PC is cheaper than PS3

Call me lazy, but I really don't want to fiddle around with all those parts just to build a gaming PC. I just stick with the good ole consoles:)clubsammich91

[QUOTE="Jackboot343"]

Except the PS3 is more futureproof than this PC.

And you forgot the disc drive and cooling, in addition to what other users are saying.

DAZZER7

Yet the PS3 still has much better games. Hardware isnt everything.

So, where's the OS?Stevo_the_gamer

Yet the PS3 still has much better games. Hardware isnt everything.

Pdiddy105

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"]Call me lazy, but I really don't want to fiddle around with all those parts just to build a gaming PC. I just stick with the good ole consoles:)clembo1990

I think he means something along the lines of, if it does go the 10 years, it will play the new games 10 years from now while if you bought a PC it will be outdated by that time and while the console graphics get better with time PC is still hindered. For example try playing todays games with a geforce 2 series.adastos

This argument is intellectually bankrupt...

Anyone want to address it or should I?

[QUOTE="clembo1990"][QUOTE="clubsammich91"]Call me lazy, but I really don't want to fiddle around with all those parts just to build a gaming PC. I just stick with the good ole consoles:)SpruceCaboose

IF you're a student you can get it for free. If not, you're typing right now on a computer. You can transfer the product key. If you're unwilling to, 60-70 bucks on pricewatch.Vandalvideo

I'm surprised you left out that you could also torrent it to while you're at it. :roll:

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]IF you're a student you can get it for free. If not, you're typing right now on a computer. You can transfer the product key. If you're unwilling to, 60-70 bucks on pricewatch.Stevo_the_gamer

I'm surprised you left out that you could also torrent it to while you're at it. :roll:

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]IF you're a student you can get it for free. If not, you're typing right now on a computer. You can transfer the product key. If you're unwilling to, 60-70 bucks on pricewatch.Vandalvideo

I'm surprised you left out that you could also torrent it to while you're at it. :roll:

[QUOTE="adastos"]I think he means something along the lines of, if it does go the 10 years, it will play the new games 10 years from now while if you bought a PC it will be outdated by that time and while the console graphics get better with time PC is still hindered. For example try playing todays games with a geforce 2 series.AnnoyedDragon

This argument is intellectually bankrupt...

Anyone want to address it or should I?

Please do because I doubt anyone will. Also it was a big exageration on my part

[QUOTE="videogameblow"] soonabuabed

the dx11 cards will come out around windows 7 time. fall/winter.

GT300 is already in the works. at least DOUBLEthe performance of the gtx 2xx line.

Putting a computer together is insanely easy. I've been putting together computers for everything except the CPU since I was 9 .. and, no, I was not some uber computer genius braniac. I just had my brother watch me as I do it. I put my first CPU in when I was 13.

Don't overestimate the difficulty of putting a computer together. But, worse case scenario, you takes your parts to Best Buy, CompUSA, or any other shop and have them put the components together for ~100$.

@adastos: PCs last longer than consoles. Fact. Both in terms of quality of parts and in terms of performance. A PC lasting longer than five years it quite common. A Console that lasts more than five years is very rare if it's used regularly.

This is so obvious that I'm not going to waste my time even explaining it to you. Just know.

And, know, that all of us who understand technology are laughing at your post :D

Putting a computer together is insanely easy. I've been putting together computers for everything except the CPU since I was 9 .. and, no, I was not some uber computer genius braniac. I just had my brother watch me as I do it. I put my first CPU in when I was 13.

Don't overestimate the difficulty of putting a computer together. But, worse case scenario, you takes your parts to Best Buy, CompUSA, or any other shop and have them put the components together for ~100$.

[QUOTE="DeckardLee"]

Putting a computer together is insanely easy. I've been putting together computers for everything except the CPU since I was 9 .. and, no, I was not some uber computer genius braniac. I just had my brother watch me as I do it. I put my first CPU in when I was 13.

Don't overestimate the difficulty of putting a computer together. But, worse case scenario, you takes your parts to Best Buy, CompUSA, or any other shop and have them put the components together for ~100$.

mattbbpl

Of course the Best Buy employees are idiots. They're teenagers. The same kind that work in fast food restaurants. But, luckily, I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the GeekSquad... and they DO know what they're doing.

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"][QUOTE="DeckardLee"]

Putting a computer together is insanely easy. I've been putting together computers for everything except the CPU since I was 9 .. and, no, I was not some uber computer genius braniac. I just had my brother watch me as I do it. I put my first CPU in when I was 13.

Don't overestimate the difficulty of putting a computer together. But, worse case scenario, you takes your parts to Best Buy, CompUSA, or any other shop and have them put the components together for ~100$.

Of course the Best Buy employees are idiots. They're teenagers. The same kind that work in fast food restaurants. But, luckily, I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the GeekSquad... and they DO know what they're doing.

@adastos: PCs last longer than consoles. Fact. Both in terms of quality of parts and in terms of performance. A PC lasting longer than five years it quite common. A Console that lasts more than five years is very rare if it's used regularly.

This is so obvious that I'm not going to waste my time even explaining it to you. Just know.

And, know, that all of us who understand technology are laughing at your post :D

DeckardLee

Consoles last about 5-7 years. I bought a budget PC back in 2005 (A few months before Xbox 360's release) and it played games very well up until about mid-2008. Again, I must remind this was a budget PC. A decently built PC will last much, much longer especially since consoles are holding back graphics. PCs will continue to last longer and longer.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.194021&cm_sp=HomepageTop-_-DIYbundle-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.newegg.com%2fNEPro%2fDreamSystem%2f620x130.jpg

(Gamespot won't take the link)

After mail in rebates, total price is $295 for a computer with more power than any console. Even by upgrading the graphics card to play Crysis at high resolutions and details, it's still cheaper than a PS3. How are consoles still selling?

psychobrew

Please do because I doubt anyone will. Also it was a big exageration on my part

adastos

Well for one "new games" only refers to the games release date, not whether or not the game design itself is new. You can release a GameBoy game today and it will be new, that doesn't mean it looks and plays new. You only have to look to the PS2 to see the games are dramatically behind modern standard, of course it would be silly to suggest something that old can keep up with modern standards, but then the argument suggests that as well.

It talks about PC being outdated by time while consoles get better and better, this is actually suggesting a static console platform will keep progressing while a PC would have to keep upgrading in order to keep up. This is of course a ridiculous argument, while console hardware utilization/application does improve with time it doesn't allow you to surpass a PC equipped with recent tech.

It then uses a double standard by criticising a 10 year old PC's ability to run modern games, but does not place the same expectation on PS2; which cannot run modern games either. They are using the release date of the game to suggest modern, when of course the games are anything but modern.

Overall it is a silly argument.

[QUOTE="killab2oo5"]You forgot an OS,PSU, and KB+M.psychobrew

The above title is true.It only cost69.99 for aStandard Gamers' Optimization and A advance

Advanced Gamers' Optimization

Will only cost $159.99 much more cheaper than that wast of money dsi.

And thats from geek sqaud.

for the 1351515135315154636th time, it's NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE. its because they're easier and more user friendly, and more social.mistervengeance

More social then PC... how.

i know how to assemble a computer quite well. so why don't i? they suck.

i know how to assemble a computer quite well. so why don't i? they suck.

12345678ew

That's a pretty bold and generalizing claim. You may think they suck, but in fact, they really don't.

I wouldn't say a particular console sucks, just that it doesn't appeal to me.

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.194021&cm_sp=HomepageTop-_-DIYbundle-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.newegg.com%2fNEPro%2fDreamSystem%2f620x130.jpg

(Gamespot won't take the link)

After mail in rebates, total price is $295 for a computer with more power than any console. Even by upgrading the graphics card to play Crysis at high resolutions and details, it's still cheaper than a PS3. How are consoles still selling?

-snorlax-

I cant help but notice your Conduit avatar now :D

Are you kidding me? 9500GT? Dual core 3.0Ghz? No blu-ray drive? No OS? Crappy PSU included with the case? This barely even matches the 360...

And especially with "gaming" PC's that fall under $700, they often need to be updated in some way every 3 years. Where my PS3 doesn't need to be updated for like 6 years

Are you kidding me? 9500GT? Dual core 3.0Ghz? No blu-ray drive? No OS? Crappy PSU included with the case? This barely even matches the 360...

And especially with "gaming" PC's that fall under $700, they often need to be updated in some way every 3 years. Where my PS3 doesn't need to be updated for like 6 years

munu9

Blu-ray drive? Why the heck would I need one for PC?

[QUOTE="munu9"]

Are you kidding me? 9500GT? Dual core 3.0Ghz? No blu-ray drive? No OS? Crappy PSU included with the case? This barely even matches the 360...

And especially with "gaming" PC's that fall under $700, they often need to be updated in some way every 3 years. Where my PS3 doesn't need to be updated for like 6 years

Bebi_vegeta

Blu-ray drive? Why the heck would I need one for PC?

[QUOTE="psychobrew"][QUOTE="whatisazerg"]

First of all.... whats your point about Monitors being as expensive as TV's..... actually Inch for Inch, Monitors are MORE expensive than TV's, so I don't know where you are going with that...

And yes I can forget about mods..... I don't care about mods at all, never use them.... wouldnt care if they never existed.... by the time a good mod comes along, I'm ready to play a different game, not the same one with a different skin. I have never cared about mods and probably never will.

But what do MODS have to do with the discussion of price of systems?

And where did I say you need to add the price of a monitor to the price of buying a PC?

I was merely using myself as an example, I wanted a new Monitor, I didn't need one. Last year I wanted a new GPU so i got a 8800GT and replaced my 7900GTX, again not needed.... just wanted it.

If you're a gamer you aren't gonna be happy running all your games at low-med settings. The point is the cost of PC gaming is more, because you are constantly upgrading.

The longest I've ever had a PC without upgrading is 2 years. And even then, by the end of the 2 years I felt like I was falling behind. So you stick in some more RAM, replace the vid card, etc.

PC GAMING COSTS MORE THAN CONSOLE GAMING..... END OF STORY!

Except the PS3 is more futureproof than this PC.

And you forgot the disc drive and cooling, in addition to what other users are saying.

[QUOTE="psychobrew"][QUOTE="killab2oo5"]You forgot an OS,PSU, and KB+M.iowastate

[QUOTE="munu9"]

Are you kidding me? 9500GT? Dual core 3.0Ghz? No blu-ray drive? No OS? Crappy PSU included with the case? This barely even matches the 360...

And especially with "gaming" PC's that fall under $700, they often need to be updated in some way every 3 years. Where my PS3 doesn't need to be updated for like 6 years

Blu-ray drive? Why the heck would I need one for PC?

[QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

[QUOTE="munu9"]

Are you kidding me? 9500GT? Dual core 3.0Ghz? No blu-ray drive? No OS? Crappy PSU included with the case? This barely even matches the 360...

And especially with "gaming" PC's that fall under $700, they often need to be updated in some way every 3 years. Where my PS3 doesn't need to be updated for like 6 years

Dilrod

Blu-ray drive? Why the heck would I need one for PC?

Yes, and do you want me to name every single thing I can do with a PC that you can't do with a PS3???

[QUOTE="Dilrod"] Because the TC is comparing it to a ps3. If your going to compare, make it apples to apples, not apples to bananas. psychobrew

Irregardless, you still need an optical drive of some sort.

This build will also not run anything for long without even a heatsink for the CPU; from the specs "Cooling device not included - Processor Only"

After that, you'd probably want some sort of input device as well as an OS so you can actually do something with the computer.

As for this,

After mail in rebates, total price is $295 for a computer with more power than any console.psychobrew

The only part with more "power" in this build is the PSU.

I cant Play MGS4, Gran Turismo, Cross Edge, Killzone, warhawk, Valkyria Chronicles etc on that PCTheOldOlder

Just like you can't play any PC exclusives on the PS3, so the point is really a moot one.

I cant Play MGS4, Gran Turismo, Cross Edge, Killzone, warhawk, Valkyria Chronicles etc on that PCTheOldOlder

[QUOTE="psychobrew"][QUOTE="Dilrod"] Because the TC is comparing it to a ps3. If your going to compare, make it apples to apples, not apples to bananas. asylumni

Irregardless, you still need an optical drive of some sort.

Optical drive... not an expensive blu-ray which is useless for PC gaming.

But, we could live without optical drive on the PC system... DD is strong enough.

I cant Play MGS4, Gran Turismo, Cross Edge, Killzone, warhawk, Valkyria Chronicles etc on that PCTheOldOlder