Xbox One X PC Build: Can you do it for $500?

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Kristof81 on 13 July 2017

Wait for the RX Vega release. The price of the GPU should drop quite significantly.

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Ruler on 14 July 2017

vivster said:

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400$ is cheaper? The console alone cost as much, and it wont even run better because your old CPU will bottleneck your graphicscard which is pretty wasetfull.

I would much rather buy a new XBox One for 100$ more, getting also a 4K bluray player and saving some hardrive space on my PC for porn etc.

Last time I checked $400 is cheaper than $500. And for that saved $100 you can get a 3TB drive for all your porn.

Any regular mainstream CPU from 2013 outperforms the X1 CPU by miles. CPUs haven't been bottlenecking PCs since 2010.

It wont outperform the X1Xs CPU, yes CPUs can bottleneck your expensive graphicscard. 100€ wont be getting you a 4K bluray player, i much ratehr have a complete new device for 100 bucks.

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caffeinade on 14 July 2017

Hiku said:

Vasto said:

Part	Name	Price
CPU	AMD FX-8300 (3.3GHz, 8-core)	$90
Motherboard	ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+^[3][4]	$45
RAM	Patriot Signature 8GB DDR3/1600 (1x8GB)	$47
Graphics card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 8GB Gaming 8G^[5]	$266
Storage	Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue 3.5” 7200RPM HDD	$50
Optical Drive	LG UH12NS40 Blu-Ray drive	$43
PSU	Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze^[6]	$35
Case	Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower	$34
OS	Windows 10 OEM license	$32
Shipping	Motherboard ($1), Graphics Card ($9)	$10
Total:	$652

You probably don't need an optical drive for gaming, since pretty much every modern game is available digitally on PC. So that's -$43.

And if you already have a PC, you probably already have storage, a case, and an OS you can use on your new one. That's an additional -$50, -$34, -$32.

$652 - $159 = $493.

So if you already own any kind of PC, you can turn it into a monster for $493.

You can get a case + PSU for $45
Some cases will be an issue with other motherboards.
You can however just use the box the mobo comes with.