Replacing the PC with PS5 Digital/XBOX Series X

[uberas]

Hey,

For the last few days I have been playing on my friend's xbox one x and I liked it. I used to have a PS4, so I was thinking of buying myself a laptop combo with 4500u ryzen for college work etc. (mobility was a big plus) + ps5 digital/xbox one x console. If I sell my PC (specs below), I'd be able to even save some money, and yet there will be two devices, I'll gain mobility of the laptop (which I'll need actually) and the console has 2 cores more, next-generation gpu RT and DLSS (maybe) with the same TFLOPs it means better performance of the console through optimization. 

In general, I will still have this laptop with 4500u for FPS low demanding games - some cs:go, lol, apex legends

Now I have a big dilemma because PS5 Digital costs £100 less than Xbox Series X and will be available tomorrow for pre-order. The components are a little bit worse with the PS5, but it is cheaper enough (the most painful is 800gb ssd, instead of 1tb, gpu probably these 2tflops, so it will not make a big difference). The pad fits me much better with Playstation and in principle I would be willing to buy a PS5 Digital BUT realistically I can have the XBOX Ultimate Game pass at a price similar to the ps plus (20-30% more expensive for xbox ulti but much more games). PS Now as I read a little bit sucks. I'm not going to buy games, I like this subscription model very much - e.g. buy myself an xbox ultimate for 3 years (there is a chance that they change xbox gold to ultimate for £1, so just buy gold and "upgrade" - pretty cheap then). And, well, the XBOX has a disc reader, which I would rather not use anyway. Looking back at the history, PlayStation also retains its value in the second hand market. The Xbox One X costs practically the same as the PS4 Pro on the second hand market (where I live), and the Xbox One X was more expensive for the premiere - I can't hide the fact that it's also a little bit in my head and I'm bending over to the PS5 - especially since it has a built in microphone in pad. What do you think about it? Theoretically, they're adding this Ps Plus Collection to Plus now, so there's something to play with...

 

[uberas]

AMD Ryzen 5 3600@? + Noctua NH-U12S + 2x NF-F12 Push&Pull | MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX@7C02v37 | Patriot Viper 4 2x8GB 3400cl16@? | MSI Gaming X RX5700XT | Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe 3.0 1TB | EVGA GQ 750W | NZXT H500 + 4x Arctic P12 PWM PST

[Lord Vile]

6 minutes ago, uberas said:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600@? + Noctua NH-U12S + 2x NF-F12 Push&Pull | MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX@7C02v37 | Patriot Viper 4 2x8GB 3400cl16@? | MSI Gaming X RX5700XT | Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe 3.0 1TB | EVGA GQ 750W | NZXT H500 + 4x Arctic P12 PWM PST

600/700 Maybe? Don’t see much point in getting a console atm when they’re sold out and there no next gen games out yet. Also you can get game pass on PC.

 

Also you can use the drive for 4K blu rays not just games and you can trade in games on disc. 

[uberas]

13 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

600/700 Maybe? Don’t see much point in getting a console atm when they’re sold out and there no next gen games out yet. Also you can get game pass on PC.

 

Also you can use the drive for 4K blu rays not just games and you can trade in games on disc. 

Well if I would like to sell it quick yeah, I’m looking for 900-1000 and only if I can get that then I’ll proceed to switch anyway (prices are different in Uk by a lot, there’s literally no deals on Ryzen 3600 - it’s around 210US now and 5700XT) And that’s main reason I wanna do it - it’ll drop in price after availability goes back to normal 

 

I don’t have any blue ray discs and don’t plan to have, Netflix is a way to go. Yeah, I could trade the games, but as I’ve said - would just prefer the game pass.

 

I have game pass on pc and it’s limited, example I can play Witcher on Xbox but can’t on pc, there’s a reason it’s cheaper for pc

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, uberas said:

Well if I would like to sell it quick yeah, I’m looking for 900-1000 and only if I can get that then I’ll proceed to switch anyway (prices are different in Uk by a lot, there’s literally no deals on Ryzen 3600 - it’s around 210US now and 5700XT)

 

I don’t have any blue ray discs and don’t plan to have, Netflix is a way to go. Yeah, I could trade the games, but as I’ve said - would just prefer the game pass.

 

I have game pass on pc and it’s limited, example I can play Witcher on Xbox but can’t on pc, there’s a reason it’s cheaper for pc

900-1000pounds is not gonna happen ever. That is almost the price of it new. 600-700 pounds is far far more towards what you'd expect for it at most. Which honestly considering the ps5 digital goes for about 400 pounds is not a great sell really. That and well gamepass on pc is there and it's getting revamped once more to basically make it a one to one experience in terms of games so I'd say just keep the system for now and get the laptop anyways.

[Lord Vile]

8 minutes ago, uberas said:

Well if I would like to sell it quick yeah, I’m looking for 900-1000 and only if I can get that then I’ll proceed to switch anyway (prices are different in Uk by a lot, there’s literally no deals on Ryzen 3600 - it’s around 210US now and 5700XT)

 

I don’t have any blue ray discs and don’t plan to have, Netflix is a way to go. Yeah, I could trade the games, but as I’ve said - would just prefer the game pass.

 

I have game pass on pc and it’s limited, example I can play Witcher on Xbox but can’t on pc, there’s a reason it’s cheaper for pc

It’s still second hand, the SSDs aren’t worth a ton nor are PSUs or cases or coolers. The 5700XT will go for £350~ The 3600 used is under 200. 
 

I’m also in the Uk

[uberas]

I mean, as I’ve said - IF I can sell my pc for good price then I’ll do it. My friend sold 3600+3070 for £1200 so I could easily do £800 I reckon, with £900 being really good price 

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, uberas said:

I mean, as I’ve said - IF I can sell my pc for good price then I’ll do it. My friend sold 3600+3070 for £1200 so I could easily do £800 I reckon, with £900 being really good price 

The 3070 is a beyond wanted part of course your friend could sell their system near retail price.

 

Your system is not going to go for 900 pounds ever. Even parted out and everything sold at max price won't get you there so no it's 600-700 maybe at most.

[Lord Vile]

16 minutes ago, uberas said:

I mean, as I’ve said - IF I can sell my pc for good price then I’ll do it. My friend sold 3600+3070 for £1200 so I could easily do £800 I reckon, with £900 being really good price 

You can’t get a 3070 retail. They’re going for £600-700 on eBay alone which is what 150% MSRP? And that’s now they were going for £800-1000 just after launch. A 5700XT is fairly easy to get 

[uberas]

I mean, what kind of off topic is that, I know my local market more than you do

3070 is pretty easy to get (I’ve snatched it for him) and 5700xt gone up in price due to no stock. I don’t wanna argue about it. I’ll list it for £800-900 and will sell it for at least £800 trust me, otherwise I know it would be stupid to swap it 

[centurion_08]

I read half of your post OP due to taking a shit so apologise for that, now back to the subject at hand. Specs of your rig are sweet, but if you need mobility you need mobility. I'll say go for it. Laptop is pretty common practice for workloads and a console is a stress free device. Settings don't matter or bother you. No distractions like fucking youtube, facebook, pornhub etc etc. You could slap xbox series S under your tv and gamepass will make wonders for you.

[uberas]

On 11/18/2020 at 11:47 AM, jaslion said:

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Your system is not going to go for 900 pounds ever. Even parted out and everything sold at max price won't get you there so no it's 600-700 maybe at most.

 

On 11/18/2020 at 11:39 AM, jaslion said:

900-1000pounds is not gonna happen ever. That is almost the price of it new. 600-700 pounds is far far more towards what you'd expect for it at most. 

gone for 1100 pounds (1450 us)