A Console killer for $175... Almost

[TheRagingGamer]

I have decided to do an experiment on a super low end gaming machine. Just to show how overpriced next gen consoles really are. 

So i guess ill start with the parts:

Intel pentium e5300 - This cpu is shit all by itself but amazingly enough it overclocks so good that it doesn't matter. Stoc passmark score was 1800 but after i overclocked it to 4ghz and that's right 4ghz With the stock cooler it got 2500 points on passmark.  Should Not be more than $30 on ebay. 

Asus p5b - The mobo i managed to achieve this overclock. Really it is running  solid for almost 8 years now and its great overclocker. Can't be more than $30 also:

4gb of ddr2 RAM. Really any ram will do but i got g skill @ 800mhz. Can't complain. It can't be more than $40.

Hdd is a maxtor 120gb. I got it used for $5 and it has no bad sectors but whatever works for you 

PSU - some MS industrial i got for $20. Runs really great and it powering all this just fine. Its 400W 


Now on to the real stuff. I had a really had time picking a GPU for this. At the end i decided to get radeon hd 4870. It works well and runs all games fine but its DX 9. 9 I got it for $35 but can go up to $50. But that's now what i am using for testing this, nope i am testing with r9 270 OC. To see how well it will run.

And here are some games:

Battlefield 3: MP 32 player map ULTRA settings. Goes on 50fps average with drops to 30fps but its playable. On 64 player map its 30fps avg. 

Tropico 5. This game is so unoptimized that it runs at 30fps even on a 4770k but for me it was running fine. Actually it was running just like it would on my fx 6300. Which is about 25fps on 2000 citizens. And for this game this great.

Civ 5, LOL, Dota 2, SimCity 5 it was all running maxed at pretty much 60fps all the time 

BF 4 i was only able to run on medium to get 40fps in MP

Some games it couldn't run was Watch Dogs, AC Unity, COD ghost and some unoptimized crap like that.

Overall i am impressed with this for suck a low end system. Just goes to proof that you can build a PC for less than$200 that will play almost all games consoles DO. 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Now imagine what a $300 system could do.

 

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Someone should buy this computer and benchmark it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($44.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M7 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: OCZ Signature 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($19.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($129.27 @ Newegg)
Case: Topower TP-6208BB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($18.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply  ($13.99 @ Directron)
Total: $289.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 17:16 EST-0500

[WinNut]

Pictures and benchmark screenshots as proof.

[BurgerBum]

wait..........

 

holy shit.

[TheRagingGamer]

Pictures and benchmark screenshots as proof.

ill do it later, its 23:14 right now and i can't really play games but its coming

[Thunderjolt]

GG Consoles

[BurgerBum]

ill do it later, its 23:14 right now and i can't really play games but its coming

we demand a vid.

and nutty bars.

but mostly a vid.

[WinNut]

ill do it later, its 23:14 right now and i can't really play games but its coming

cool, can't wait to see

[TheRagingGamer]

we demand a vid.

and nutty bars.

but mostly a vid.

you will be getting it 

[TheRagingGamer]

Now imagine what a $300 system could do.

 

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Someone should buy this computer and benchmark it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($44.99 @ Directron)

Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M7 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: OCZ Signature 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($19.99 @ Directron)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($21.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($129.27 @ Newegg)

Case: Topower TP-6208BB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($18.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply  ($13.99 @ Directron)

Total: $289.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 17:16 EST-0500

i am pretty sure that one is beating consoles 

[Compass]

Will this truly beat the xbox one?

[Compass]

Now imagine what a $300 system could do.

 

------------------

 

Someone should buy this computer and benchmark it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($44.99 @ Directron)

Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M7 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: OCZ Signature 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($19.99 @ Directron)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($21.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($129.27 @ Newegg)

Case: Topower TP-6208BB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($18.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply  ($13.99 @ Directron)

Total: $289.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 17:16 EST-0500

Yep I'm sure that would beat it no problem. 

[AlwaysFSX]

i am pretty sure that one is beating consoles 

It might. I have to wonder how much the Celeron will strain the 270.

 

Yep I'm sure that would beat it no problem. 

Maybe, maybe not. We need concrete evidence to give consoles another kick in their teeth.

[Guest]

But you should take in consideration that lot of these components are new... Second hand console costs less than that...

[Compass]

It might. I have to wonder how much the Celeron will strain the 270.

 

Maybe, maybe not. We need concrete evidence to give consoles another kick in their teeth.

 

Well I'm sure that that will run FC4 with more than 24fps. So that's just a kick in the teeth right there. 

[FuzzyYellow]

wow! impressive!

[TheRagingGamer]

But you should take in consideration that lot of these components are new... Second hand console costs less than that...

a second hand PS4. I don't think you can get a good deal on these even if you find one 

[Jack.EXE]

what about the Q2Q 8200?

quad core, $25

[MattLantis]

You sir, just won.

[AlwaysFSX]

But you should take in consideration that lot of these components are new... Second hand console costs less than that...

You're smoking something. You aren't getting an Xbone under $250, maybe $200.

[TheRagingGamer]

what about the Q2Q 8200?

quad core, $25

lowes on i could find was $40 with shipping. that would probably improve these results a lot 

[Mooshi]

You'd be surprised how cheap some tech is on ebay that'd destroy a new part entirely in price to performance.

[jamese669]

I have decided to do an experiment on a super low end gaming machine. Just to show how overpriced next gen consoles really are. 

So i guess ill start with the parts:

Intel pentium e5300 - This cpu is shit all by itself but amazingly enough it overclocks so good that it doesn't matter. Stoc passmark score was 1800 but after i overclocked it to 4ghz and that's right 4ghz With the stock cooler it got 2500 points on passmark.  Should Not be more than $30 on ebay. 

Asus p5b - The mobo i managed to achieve this overclock. Really it is running  solid for almost 8 years now and its great overclocker. Can't be more than $30 also:

4gb of ddr2 RAM. Really any ram will do but i got g skill @ 800mhz. Can't complain. It can't be more than $40.

Hdd is a maxtor 120gb. I got it used for $5 and it has no bad sectors but whatever works for you 

PSU - some MS industrial i got for $20. Runs really great and it powering all this just fine. Its 400W 

Now on to the real stuff. I had a really had time picking a GPU for this. At the end i decided to get radeon hd 4870. It works well and runs all games fine but its DX 9. 9 I got it for $35 but can go up to $50. But that's now what i am using for testing this, nope i am testing with r9 270 OC. To see how well it will run.

And here are some games:

Battlefield 3: MP 32 player map ULTRA settings. Goes on 50fps average with drops to 30fps but its playable. On 64 player map its 30fps avg. 

Tropico 5. This game is so unoptimized that it runs at 30fps even on a 4770k but for me it was running fine. Actually it was running just like it would on my fx 6300. Which is about 25fps on 2000 citizens. And for this game this great.

Civ 5, LOL, Dota 2, SimCity 5 it was all running maxed at pretty much 60fps all the time 

BF 4 i was only able to run on medium to get 40fps in MP

Some games it couldn't run was Watch Dogs, AC Unity, COD ghost and some unoptimized crap like that.

Overall i am impressed with this for suck a low end system. Just goes to proof that you can build a PC for less than$200 that will play almost all games consoles DO. 

 

To be fair its hardly a console killer

[Jack.EXE]

You'd be surprised how cheap some tech is on ebay that'd destroy a new part entirely in price to performance.

5970...

[TheRagingGamer]

To be fair its hardly a console killer

well price to performance wise it is