I have recently just signed up to Steam... loads of games... can only play half of them as I have a 7.2 iMac But my PS3 is now 7 years old (not including the fact I had to replace it once ) and there isn't any plans to replace it for another 3 years

But then again rumours still persist that the PS4 may be announced this summer.

But I digress.

There have been dozens of threads on this site about consoles vs PC's and all that and the PC crew all saying you could build a top spec PC for the same or less than a console.

My challenge to you all is, prove it, make it cheaper than a console.

Now assuming that the PS4 is launched this year and it sells for £500, that is your target. To make a top spec Games PC on that budget.

You have to assume that

i) Nothing but precision screwdrivers are available for this PC build. If you have to get anything else it MUST come out of the £500 budget.

ii) Any part you source for this project must be evidenced by link to the appropriate online store selling that piece of hardware and all prices MUST include postage.

iii) You cannot exceed the £500 limit.

Go!

 

Write to points of view they might be able to help with this.

 

Yeah yeah smart arse

 

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

You could never build a "top spec" gaming PC for that.
£500 would be a reasonably performing rig, but nothing special. Did MO tell you it could be done?

 

I would say this If on a budget


System Specification
- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU
- CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 3.60GHz Processor
- Motherboard: AMD 760G Chipset (AM3+) Motherboard
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drives: 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI 5450 512mb graphics card
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: Pioneer 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
- Cooling: x2 White LED 120mm Fans

 

you know you wont get a screen, speakers, mouse, keyboard?

You would spend 500 easy on the actual pc, as above

 

Thats a titan krypt machine if memory serves me right.

Ginge

 

I didn't realise you got a screen and speakers with a ps3/4

- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case w/ Green LED Fans
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650W Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Clarkdale
- Motherboard: Intel H61(Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
- RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: Nvidia 400/500 Series DX11 Compatible Graphics Cards
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive


£440

 

you all forgot to add an OS

 

Just buy a mac and run windows Ive done it and games run fine! mind you i play games on the 360 anyway.

Might be a little over £500 but who cares!

 

It comes loaded on the machine... jesus

this is a nice spec to

System Case 1 Coolermaster Elite 430 Black & Coolermaster Elite 500W PSU
Motherboard 1 Asus P8H61-M LE, Intel H61 - USB3 Support
CPU 1 Intel Core i3 2130, 3.4GHz, 3MB Cache - Dual Core
Memory - DDR3 1 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3 - 1600MHz
Graphics Cards 1 1GB XFX HD 6770 -


1 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card & Headphone Ampifier
Solid State Drives - High Performance System Drive 1

System Drive 1 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 16MB Cache
Optical Drive 1 Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE - 22x DVD Writer



£520

 

bugger came in at £600
i5 2500 quad core sec generation..
asus mobo z68 ...
8gb ram. ..
6850 gfx card ...
500gb hdd..
optical drive...
500w psu..
case ..
could reduce a few specs .. but i wouldnt say no to that as a build . ...
but then you can enhance that later on by upgrading to a bigger gfx card or adding another identical one ...
cant upgrade a games console..
or repair it easily, have to send it away or get another ...
and you can do all your normal pc stuff ..

so at the moment you have a normal computer and a games console ?
so what did they both cost you ?
might be worth thinking that with that "extra" cost of a computer and gamesconsole, what would i have to spend to do the same again.. another £350 on a computer?
i await an upgraded budget ...

 

to be fair, although it might be £100 more then a new ps4, the spec of a new console wouldn't even get close to this

 

Possibly THE MOST STUPID suggestion ever! A mac is just overpriced pc components, you know this, right? People buy a mac because of ios and because they are ignorant to the hardware inside it.

As said, you will never get a top spec gaming pc for £500, unless you steal most of it. But for £500 it'll still out-perform any console.

 

so can we goto £800 yet ? lmao

 

:Cry:
£800 would get you a very decent performing rig, that was going to be my budget.

 

I have just spent that whole budget on my graphics card...

 

which one did you go for

 

The Radeon 7970