$399 PC to take on the PlayStation 4

[QUOTE="ShoulderOfOrion"]PC has free online, PS4 doesn't. $450.caseypayne69

[QUOTE="ShoulderOfOrion"]PC has free online, PS4 doesn't. $450.caseypayne69

I'm sure there were topics like this already, but I want to take this one further and use it for future reference.

So, rules are simple, 399USD, 399EUR or 349GBP to build a PC.
It needs to be a complete tower plus keyboard and mouse, everything expect a monitor, because so often I see users coming up with these magical PCs as cheap as peanuts but its actually just CPU&GPU and maybe some RAM.

For this one you'll need the COMPLETE tower, that means Mother Board, CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, Optical Drive (should be BluRay but I'll take a DVD one) PSU, Cooling, and so on and so forth, in short, all the bells and whistles because that's what you get from the PlayStation 4, it's a complete unit that only needs plugging to a TV (ence I'm leaving out the PC monitor from the list) and that's it.

So, $399 to build it, go, and lets see how long that PC lasts in the gaming world.

Kane04

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

Regardless of the gaming PC costing more, if I game only on the PS4, I'll still need to post here (plus other forums) and that means having a non-gaming PC of some sort.

My formula still isn't going to change:

Gaming PC  = Console(s) + Non-Gaming PC/Tablet

DH1278

Even assuming you don't opt for a BR drive (or forgo optical media altogether), I just don't see how it is possible.  The idea that you can get a PC for that price make a tonne of assumptions about what parts you have lying around.

PS4 is an awesome system and great value, I really don't know if there is something on par with power and value out there.

PS4 is an awesome system and great value, I really don't know if there is something on par with power and value out there.

dovberg

close consolites.. close but no cigar ESPECIALLY when amd is about to replace your 7870 with something much faster FOR THE SAME MONEY

It is hard to find a comparable CPU really because the consoles are using one that would typically be mobile.  So as far as the CPU goes you are probably going overkill and GPU is probably under what is there so it will more or less be about right.  I actually did a quick search on builds on tiger direct with an amd barebones kit and a 7790(sounds similar to what you found) and it came up slightly more than $400 but it also comes with 4 games I think.  The GPU came with BioShock Infinite, TombRaider, & Far Cry 3 and the barebone kit came with DMC.  I think that PC comes out as a better value.

[QUOTE="dovberg"]

PS4 is an awesome system and great value, I really don't know if there is something on par with power and value out there.

ionusX

close consolites.. close but no cigar ESPECIALLY when amd is about to replace your 7870 with something much faster FOR THE SAME MONEY

I think you are assuming plenty from one short statement but that's ok.  BTW isn't it weird that 7850s and 7870s are going for the prices they are atm when a gtx 660 is so much cheaper and fits nicely in the middle between them?

It is hard to find a comparable CPU really because the consoles are using one that would typically be mobile.  So as far as the CPU goes you are probably going overkill and GPU is probably under what is there so it will more or less be about right.  I actually did a quick search on builds on tiger direct with an amd barebones kit and a 7790(sounds similar to what you found) and it came up slightly more than $400 but it also comes with 4 games I think.  The GPU came with BioShock Infinite, TombRaider, & Far Cry 3 and the barebone kit came with DMC.  I think that PC comes out as a better value.

dovberg

as for the gpu the gtx 650ti boost vs 7870 (gpu is a ps4) 

wahhh momma 4fps difference wahhhh

want some cryengine 3?

http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=3274&admin=0a8fcaad6b03da6a6895d1ada2e171002a287bc1

wahh 1fps diff

[QUOTE="dovberg"]

It is hard to find a comparable CPU really because the consoles are using one that would typically be mobile.  So as far as the CPU goes you are probably going overkill and GPU is probably under what is there so it will more or less be about right.  I actually did a quick search on builds on tiger direct with an amd barebones kit and a 7790(sounds similar to what you found) and it came up slightly more than $400 but it also comes with 4 games I think.  The GPU came with BioShock Infinite, TombRaider, & Far Cry 3 and the barebone kit came with DMC.  I think that PC comes out as a better value.

ionusX

as for the gpu the gtx 650ti boost vs 7870 (gpu is a ps4) 

wahhh momma 4fps difference wahhhh

want some cryengine 3?

http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=3274&admin=0a8fcaad6b03da6a6895d1ada2e171002a287bc1

wahh 1fps diff

The PS4 is not using a 7870 it is weaker than that.

It is a closer to the performance of a 7850.

Also that BF3 benchmark seems to be outdated.

Here is a newer one from the same site.

Why is this thread still alive? Why are people still claiming stuff for things that don't exist yet?