#PCMASTERRACE thing out of control

[FIT_Gamer]

sc94597 said:

Kerotan said:
went onto that pcmasterrace reddit thing and a guy posts his possible pc build and asks is this enough to beat consoles. The thing came in at $849 and they were like check, check, looks good, ram is a little bit more than needed, oh wait your gpu will get bottle necked you should upgrade to this even more expensive one. Then they were like you will need a new monitor too.

Seriously this whole beat a PS4 for 400$ is bullshit that they spew on YT. But in their actual forums they're barely breaking 800$ when they talked amongst themselves.

So when you talk about console prices do you add your at least $400 HDTV to the price? 

You can certainly build a PC for $500 that outperforms the PS4 as much as the PS4 outperforms the XBONE. As for the guy you mentioned on pcmasterrace, it could be that he is overspending on the other components and underspending on the GPU. The GPU should cost about half (+/- 10%) as much as the total price of the system (unless you are buying multiple gpus.) My GPU cost about $200, and my PC cost about $500 (before OS; in total), for example. 

Most people already own a tv, whether they play video games or not. So no. Not every one now a days has desktop computers at home. So a large percentage of people would have to purchase a monitor with the rest of their PC.