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I think overall, even if we count the best case MSRP prices back in 2020, you would be hard pressed to be able to build a PC for console prices. The best value combination is an i5 11400 + 3060 Ti. Together they are around $600. Add in lets say $200-$300 for the rest of the parts since you aren't gonna be overlocking the i5 and get windows for free (which you can do officially these days), maybe $800-$900.

I think the cheapest deal that I have seen on Black Friday was this one:

[PREBUILT] Dell XPS 8940 Tower - Intel Core i7-11700 - GeForce RTX 3060Ti - 32GB RAM - 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD - $1,299 USD

Now there were cheaper PCs than that but not with a 3060 Ti from what I have seen. A 3060 Ti is faster in Raster and it's significantly faster in Ray Tracing than the consoles. And the rest of the components of that PC is very powerful compared to consoles as well. But gone are the days where we could attempt to make a competitive PC for similar price of a console. Nothing in the PC space will come close to the $400 price point of a PS5 for a long time.

There's still tons and tons of reasons to invest on a PC even if you are paying 3X more than a console but no longer can we play the game of value anymore... Unless you make money off of your PC that is...