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Also, they're considerably cheaper than a gaming PC. I can get an Xbox 360 for $250. I'd need at least twice that for a modest PC. While the PC would be more po
by trekky1700 13y ago
Also, they're considerably cheaper than a gaming PC. I can get an Xbox 360 for $250. I'd need at least twice that for a modest PC. While the PC would be more powerful, the optimization allowed when having every user on the same machine with the exact same specs on a closed platform makes a big difference too as far as performance goes.
- hayksaakian 13y agoYou could probably buy a hardware equivalent PC for $250, or even less.
- wvenable 13y ago$250 PCs (I own one) suck for games.
- nitrogen 13y ago$250 gaming PCs are possible, if self-built.
- hetid 13y agoReally? LogicalIncrements says that kind of money only gets you Intel HD 4000 power with no peripherals. How is that in any way a gaming PC?
- nitrogen 13y agoSkimp on CPU, buy AMD and budget mobo, go to eBay for GPU.
- trekky1700 13y agoEven a modest motherboards costing $50 minimum. A cheap GPU could run less than $50 if you're lucky. A CPU's gonna be at least $100. A power supply could go for $20. A case $20. A hard drive $40. You're already over $250 and this PC won't come close to matching the graphics performance in games of an Xbox or PS3. I'm a PC gamer who uses a $1000 gaming PC and a $1500 gaming laptop, but I understand why people buy and will continue to buy consoles. It's a no brainer.
- rodgerd 13y agoAt which point your PC costs $250 only if your time is worthless.
- nitrogen 13y agoIf you need a $250 PC, your time probably is worth less. If you're buying $60 console games instead of $5-$30 PC games, I hope you're saving a lot of highly valuable time. Why would you want to waste your time with a retail PC anyway, loaded down with time-wasting adware and free trials?