Ultimate Console Killer!?

[R3tR0x]

Since almost everyone did one and i was bored, i came up with my own console killer.

 

Da Rules:

1. It should cost at a max as much as the PS4 at amzon.de (400€ at the point of creating this build)

2. If it costs less than the XBox one at amzon.de (350€ at the point of creating this build) it is concidered to be called the ultimate console killer

3. It has to play the latest games at mid settings at 1080p at a min fps of 30

4. Parts can't be bought used to get a cheaper deal, but not all the parts must be bought in the same shop

 

As an OS i chose SteamOS since it's build for living room gaming and it doesn't cost a cent.

AMD A10 7870K                                            136,69€

ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+                                 80,73€

Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB                             49,46€

Seagate ST500LT033                                     38,69€

Xilence Performance C XP400                        24,56€

Chieftec IX-01B                                               20,82€

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                                                                       350,95€

 

Originally i planned to use an BitFenix Prodigy case, but for an budget build it would be kinda overkill and a cheap case does just as well. I even chose one with an optional wall mounting. I used an APU because i wanted to see how they perform, but i probably won't get this build, so i won't see how they perform anyways, they are a good budget part and i haven't seen a console killer with an apu.

I also choose to go without an optical drive, because most games are especially on steam digital. I also didn't go with WiFi, but i understand that many people only have access to WiFi so they could choose an MoBa which has WiFi like the MSI A88XI AC which costs around 104,90€

[Aniallation]

7870K is just a factory overclocked 7850K btw

[R3tR0x]

7870K is just a factory overclocked 7850K btw

Thanks good to know so you would change the 7870K with the 7850K to save 20€ which can be spend in games, peripherals or in the WiFi MoBa (or leave it like that and call the build the ultimate console killer ) and overclock the apu by yourself

[Hunter7263]

Since almost everyone did one and i was bored, i came up with my own console killer.

 

Da Rules:

1. It should cost at a max as much as the PS4 at amzon.de (400€ at the point of creating this build)

2. If it costs less than the XBox one at amzon.de (350€ at the point of creating this build) it is concidered to be called the ultimate console killer

3. It has to play the latest games at mid settings at 1080p at a min fps of 30

4. Parts can't be bought used to get a cheaper deal, but not all the parts must be bought in the same shop

 

As an OS i chose SteamOS since it's build for living room gaming and it doesn't cost a cent.

AMD A10 7870K                                            136,69€

ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+                                 80,73€

Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB                             49,46€

Seagate ST500LT033                                     38,69€

Xilence Performance C XP400                        24,56€

Chieftec IX-01B                                               20,82€

_________________________________________

                                                                       350,95€

 

Originally i planned to use an BitFenix Prodigy case, but for an budget build it would be kinda overkill and a cheap case does just as well. I even chose one with an optional wall mounting. I used an APU because i wanted to see how they perform, but i probably won't get this build, so i won't see how they perform anyways, they are a good budget part and i haven't seen a console killer with an apu.

I also choose to go without an optical drive, because most games are especially on steam digital. I also didn't go with WiFi, but i understand that many people only have access to WiFi so they could choose an MoBa which has WiFi like the MSI A88XI AC which costs around 104,90€

PS4 comes with an operating system so..... Windows? or you just going to pirate that?

 

Ignore that....

[R3tR0x]

PS4 comes with an operating system so..... Windows? or you just going to pirate that?

 

Ignore that....

Ok

[Hunter7263]

Ok

Much appreciated.... My lack of literacy was showing....

[R3tR0x]

Much appreciated.... My lack of literacy was showing....

No problem. We all make mistakes sometimes

[Sky Daddy]

console killer? hardly

 

performance is going to be about the same or less even 

 

but, you gain all the benefits of owning a pc

[R3tR0x]

console killer? hardly

 

performance is going to be about the same or less even 

 

but, you gain all the benefits of owning a pc

It's true that you won't outrun a consol with this build, but this wasn't the purpose. I tried to make a build, which costs about the same as an console and has about the same performance, but has, as you said, the benefits of a pc. The rule i set for this build was, that it plays nearly any game with mid settings at 1080p at 30fps. In BF4 you get a min of 25 (source:http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/original/2014/01/Kaveri_APU-Benchmarks_BF4-SP_1080p-pcgh.png) and if you overclock it, you have the 30 fps.

I called it a console killer, because it has the benefits of a consol: A OS for couchgaming and it is cheap and it has the benefits of a pc: games are cheap, it's highly customizable etc.

[evilarceus]

It's not a "killer", it just beats consoles...