Richard from Digital Foundry on PS5 Pro: "It will cost you a fair bit more to build an equivalent PC"
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No shit, sherlock.
Edit: Lol at the dude’s face after he got schooled about the price.
Edit: Lol at the dude’s face after he got schooled about the price.
He says it's equivalent or most closely equivalent to a 4070, which is a great card. Almost 30 tflops, if that matters to you...
Rich is wrong.
The average PC and Xbox Twitter warrior can build one for much cheaper.
The average PC and Xbox Twitter warrior can build one for much cheaper.
As it will cost you more to build an equivalent PC to the series S for the same money. Different business models. What matters is how much is the difference.
The most important cost as always is hidden and non monetary: switching costs.
The most important cost as always is hidden and non monetary: switching costs.
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With most people's gaming libraries already built, switches are so unlikely...
Even if someone buys another platform, they likely keep their old one.
The zoom in on his bozo ass face realizing his plan failed is icing on the cake. LMAO!
My Pro equivalent setup on pcpartpicker, if I take Richard’s comment about the 4070, came to a total of $1416.57.
It has 32GB of RAM, though, so subtract $20 to make it comparable to the 16 GB of RAM in the Pro.
Of course, I buy all new parts. I'm lazy about hunting for deals, and I don’t buy used.
It has 32GB of RAM, though, so subtract $20 to make it comparable to the 16 GB of RAM in the Pro.
Of course, I buy all new parts. I'm lazy about hunting for deals, and I don’t buy used.
Did you have 2tb SSD in there?
The 4070 is nearly 500 pounds and over in UK and Ireland, so it would be more expensive overall here too.
Yep. A Samsung 980 Pro with 2TB. Total for that was $206. I can find better deals somewhere else, but again, I was lazy.
Ryzen 7 3700X:150.11
Generic CPU cooler:29.99
Moterboard:$99
Memory:$89
Storage:$206 2TB
GC:$539 (4070)
Case:89
PS:$99
OS:109
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It's a good price to be fair but even if they were equal, I'd go for PS5 pro.
Y'all know that though.
Most people don't want the hassle or have the time to price hunt like a typical PCMR zealot. Of course anyone could do it, but there's a lot of people who'd rather just go for the Pro for simplicity's sake or to save time and effort
You can instantly lop off $100 for the OS. You don't need to buy a key to use Windows. And how did you spend $206 on an SSD? A 2 TB SSD should run you no more than about $100-$120. Sometimes less.
A little bit more? they are being very generous, an equivalent PC is much more expensive (without considering used parts or questionable origin), and we are not even considering the actual performance, because the PS5 Pro is obviously superior to an equivalent because it is a dedicated hardware
I added 2tb wd sn850x (cernytified) to my ps5. that bitch was 250$ haha. WORTH IT
he said:
4070
CPU
power supply
2tb ssd
PSU
Motherboard
Forgot:
Cooling since these cpus don't often come with one or it's terrible
Mouse and keyboard, preferrable gaming type since dualsense is also gaming grade.
Like.. a windows 11 lol. I mean... it's not really free is it
Like... if we are really thorough, a mousepad is like another 20$ lol but let's not go there since it's kinda stupid
quick, terrible pc. I used 3700x because that's more less what ps5 has. Picked normal components, not all the lowest grade stuff. OK motherboard does not need to be x570 but it better be if you want another 4.0 drive in there (I would add 500gb drive just for system)
4070
CPU
power supply
2tb ssd
PSU
Motherboard
Forgot:
Cooling since these cpus don't often come with one or it's terrible
Mouse and keyboard, preferrable gaming type since dualsense is also gaming grade.
Like.. a windows 11 lol. I mean... it's not really free is it
Like... if we are really thorough, a mousepad is like another 20$ lol but let's not go there since it's kinda stupid
quick, terrible pc. I used 3700x because that's more less what ps5 has. Picked normal components, not all the lowest grade stuff. OK motherboard does not need to be x570 but it better be if you want another 4.0 drive in there (I would add 500gb drive just for system)
