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[zorg1000]

Intrinsic said:

zorg1000 said:

I dont know much about this stuff but what would a console like you're proposing cost? And how big of a jump would it be over PS4 Pro/XB1X?

That depends.

Lets take the PS4 back in 2013 for instance

 

• APU $120 (28nm 348mm2)
• RAM $62 (16 x 4Gb modules in clamshell/ currently using 8 x 8Gb modules) 
• HDD $23
• BRD $25

Thats $230 for what I would consider the essential components. Other stuff are thins like cooling, PSU, controller, assembly.....etc. But this should give you an idea of what they are willing to spend in each field.

Now for the PS5 and without going into to much details it would be something like this

• APU $120-$150 (7nm chip 350mm2 - 370mm2)
• RAM $70 - $90 (8 - 12 x 16Gb modules GDDR6)
• HDD/SSD $25 2TB HDD / $45 1TB SSD
• BRD $25 

That will put us in the $240 - $310 bracket.

If going with a $240 setup then they will retail for $399. A $310 setup will probably end up being a $500 console when all other components are added.

At $399 you end up with a

• CPU that is about 6 times better than whats in the PS4/XB1 and 4 times better than whats in the PS4pro/XB1X
• GPU of around 10TF which is like 6 times better than whats in the base PS4 and about 2.5 times better than whats in the Pro
• 16 GB of RAM 

For a $499 system the CPU will be the same and the GPU and RAM will go up a bit.

I could be wrong but that honestly doesnt sound like that big of a jump. 6x CPU/GPU and 2x RAM when compared to base models (less when compared to Pro/X).