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View Poll Results: What are you buying?
Xbox One 66 15.46%
PS4 189 44.26%
Changed from Xbox One to PS4 8 1.87%
Changed from PS4 to Xbox One 6 1.41%
Getting both (eventually) 30 7.03%
Waiting for more info 60 14.05%
Not getting either 68 15.93%
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Old 02-23-2014, 07:49 AM   #2261
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you could do it for under $500 easily, likely under 400 if you really shopped around
Price it out from actual retailers and prove it. Honestley, I don't want to buy a next gen. system, so I'd like an educated price on a full PC system capable of out performing the current next gen. systems. Would like too finally see a "fanboy" put his money where his mouth is.
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Old 02-23-2014, 07:50 AM   #2262
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Price it out from actual retailers and prove it. Honestley, I don't want to buy a next gen. system, so I'd like an educated price on a full PC system capable of out performing the current next gen. systems. Would like too finally see a "fanboy" put his money where his mouth is.
a 4 year old computer and this card can outpace the xboxone...I'm a PC fanboy now?
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Old 02-23-2014, 07:55 AM   #2263
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No need to get defensive. If you fully believe that the xbone is 4 year old tech. then that's fine. The "fanboy" part comes more from the fact that some would get defensive in the first place instead of answering the question.
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Old 02-23-2014, 07:57 AM   #2264
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CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($59.91 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 750 Ti $149
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $499.85

That will run any current game in 1080p and highest settings
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Old 02-23-2014, 08:02 AM   #2265
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What about screen ect. Again not trolling, looking for an educated opinion on a system better then PS4/ Xbox. Pointing out the price of few pieces while ignoring the full price is ignorant.
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Old 02-23-2014, 08:06 AM   #2266
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What about screen ect. Again not trolling, looking for an educated opinion on a system better then PS4/ Xbox. Pointing out the price of few pieces while ignoring the full price is ignorant.
well, xbox/ps4 needs a TV too! come on man, pretty sure you are the one being ignorant consoles don't come with a screen

I own consoles too for exclusives, just saying for a game like titanfall THAT IS MULTIPLAT PC is the way to go in my opinion.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:16 PM   #2267
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I'll be joining the "master race" here in a hour.

Trading my XBOX 360, with:
Tiger woods 10
GTAV
Battlefield 4
Madden 13
NCAA 13
Fifa 13
Turtle Beach X12

a couple year old laptop
HP G62 Windows 7 home premium i3
and $200

for

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i5 3570k Quad core @ 3.4 - 3.8 turbo
AMD Radeon HD 7770
1 TB hard drive
Asus dvd - cd burner
8gb G-Skill Ram
MSI Z77A-G45 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 (motherboard)
Thermaltake 750W Plus Bronze Certified PSU
Hp 21' LCD monitor
Razer DeathStalker keyboard
Logitech G600 Mouse
Netgear wireless internet Adapter
Blue Snowball Mic

I think thats good.... If not the 360 and Laptop are just collecting dust
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Old 02-23-2014, 08:17 PM   #2268
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I'll be joining the "master race" here in a hour.

Trading my XBOX 360, with:
Tiger woods 10
GTAV
Battlefield 4
Madden 13
NCAA 13
Fifa 13
Turtle Beach X12

a couple year old laptop
HP G62 Windows 7 home premium i3
and $200

for

SPECS:
i5 3570k Quad core @ 3.4 - 3.8 turbo
AMD Radeon HD 7770
1 TB hard drive
Asus dvd - cd burner
8gb G-Skill Ram
MSI Z77A-G45 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 (motherboard)
Thermaltake 750W Plus Bronze Certified PSU
Hp 21' LCD monitor
Razer DeathStalker keyboard
Logitech G600 Mouse
Netgear wireless internet Adapter
Blue Snowball Mic

I think thats good.... If not the 360 and Laptop are just collecting dust
nice, looks like a good deal especially if you aren't using them...you will be able to run anything with that. I have a similar setup with an older I7 and it runs everything at max.
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Old 02-23-2014, 08:50 PM   #2269
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That card could probably run a lot of PS4 games better than the PS4 can. Such is the nature of consoles.

People buy consoles for simplicity. You didn't have to upgrade your Xbox 360 for 8 years.
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Old 02-23-2014, 10:44 PM   #2270
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CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($59.91 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 750 Ti $149
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $499.85

That will run any current game in 1080p and highest settings
Not to get picky, but the computer will have to run the game by itself because an end user won't be able to. keyboard, mouse, game pad, audio, speakers, operating system are all things that you would need beyond this list. is the Nic or WiFi built into the mobo? I don't think that there is any dispute about the ability of modern computers to outperform a console, but folk shouldn't think that $500 gets them the equivalent device.
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Old 02-23-2014, 11:11 PM   #2271
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Okay this mouse and keyboard thing is going to take a ton to get use to
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Old 02-24-2014, 12:37 AM   #2272
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Not to get picky, but the computer will have to run the game by itself because an end user won't be able to. keyboard, mouse, game pad, audio, speakers, operating system are all things that you would need beyond this list. is the Nic or WiFi built into the mobo? I don't think that there is any dispute about the ability of modern computers to outperform a console, but folk shouldn't think that $500 gets them the equivalent device.
you are getting picky...most people have these things lying around besides it could shave money off that build to cover peripherals and still have superior hardware

I never said consoles didn't have their advantages (in fact I said they did)...I was just "called out" because I stated you could build a hardware superior pc for less than $500 and you defiantly can if you know what your doing.

console is a box, it comes with one controller

no screen
no speakers
no games

not sure why I have to add those to pc builds...any modern card has hdmi out to hook to your tv/home theater setup
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Okay this mouse and keyboard thing is going to take a ton to get use to
xbox 360 controller works for most games
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That card could probably run a lot of PS4 games better than the PS4 can. Such is the nature of consoles.

People buy consoles for simplicity. You didn't have to upgrade your Xbox 360 for 8 years.
PS4 exclusives aren't available on PCs that is why the article was about xbox one and titanfall


you are right though that card is better than the PS4 video card too just not by as much

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xbox 360 controller works for most games
Isn't that kind of stupid since the whole point is more control?

Btw I downloaded arma3 bf4 so far. I'm trying to figure out how to record video
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console is a box, it comes with one controller

no screen
no speakers
no games

not sure why I have to add those to pc builds...

The TV is something virtually everyone already has, so you're not buying extra. While you "can" hook up you computer to the TV, not many people want to do that, so a monitor and speakers are required...
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Ahh, here comes the Xbone price drops already as some expected (I figured they would wait til after March myself)

Now down to £399.99 in the UK (drop of £30 and includes Titanfall for a limited time) and to be bundled in for $499 in the US with Titanfall. That should help their sales a bit.

http://news.xbox.com/2014/02/games-t...edition-bundle

http://www.totalxbox.com/71999/xbox-...-of-titanfall/
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Isn't that kind of stupid since the whole point is more control?

Btw I downloaded arma3 bf4 so far. I'm trying to figure out how to record video
depends on the game, some games I prefer with a controller
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Ahh, here comes the Xbone price drops already as some expected (I figured they would wait til after March myself)

Now down to £399.99 in the UK (drop of £30 and includes Titanfall for a limited time) and to be bundled in for $499 in the US with Titanfall. That should help their sales a bit.

http://news.xbox.com/2014/02/games-t...edition-bundle

http://www.totalxbox.com/71999/xbox-...-of-titanfall/
£399.99 is over $660 US dollars...wow those guys are getting ripped off. Consoles are actually cheap here considering our dollar is lower and we still get the US price
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depends on the game, some games I prefer with a controller
Yeah some games just work much better with a controller, especially anything where an analog stick is basically required vs WASD.

Most of those kinds of games I actually get on a console, but I still have a 360 controller for my PC when I need. Mark of the Ninja is the last game where I tried with keyboard and it was very annoying and the controller made it much easier. LEGO games too sometimes.
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