see any good point in it.

Very few console games will be 1080p/60fps. Most will be 1080p, 30p on the PS4. 

For $400, that's pretty damn good. You couldn't hope to get the same results with a custom built PC for the same amount of money.

True, but that's also assuming you're not starting off from a pretty good position, either.  Not that I'm trying to encourage anyone into anything here, but the thing I really like about building my own PC is I can design it to allow for serious upgrade options, and still be in damn good shape gaming wise for years before thinking about adding/replacing hardware.   Yes, it requires a decent initial investment, specifically a good motherboard, but the rest you can make sacrifices on and still be over 1080p/60fps.  The same, can also be said of most store bought pre-built configs; you already have a PC there, find out it's specs and see what parts it can handle.  Simple and sub-$400 investments can have dramatic effects.

That having been said, I also love some console exclusive devs, so...it's nice to get some variety in hardware as well.