Console Gaming Vs. Pc Gaming

[ECA]

It's about as on topic as the rest of this thread.

 

[BloodOmen]

Hey dont blame me, I wasnt the one that took it off topic

 

[Aada]

Can anyone spec me up a gaming PC/monitor? that can come close to a console?

 

[BloodOmen]

BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black​

£99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game​

£89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)

Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card​

£89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-Bit - OEM (GFC-02021)​

£79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) ​

£78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) ​

£37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)

Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3+) MicroATX Motherboard ​

£33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)

OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red​

£24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)

OcUK Swift 650W V2 Silent Power Supply​

£22.98
(£19.15) £22.98
(£19.15)

Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552)​

£15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)

Sub Total :​

£479.04

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)​

Shipping :​

£23.20

VAT is being charged at 20.00%​

VAT :​

£100.45

Total :​

£602.69

 

[BloodOmen]

Thats cheap and nasty, obviously you wont be able to do it as cheap as Pissyworld etc because they buy in bulk and ultimately pay less... thats pretty dire that pc tho and its still over £600.


edit: and I forgot to add a dvd drive. - also noticed thats 32bit windows 7, 64bit is the same price tho so I wont bother correcting it.

 

[Aada]

Can i get a built and ready to play for near that price? i found

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-217-OE

Need to put a gfx card as well a monitor.

 

[BloodOmen]

Hmm, not sure tbh problem with the prebuilt ones that arent from wank places like PC World is the price ramp up is mental when you start adding bits, it seems cheap at first but it soon mounts up.

Its always better to build it yourself I find.

 

[Aada]

Ok so what if you couldn't built it yourself? comon i'm sure you can dig up something

I keep fiddling about on overclockers but it always comes to near £800 without a monitor

 

[BloodOmen]

Hmm.. let me look.

You wont find a good/cheap one thats pre-built tbh

 

[Raven]

£241.00

As close as I can get to my old machine that played Skyrim on max settings, you could probably shave off £50, shopping around.

As for can't build it yourself. Do your hands not function or something?

Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor 264713 44 in stock £44.95 £44.95
MSI H61M-E33-B3 H61 1155 Socket 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard 260862 15 in stock £46.90 £46.90
Casecom 7720 Black Mid Tower Case with 450W PSU 174506 529 in stock £14.99 £14.99

XFX HD 6670 1GB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card 290511 83 in stock £49.67 £49.67
LiteOn iHAS124 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials 176026 > 200 in stock £14.99 £14.99
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Memory Non-ECC CL7 1.5V 229102 90 in stock £19.56 £19.56
WD 250GB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drive - 7200RPM 16MB Cache 241717 > 25 in stock £49.98 £49.98

 

[Raven]

My Current machine, which absolutely shits on anything with 16xAA, ultra settings etc.

Already had a Cosmos S, 2tb HD and a decent PSU

£550 inc vat. Most components have probably dropped in price, I got it just before xmas.

Qty Product Description QuickFind Status Cost (ex VAT) Line Cost
1 x Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card 271292

Invoiced Track £121.65 £121.65

1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 281367

Invoiced Track £67.50 £67.50
2 x G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V 264750

Invoiced Track £30.69 £61.38
1 x Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 251596

Invoiced Track £142.48 £142.48
1 x Samsung SH-222AB 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black 268621

Invoiced Track £11.65 £11.65
1 x Kingston 2.5" to 3.5" Hard Drive Bracket and Screws 168671

Invoiced Track £4.15 £4.15
1 x OCZ 60GB Vertex Plus SSD - 2.5" SATA-II - Read 185MB/s Write 90MB/s - 3 Year Warranty 280120

Invoiced Track £49.99 £49.99

 

[BloodOmen]

Its really easy to build a PC Aada, its literally a case of putting shit into the right sockets carefully/gently and reading the motherboard manual which will tell you exactly where to connect stuff like Power/Reset switch, HD LED etc.

 

[Raven]

Its like lego but easier.

The HD connectors and whatnot come on a block these days, plug and done.

 

[Aada]

Tried building my own PC years ago just ended up a shit mess fucked the MB up and cables everywhere, never tried since

 

[BloodOmen]

piece of piss man

 

[Killswitch]

I built a PC for myself a couple of weeks ago very similar to Raven's;

Core-i5 2500k
16GB Kingston RAM
HD7770
1TB HDD
DVD-RW

and last week I bought my missus a pile of PC bits for her birthday and she built (herself, without my help) her own PC

Core-i3 2120
8GB RAM
HD6770
1TB HDD
Blu-Ray player
Razer Keyboard/Mouse/Headset

I think both PCs in total cost me under £1000 (I already had monitors). Both PCs play WoW(me) and SC2(her) but I might be looking to upgrade my 6770 to something like a 7850 next payday. I've been a little bit disappointed with the 7770 as I can only run WoW on High (1680x1050) and the new Alice: Madness Returns chugs a bit on Max settings.

 

[old.Tohtori]

For boozing and gaming, console.
For real gaming, PC

WHAT DO DILDOS HAVE TO DO WITH COMPETITIVE GAMING EHHHHHHHHH!

Play Starcraft II ladder and you'll find plenty of those.

 

[pikeh]

Not really read the whole thread, but a decent PC will be upwards of £600 now (mines 5 years old and still playing skyrim @ max and all the games Im likely to want to play).
The price point often comes into it in these arguments, but I think people forget to add that for a new-gen console your going to want a decent telly to play it on. Alright you use your telly for other things as well, but the same point goes for a PC.