I’ve been wanting to build a Pc for a while now and had been hoping to build one with better specs than the ps5. Now that we know what to expect from the PS5 pro as well as the price ($700) I’m curious what a similar or somewhat superior pc build would cost and what kind of parts I would want to look at? I know you can’t make something that’s going to perform exactly the same but I’m curious regardless. Honestly I’ll probably be going higher-end than that (~$1500 range) but it seems like a good starting point.
Something like Ryzen 5 / high i5/low i7 with 4060Ti or 6800XT/7700XT. I think you’ll be better off going a bit higher than that. But then again, a pc does more than just gaming so if you would want it just to game with a console has better optimisation for lower price.
I’ll add don’t cheap-out on the PSU for whoever is watching this thread.
a console has better optimisation for lower price.
Something else to have in mind, some times they’re like a printer, the device is relatively cheap but you have to buy other stuff to actually have it working.
In PC you can find several places to buy and download games (even when it feels like only one or two exist), in console you only have the manufacturer.
In PC as long as you have internet you can play multiplayer, in console you have to subscribe to their online services.
https://www.logicalincrements.com/ is a good starting point.
If you want to beat the PS5 Pro in terms of raw performance, you’ll probably want to look at the “great” tier and higher. It’s hard to say now since we don’t have any real-world benchmarks to go by.
$700 seems like a lot for a PS5 Pro, but if it’s really as powerful as they claim then it will still compare well to PCs under $1k.
That site has a weird lack of x3d cpus… Top 3 tiers should have 7800x3d, next 2 7600x3d / 5800x3d, next 3 5700x3d as alternatives.
Also it would serve them well to separate higher tiers to gaming / workstation and recommend parts based on that. Otherwise they end up recommending 7950x3d at the highest tier despite it not being the best at anything
Now that you mention it, yeah, I wonder if they haven’t updated recently.
Isn’t the 7950X3D the best at basically everything? I mean, disregarding value per dollar, it’s still better than any of the other Ryzens for gaming, isn’t it?
I think it trades blows with 7800x3d in gaming and is behind 7950x, 9950x, 13900k, 14900k in productivity.
Maybe I should mention that I already have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc, so I’m just talking about the actual pc and pc only
Good points! Keyboard, monitor, and mouse are so crazy cheap (for one that is at least fully functional) that they probably aren’t worth mentioning, at least in terms of extra cost. They’re also the most easily-replaceable parts on any rig! I bet most people would be able to get free/low-cost versions of these, no matter where they live. Many people could leave workstation-level models of these for people. No LEDs or extra features, but completely usable…
One thing to add is that you should factor in the costs of the games and other console BS. If you want to use a physical cartridge, you have to pay another $80. Then, most games are $70. There is a subscription for online content. These costs can easily go over $1000 in total, and remember a PC can be used for more than just gaming. In some cases, it can be fair to compare a $1000-$1200 PC to this $700 console.
Also PC is like 3 consoles in one since it will get all Xbox titles, Playstation titles on a delay, and be able to emulate Nintendo games.
And it being used for more than gaming is a good point, since some people spend a lot on Apple computers for productivity with no intention of gaming.
