Console Killer PC.

[Kilo One]

Hey guys, in this topic I just want to see your best console killer rigs as well as showing you my own. The rules are simple: the first one is you have a budget up to $500 USD (convert if necessary) and it should have similar dimensions to a play 4 or Xbox one. Thanks for your time.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($148.39 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 GAMING-ITX/AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($123.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($52.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Inwin - Chopin (Black) HTPC Case w/150 W Power Supply  ($99.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $484.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-21 23:30 EDT-0400

 

 

[it_dont_work]

21 minutes ago, Kilo One said:

Hey guys, in this topic I just want to see your best console killer

 

Shouldn't a console killer be the price of a console? 

[Kilo One]

7 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Shouldn't a console killer be the price of a console?

Yeah, the play 4 pro and Xbox one x cost $500 bucks, don’t they?

[it_dont_work]

1 minute ago, Kilo One said:

Yeah, the play 4 pro and Xbox one x cost $500 bucks, don’t they?

No 300-400 usd 

[Sherbie--kun]

First what I'm going to do is only make the budget for the gaming hardware and 1TB storage at roughly the same price as a console because if it is to kill a console, it needs to be priced competively to a console, and you can always add more storage anyway!

 

All the items are used, but should be able to do some gaming to the rough ability of a console, and all from eBay UK, and the screenshots will be at the bottom, incase you are looking at this ages in the future

 

Base PC - HP 8200 SFF Quad Core Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz up to 3.70GHz Turbo Boost, with the 8GB ram and 1TB storage (HDD)

GPU - AMD Radeon R7 350X, 4GB VRAM

price (£190 + £48.45 = £238.45) (246.88 + 62.95 = 309.84 Dollars US)

 

 

 

Of course if you had 500$US you could add a few more terrabytes into the internal storage

And also you could pick up an X-Box One S 1TB in UK for around £250

[jerubedo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$129.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte - H310M A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$55.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$19.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 4 GB AORUS 4G Video Card	$149.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox E300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$34.20 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$34.39 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$544.44
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$494.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 01:57 EDT-0400

Best possible performance for gaming for the price. Not something I'd ever upgrade, though, outside of storage.

 

If you insist on an ITX form factor, this (but some sacrifices are made now to RAM):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$129.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - H310M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard	$78.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot - 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$19.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 4 GB AORUS 4G Video Card	$149.99 @ Newegg
Case	Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Desktop Case	$45.16 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$34.39 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$538.40
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$498.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-22 02:48 EDT-0400

 

[jerubedo]

2 hours ago, it_dont_work said:

Shouldn't a console killer be the price of a console? 

No, it's a pretty wide standard that the console killer budget is $500 for most competitions. It's because that's the lowest price point in which the PC can completely cream a console (making it worth the extra $100) when using all new parts (usually doesn't allow for used parts). I believe Tom's was the one that started the whole thing. They have an extensive set of rules, too.