Putting the PC cost argument to rest

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL441D9BF9F40D0E5E

Here's a playlist of PCs that range from $350 to $1000+. Now, most of these are already outdated so you can get even better performance for the price if you do a little research on the latest version of these parts... Obviously a $350 PC can't play Crysis at Max settings but the performance is good enough to play most games at medium-high (depending on the game obviously).

I do think people vastly over estimates how much PC gaming costs. Back in the beginning of ps3/360 era, PC gaming costed a fortune thing was indeed the case. A PC that had the equivalent power of a ps3 would have costed you more than $1500 but that is not the case anymore for ps4/x1 third party games... If you want ps4/x1 level performance for third party games, you can certainly build a PC for <$1500 but > $800 that will give u equivalent performance/graphics and the best part is, Steam is Free and you can always upgrade ur PC in the future and really, all you really need to upgrade is the GPU since most PC games are GPU intensive

Something like the following (As an example) would definatly give u a higher performance/graphics than the ps4/x1:

CPU	Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor	$219.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	NZXT Respire T40 68.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$29.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	$94.99 @ Newegg
Memory	A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card	$309.99 @ NCIX US
Case	NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case	$129.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$64.99 @ Newegg
		Total
		$980.15

I can't believe memory has gotten so expensive! I payed $30 for 8gigs of 1866 DDR3 on cyber monday late 2012(the 1600 was sold out at $25). Fast forward to Cyber Monday 2013 and $50 for 1600 was considered a steal.