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Forums - Gaming - $400 PC VS PS4 Pro

small44 on 07 September 2016

A regular ps4.



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

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Kerotan on 07 September 2016
onionberry said:
hershel_layton said:

I have heard about the PS4 Pro, and am interested in it. However, I don't know if I should get a $400 PC or just stick to the PS4 Pro.


I'm not a huge computer enthusiast, so I don't know which one would be better. Anyone have an idea/preferences? Which one would be stronger? Like to know the basics.

I'm pro pc gaming but I'm a pc enthusiast too... get a ps4 pro (see what i did there? pro...pr ok ok) why? a $400 pc could be decent enough but you're not a pc enthusiast and a $400 pc is not future proof. Even if the pc has the same power, games are going to be better optimized on ps4 pro. 

and that's the bottom line cause onionberry said so :)

Enough of the puns!! 

 

But yeah as you said if you're going for a $400 choice the ps4 pro is the obvious choice.  



cesarmgc on 07 September 2016

Pro is your answer! Games are better optimizing in Ps4Pro...



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Slarvax on 07 September 2016

I dont see if anybody asked already. Do you have a 4K monitor/TV for the PS4 Pro?



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onionberry on 07 September 2016
Kerotan said:
onionberry said:

I'm pro pc gaming but I'm a pc enthusiast too... get a ps4 pro (see what i did there? pro...pr ok ok) why? a $400 pc could be decent enough but you're not a pc enthusiast and a $400 pc is not future proof. Even if the pc has the same power, games are going to be better optimized on ps4 pro. 

and that's the bottom line cause onionberry said so :)

Enough of the puns!! 

 

But yeah as you said if you're going for a $400 choice the ps4 pro is the obvious choice.  



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toot1231 on 07 September 2016
Bandorr said:
toot1231 said:
Here is a 435$ pc that will take a dump over the Ps4 pro. I seriously hate this console gen so much all of them suck I switched in 2014 I suggest you make the jump you wont regret it

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8MNn6X

I see no mouse, keyboard, or OS. I don't see a drive (blu/dvd/4k) or a controller.

Seems quite minimum.

Stream OS is free, Should I inclide games as well I mean you need those for a console everyone has a mouse and keyboard laying around I mean even if not its 10$ added on.

No one needs a CD drive unless you live in an area with shit enet then in that case add another 10$

there is no proof that ps4 pro will have blu ray

even this horrible cheap cpu that i linked will outperform the ps4 pro's



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toot1231 on 07 September 2016
Captain_Yuri said:
hunter_alien said:

Damn son, look at that rig! It can run both Uncharted and GT Sports at 60fps and 4k.

OT: dont fall for posts like this. If you want to get it why PC gaming is special get ready to pay 1000$ or more, otherwise go with a console. Thats the sour truth that the wast ajority of PC gamers simply do not want to accept. If you have money for both, go for both, but I guess thats not the case.

To be fair, PCs does have its own exclusives so exclusives are dependent on the taste of the user...

Also to be fair, you don't actually need $1000 either... While I don't agree with toot's build cause he is really squeezing it and omiting some things, the GPU that the ps4 pro has is a downclocked 480 which DF used to test their benchmarks of the Pro. So an actual 480 would perform similar to the ps4 Pro with the exception of some unoptimized games. I would say a $600-$650 usd PC should be able take on a ps4 pro. But certainly not a $400 one.

And both have advantages/disadvantages.

yea i was just showing an extreme cost saving example

you could buy used parts and easily beat the ps4 pro's price



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toot1231 on 07 September 2016
Bandorr said:
toot1231 said:

Stream OS is free, Should I inclide games as well I mean you need those for a console everyone has a mouse and keyboard laying around I mean even if not its 10$ added on.

No one needs a CD drive unless you live in an area with shit enet then in that case add another 10$

there is no proof that ps4 pro will have blu ray

even this shit cheap cpu that i linked will outperform the ps4 pro's

The PS4 comes with its own OS and controller. It comes with everything you need to play. What you linked - doesn't.

You basically left out everything you could and it STILL cost more than $400 (and even more when you include that mail-in -rebate you didn't mention.

I'm surprised you didn't just suggest pirating the OS.

Barely more expensive but, 100x better. If you add in PS Plus thats 60$ or 70$ now every year.

edit: same price now with everything needed http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wXsYNN

and if you bought used you could bring this down way more.



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dharh on 07 September 2016

$400 PC is weak sauce. Substandard parts for a substandard PC experience. Even worse if you buy a pre-built one from Acer or whoever.



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Zkuq on 07 September 2016
hershel_layton said:

Also, why are towers so expensive? I get the HDD, power supply, and all the other things needed would cost a lot. But the tower?

They're not unless you want to pay that much. You can get perfectly fine towers for $30-40, I think. You can probably get perfectly sufficient ones for even cheaper, but obviously they won't be as good.