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Mr Puggsly on 20 June 2013
Soleron said:
m0ney said:
TheLastStarFighter said:

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CPU - 100

GPU - 150

Mobo - 50

RAM - 50

Case - 50

= 400

There you go.

OS can be easily *borrowed*.

Missing controller, BD drive, hard drive, ARM chip and the fact 8GB of GDDR5 is stupid expensive

Oh boy, I didn't even think about the Bluray drive! That's gonna be another $50 - $60?

I hope we get free shipping.



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dobby985 on 20 June 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Soleron said:
m0ney said:
TheLastStarFighter said:

...


CPU - 100

GPU - 150

Mobo - 50

RAM - 50

Case - 50

= 400

There you go.

OS can be easily *borrowed*.

Missing controller, BD drive, hard drive, ARM chip and the fact 8GB of GDDR5 is stupid expensive

Oh boy, I didn't even think about the Bluray drive! That's gonna be another $50 - $60?

I hope we get free shipping.

Why do you need a Blu-ray drive for a PC. It's completley irelevant for data storage.

Do you even need an optical drive, period? I cant remember the last time i used mine.



Vashyo on 20 June 2013

I'd say go for 600$ build at the lowest, real value usually starts appearing at that price range

660 ti/7850 + good i5 or a good FX cpu should get u good experience with games for the next 3-4 years atleast.

- Get a decent 50$ Powersupply, do not skimp on the PSU

- Cheap 4-8gb memory (doesnt matter what memory really, memory has very very tiny effect on overall performance so no reason to buy expensive)

- Decent Mobo (just get a good brand one, read some reviews before u decide which one)

- one decent 500gb HDD or 128gb SDD if u dont mind having less space.


Games are usually 20-50% cheaper even at launch on PC (EA/Activision games bit more expensive though)

oh yeah, and u don't have to pay 60$ a year to use the online service. So putting bit more money into it will still save you some dosh if u plan on playing for years on it.



TheLastStarFighter on 20 June 2013
m0ney said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
There's no way you can get a PS4 level PC for the same price as a PS4.  There so much extra stuff that needs to be in a PC that doesn't need to be in the PS4.  The OS alone adds significant cost.  PS4 is probably sold at a loss, too.

 


CPU - 100

GPU - 150

Mobo - 50

RAM - 50

Case - 50

= 400

There you go.

OS can be easily *borrowed*.

Good try.  You missed a lot, and if you are into "borrowing" things, I'm sure you could "borrow" a PS4 as well.  Cost = $0.



Kasz216 on 20 June 2013
Soleron said:
m0ney said:
TheLastStarFighter said:

...


CPU - 100

GPU - 150

Mobo - 50

RAM - 50

Case - 50

= 400

There you go.

OS can be easily *borrowed*.

Missing controller, BD drive, hard drive, ARM chip and the fact 8GB of GDDR5 is stupid expensive


Seems like it'd be cheaper to more DDR3 ram to compensate.  Not to mention the PS4 isn't even out yet. 

Considering how PC hardware sales go, if you gave someone a $400 dollar budget to build a PS4 level computer or greater by the time the PS4 launched, I imagine they'd do quite swimmingly.   (additionally, hardware will be cheaper on a base level when the PS4 releases).



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dobby985 on 20 June 2013
Vashyo said:
I'd say go for 600$ build at the lowest, real value usually starts appearing at that price range

660 ti/7850 + good i5 or a good FX cpu should get u good experience with games. Just get a decent 50$ Powersupply, do not skimp on the PSU, cheap 4-8gb memory and one decent 500gb HDD or 128gb SDD if u dont mind having less space.


Games are usually 20-50% cheaper even at launch on PC (EA/Activision games bit more expensive though)

oh yeah, and u don't have to pay 60$ a year to use the online service. So putting bit more money into it will still save you some dosh if u plan on playing for years on it.


Forgot about that. Clans/companies(http://www.gameservers.com/) host their own servers on PC but on consoles you are paying for a peer-to-peer matchmaking system.



Ps4eva! on 20 June 2013

I prefer consoles because cheaper



Salnax on 20 June 2013
Ps4eva! said:
I prefer consoles because cheaper


Much as I like consoles, it depends. Stuff like yearly subscriptions add up, you can more cheaply upgrade your PC than buy a whole new console, and games tend to be cheaper on PC.



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dobby985 on 20 June 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
m0ney said:
Salnax said:
I'm no expert, but based on what I can find around the internet, a PS4-level PC you build yourself will cost around $800 or $900, including just the basic hardware but not any keyboards or monitors.

A $260 PC won't be able to play a lot of PS3-level games.


W-T-F? Someone delete that trolling attempt?

 

A PS4 level PC will cost you about the same as  a PS4. The diffrence will probably be that games on the PC won't run as good as the same games on the PS4 because of optimization on the console, but it doesn't mean that they won't run well.

You can find a PS3 level PC in dumps for free. You certainly can't buy a new PC anymore with those parts because PC tech has gone several generations ahead since PS3 launch.

There's no way you can get a PS4 level PC for the same price as a PS4.  There so much extra stuff that needs to be in a PC that doesn't need to be in the PS4.  The OS alone adds significant cost.  PS4 is probably sold at a loss, too.

If that's the case then why do I need to include all the fluff that the PS4 comes with? Like a blu-ray drive.

Nobody owns a PC Blu-ray drive, they are completley useless.



Mr Puggsly on 20 June 2013
dobby985 said:

Why do you need a Blu-ray drive for a PC. It's completley irelevant for data storage.

Do you even need an optical drive, period? I cant remember the last time i used mine.

I recently used my drive to install Halo 2.

Eitherway, if we're talking about building a PC comparable to consoles I think the Bluray drive is relevant. Its the leading platform for playing physical movies.



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