Xbox One X PC Build: Can you do it for $500?

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vivster said:

Mr Puggsly said:
                               

I did a little research, there are PC Jaguar CPUs running similar GHz as consoles. So they're fine for PCs as well. Eitherway, if you bought a device with a gaming focused APU, than GPU power is more important than CPU power.

I think there is an audience looking for a simple box that's reasonably priced and essentially runs current PC games at decent settings, like at par with modern consoles. I mean look at all the options for pre built gaming PCs, there is a market. I thought Steam machines was gonna be the answer for that but it wasn't, still expensive.

The answer is not buying a completely new PC every time you upgrade. If you just take a 4 year old PC and switch out the GPU with a $400 one you already have a better PC for a cheaper price.

Just because consoles force you to replace all of your hard and software with an upgrade doesn't mean PCs have to. There are plenty of components that last multiple console generations.

400$ is cheaper? The console alone cost as much, and it wont even run better because your old CPU will bottleneck your graphicscard which is pretty wasetfull.

I would much rather buy a new XBox One for 100$ more, getting also a 4K bluray player and saving some hardrive space on my PC for porn etc.