Check this out, PC gaming is cheaper than Consoles
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That article is incredibly dumb.
Single 8GB stick of ram? Check.
Hex core rather than quad core in a budget PC? Check.
Including the price of the internet connection in the PC and console costs? Check.
Awesome. Not to mention how dumb their console reasoning is too.
Single 8GB stick of ram? Check.
Hex core rather than quad core in a budget PC? Check.
Including the price of the internet connection in the PC and console costs? Check.
Awesome. Not to mention how dumb their console reasoning is too.
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I saw the original thread with the comment about a 25 quid power supply and thought yea.. your going to spend 400-500 quid on a rig and then use that piece of garbage to power it?
These articles are a load of cobblers
At the end of the day it comes down wether you are a computer enthusiast that both has the spare time + enjoys tinkering, or does not
If you have a real lack of free time, then unless your paid up enough to have somebody else do all the donkey work for you (i.e. get a monster rig from OC) then you stick with consoles, which are simply a plug in and go job
These articles are a load of cobblers
At the end of the day it comes down wether you are a computer enthusiast that both has the spare time + enjoys tinkering, or does not
If you have a real lack of free time, then unless your paid up enough to have somebody else do all the donkey work for you (i.e. get a monster rig from OC) then you stick with consoles, which are simply a plug in and go job
pc gaming is always going to cost more than console.
if you wanted you could build a really cheap pc or just buy a 400quid laptop that could easily do 720p @ 30fps and run on low/med settings which would be almost identicle to say an xbox.
true pc gaming requires around 800 quid though at a minimum
if you wanted you could build a really cheap pc or just buy a 400quid laptop that could easily do 720p @ 30fps and run on low/med settings which would be almost identicle to say an xbox.
true pc gaming requires around 800 quid though at a minimum
Yet its rather astounding how many people actually will do that when they are new to PC building.
The OP needs to add the title of the article so others can google it.
NVM, I found it. A £25 PSU, a single 8 Gb ram stick, and this:
Seriously why do people bother reading PC articles? Most of them are pure garbage.
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why use cardboard box when you can just have it sitting on your carpet for free
gotta keep your components nice and warm in this cold winter, why not connect some neon xmas lights also to decorate for the festive season.
That article is stupid.
PCs are more expensive because...
They do a lot more than just playing games.
my PC, for example, has a FreeSat card, it is my media centre, it is my gaming rig, it is used for work, it is used for communication (email, VoIP, IM etc..) and encoding.
The value comes back once you use it for functions other than gaming.
Consoles are good at what they do, play games.
This whole argument over PC Vs Consoles is stupid, and it shows in that article.
PCs are more expensive because...
They do a lot more than just playing games.
my PC, for example, has a FreeSat card, it is my media centre, it is my gaming rig, it is used for work, it is used for communication (email, VoIP, IM etc..) and encoding.
The value comes back once you use it for functions other than gaming.
Consoles are good at what they do, play games.
This whole argument over PC Vs Consoles is stupid, and it shows in that article.
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Found the article and just lol. I see point PC Gaming isn't as expensive as Console fanboys like to point out, but the article gives a lot of terrible advice.
Just seems to me like a competitor threw some money IGN's way to post an article linking lots of products to their site.
And to be honest, the cost of PC games will most likely be significantly lower if you take into account sales that go on daily on digital distribution platforms.
And to be honest, the cost of PC games will most likely be significantly lower if you take into account sales that go on daily on digital distribution platforms.
Just worked it out. Since I built this rig 2 years ago I have spent circa £2000 on gear and games (steam sale overspend should be noted), can't resell games.
An xbox + enough games for 2 years = £1000, I already have a TV. This factors in reselling the majority of games.
Oddly though you cant resell steam games PC games still work out cheaper when buying 7-8 big games a year and getting the rest on steam sales than it would buying and selling on console games.
The cost difference ends up being purely down to the rig cost.
An xbox + enough games for 2 years = £1000, I already have a TV. This factors in reselling the majority of games.
Oddly though you cant resell steam games PC games still work out cheaper when buying 7-8 big games a year and getting the rest on steam sales than it would buying and selling on console games.
The cost difference ends up being purely down to the rig cost.
maybe just maybe a CPU upgrade too
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I always very simply think of console vs pc gaming as this, everyone I know owns a PC, you either buy a console, or whack a £100 gpu in any PC and have basically a more powerful gaming rig for a LOWER cost than the console.
Seriously, who doesn't have a PC.
Even if you go the whole hog and talk about a £200 console vs a £300 dell box then buy a £100 gpu for that. 10 games in and if you're smart and got pre-order specials for the PC on various origin deals for half price and various other good deals, you could be looking at as little as £150(I got Crysis 2, Ass Creed for £15, and Skyrim for £20, etc, etc) but realistically £200. Similar/same titles on console you're basically looking at £35 a piece, so £350 for the same 10 games.
So even if you buy a whole new PC for gaming, after 10 games you've broken even and another 10 games further on you've saved £200 over a console, for a device with more free content, and almost infinitely more applications and uses, on top of future easy upgradability.
Consoles are NOT cheaper.
Seriously, who doesn't have a PC.
Even if you go the whole hog and talk about a £200 console vs a £300 dell box then buy a £100 gpu for that. 10 games in and if you're smart and got pre-order specials for the PC on various origin deals for half price and various other good deals, you could be looking at as little as £150(I got Crysis 2, Ass Creed for £15, and Skyrim for £20, etc, etc) but realistically £200. Similar/same titles on console you're basically looking at £35 a piece, so £350 for the same 10 games.
So even if you buy a whole new PC for gaming, after 10 games you've broken even and another 10 games further on you've saved £200 over a console, for a device with more free content, and almost infinitely more applications and uses, on top of future easy upgradability.
Consoles are NOT cheaper.
That's the way I look it at too.
Console costs never include the TV, because everyone has one. So it makes sense PC prices should only include those things that the console-owners's PC doesn't have.
An enthusiast PC might have a bunch of premium components in it, but a typical mainstream user doesn't need all that. Most of my friends manage with a £40-60 GPU (despite my urgings to go for a £100 one), and I doubt they suffer that much.
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My PS3 cost nearly as much as my last upgrade, since I had to buy a PS3+TV+Something to put them on. I know which platform has the cheaper games (I don't resell games anyways, so that's irrelevant for me).