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TheLastStarFighter on 20 June 2013
dobby985 said:
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.

You seem to have missed the entire point of this thread.  Read the OP again.



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Soleron on 20 June 2013
Kasz216 said:

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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).

It really won't. There's no major hardware launches until mid next year, and those that are happening are on the same 28/32nm node we have now. Expect stagnant prices.



Corey on 20 June 2013

Also take into account the optimization had for the consoles, just because you have similar hardware doesn't mean you'll be able to run games as well as the PS4 does in 5 years time.

Depending on your set up i'd say you'd be paying around 600-700 for an "equal" PC, price could go up and down depending on how much you spend on parts like the case and psu.



late_release on 20 June 2013

I guess it will depend of the type of gaming you're looking after too. There's gaming that is genuinely better at the PC (FPS's comes to mind) but there are exclusives for the consoles mostly PS4 that only comes from Japan like RPG's and many others I don't want to be specific. So I'd say the hardware is the least to worry about, it will mostly depend of the experience you look for.



Vashyo on 20 June 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
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.

You can install old games with it yes, but current games tend to come with a CD-key for a download service like steam. So u dont even have to put in the disc to install the game.

But yeah Bluray is gonna be the standard player soon since even MS got one now. Discs are all going to be bluray in the future.



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crissindahouse on 20 June 2013

pc will cost little bit more but games are cheaper on pc, you have the modding community, other games (depends oif you like genres like startegy games) and so on.,.. in the end you can be safe to say that pc gaming isn't expensive as long as you are fine with the same or little bit better graphics as consoles have and that pc+console is a good option if you care about modding or the genres strong on pc.



m0ney on 20 June 2013

I forgot about power supply and hard drive LOL but usually ppl have them from previous builds anyway.



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Muffin31190 on 20 June 2013
Soleron said:

CPU - $70 ~lower than Trinity
GPU - $125 ~7850 minus memory
8GB GDDR5 ~$100
Motherboard $70
500GB HDD $60
BD drive $20
Case $50
Onboard ARM chip/other custom circuitry $10
Controller $60


$565 excluding software, tax, assembly and shipping

Now obviously Sony pays less. But also they have design costs to amortise and a free cloud service to run. I would say they make a $50 loss per unit at best.


Please tell me where you can find 8gb of GDDR5 Ram for $100, seriously i would love to know where these deals are because ive only seen them in GPU's and those are over $900.



Soleron on 20 June 2013
Muffin31190 said:
Soleron said:

CPU - $70 ~lower than Trinity
GPU - $125 ~7850 minus memory
8GB GDDR5 ~$100
Motherboard $70
500GB HDD $60
BD drive $20
Case $50
Onboard ARM chip/other custom circuitry $10
Controller $60


$565 excluding software, tax, assembly and shipping

Now obviously Sony pays less. But also they have design costs to amortise and a free cloud service to run. I would say they make a $50 loss per unit at best.


Please tell me where you can find 8gb of GDDR5 Ram for $100, seriously i would love to know where these deals are because ive only seen them in GPU's and those are over $900.

I mean if they sold it seperate.

If not, GPU with 2GB GDDR5 - $150, 6GB DDR3 - $70. Same deal really.



Zkuq on 20 June 2013

I'd like to point out the fact that most likely everyone on this site has a PC and most probably have one that's not ancient. In such case, upgrade cost is what counts. And then there's the fact that occassionally people will have to get new PCs anyway, in which cases the cost of gaming should be the extra you have to pay to get a gaming-capable PC compared to a basic PC. For example, a basic PC costs $500 and a gaming PC costs $700. There's a $200 difference so you just paid $200 for the gaming part of your PC. Of course this isn't the whole truth as the frequency of upgrades might vary, but... Well, I think it points out pretty well that you can't just take the price of a whole new gaming PC and say that's the price of PC gaming.