SvennoJ said:
venuse8102 said:
sorry but you can build a gaming pc, that is close to the ps4 in power, for alot cheaper then that, plus why did they add taxes to the price? most online stores dont tax you. hell here is a quick thing i slaped together
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rPGt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rPGt6/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270 2GB IceQ X² Video Card ($111.99 @ Newegg)
Case: HEC Vigilance MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Rosewill RK-101 Wired Standard Keyboard ($5.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: V7 Full size USB Optical Mouse Wired Optical Mouse ($4.50 @ Mwave)
Total: $456.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 12:06 EST-0500
so about $100 cheaper then there pc with about the same power. |
^ So a year later $456 will get you a PC with half the memory of a console that's now $350
Putting you specs together in Canada I get $114 for the CPU, Motherboard out of stock no price, Video card $189 ($159 after rebate) out of stock. Nm.
Anyway, if you just want to play games, you're going through a lot of hassle, spend $100 more, and end up with a system that's not going to be able to keep up as games start taking full advantage of PS4 and XBox One. Sure you can add some memory later, upgrade the gpu, which offsets the cost of live or ps+. With those you get tons of games as well though.
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He can always get a Windows 7 key instead for like $40 and then buy another stick of ram. Also, I can guarantee you that 5 years from now an r9 270 will be able to play multiplatform games on low-medium (like the next gen consoles.) It is comparable the 8800gt (price-wise) released 6 years ago, and that card plays all games at low-medium today. This is especially true since this card is very similar to the PS4's GPU. It is an upgraded HD 7870 rather than a downgraded HD 7870 (Pitcairn), with about 35% more floating point performance (1.8 TFLOPS vs. 2.3 TFLOPS) and everything else slightly upgraded. You might argue that the PS4 will become more optimized, but any optimization in that GPU space will affect these very similar GPU's. It would be other areas where optimization is necessary, and this PC's CPU just blows the PS4's out of the water. Consoles are on familiar architecture these days, unlike Gen 7. Don't expect the same wonders and level of optimizations.
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