Putting the PC cost argument to rest

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

flagstaad said:

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 Now, most of these are already outdated so you can get even better performance for the price if you do a little research on the latest version of these parts...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 > $700 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...

For the first time since 2002 I am considering buying a gaming PC instead of a second console because I am starting see that there are not really a good advantage to the Xbox One or PS4, and I am starting to see many disadvantages (paying for online, higher game price, and others). It looks like the purchase will be done in winter 2015, I really don't care too much about the graphics of a game but I would like them to be good, how much can a PC that is similar in graphics capabilities to a PS4 would cost me right now? how much could it cost me in 1 year? Thanks for your advice.

Well, if you want equalivent, I say right now, you can get a PC for $800 that will give u either exact performance as the ps4 at minimum or more in certain cases. You can also get a PC thats for $600 right now that is also the exact performance as a ps4 but its too much in the borderline imo, if you pay $800, its a guarantee. But if you want to buy one in winter 2015. it will cost you $600 at most to get a PC that has the same performance as a ps4. Now, I say at most because getting a PC in winter 2015 is a really great time to get on and the reason is that DDR4 should be coming out in 2015 and what that will do is make all the DDR3 memory dirt cheap. And on top of that, a proper intel refresh as well as nvidia/amd gpu refresh should get the costs down in their last generation cards by a lot! So, if you do decide to wait (which I recommend) and get a in winter 2015. You will be saving a lotttt of money while having the same if not better performance than a ps4 in third party games