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It's official: consoles cost as much as gaming PCs now
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I think this article is sensationalizing the situation a bit. It could be $700 (if you already have a case, hdds, psu, and cooling on hand.)
But really comes down to your desired resolution and frame rate. I know plenty of people who are fine with 1080p and 60fps.
1440, 2160 120 is another story. The higher end gpu would likely require a slightly higher tier PSU and more efficient cooling which could add a few bucks to the GPU and CPU investment.
I recommend checking out PC part picker to see what your ideal components would shake out to.
I mean you can build a 2k gaming PC for under $700. I think the only games on PS5 that'll be running at 120fps will be the anything shooters that'll run at 250fps on a toaster.
Random "$700 PCPP" search. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8PmJZJ
It’s something. B450M is about as low as you can go, and not sure i’d go with ddr4 or WD green for storage, but it would definitely be a PC.
PS5 Pro is going for 800 EUR so I've picked these parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BnpTsh, and it's almost spot on how much it costs after converting it into USD. (800 EUR = 881.83 USD)
Its an an old link that poped up. As long as it has access to all channels boards aren't a big deal in the equation. Storage is cheap and any usuable 1tb will do.
but we’re talking comparable to ps5 pro
We’ll have it see it in action to really compare. This computer will demolish existing consoles, playing most games at 1440p above 90FPS. Games that on the PS4 or Xbox are limited to 60 or even 30. The question really is, how many games will even let you run them higher than 60FPS on the pro? On the PS5 it was supposed to be “many”
But it is not many.
The PS5 Pro is a decent value compared to a PC. It's just not an amazing value like the original PS5 was in 2020.
Take PCPP's Entry Level AMD Gaming Build. Upgrade it to a 2TB NVME and a RX 6800 GPU. That's $830. https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/NtFfrH/entry-level-amd-gaming-build
That's pretty similar specs to the PS5 Pro (with a better Zen 3 CPU, but minus a gamepad).
You can also get all of those except the hdds for quite literally 0 dollars, although depending on electricity prices and what upgrading you want to do it might be better long term to spend on the psu.
care to share your source for free PC parts?
Facebook market place unfortunately. Or just walking around on garbage day.
Here's a case + 500w psu I picked up the other day:
“we have ps5 pro at home”