KPD :
Tom Tancredi :
KPD :
Hello experts,
I am planning to upgrade my desktop and I would like to retain some of my old parts. The primary reason for upgrade is to be able to play some latest games at 1080 settings.
a. Radeon 6450 1GB
b. WD 1 tb HDD
c. Case
Planning to buy:-
a AMD FX 6300
b. 8GB DDR 3 1600 Kingston Hyperx Blu or Corsair DDR 3
c. Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
d. Cooler master cpu cooler
e. Cooler master thunder 600 watts SMPS
Let me know if I will be able to play games at 1080 settings. Also, any suggestions regarding sourcing the parts would be greatly appreciated.
Honestly , AMD only has one CPU capable for playing latest titles 'as recommended' and that is the FX-8xxx. Normally people buy i5s to have a gaming PC, but in all instances your looking at around $700 for all the 'hardware' costs to meet your goals you outlined. If that is 'way too much' and you only have a 'couple hundred' go PS4 then for as little as $200. It plays GTA V at 1080P High settings 30FPS, which that 'planning to buy' doesn't even meet the recommended to do the same thing as a PS4
http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/grand-theft-auto-v/system-requirements .
PS4 also plays MANY titles 1080P @ 60FPS as well, and you always know the game WILL play on your PS4, but with a PC well... you can buy a game and never be able to play it because you don't have the hardware capable to play it.
Hey Tom,
Was watching NCIX tech tips a couple of days ago and they clearly ruled out any console whatsoever for gaming. Even a dual core if assembled with the right parts can outdo a console. I was greatly influenced by that and dropped the idea of getting a console.
Laughs. I am so sorry, so many people keep posting on here how they see stuff on Youtube and that is the end all be all truth they wish to believe. I never heard of these guys (new to me) and clicking on their feed shows they seem to be some people in connection with a sort of BestBuy of Canada. So I can't say how 'reliable' or truthful these guys maybe or not (influenced to make sales of current products or such as compared to professional news/trade companies who have specific standards on being unbiased).
That said, I am mainly going off this very accurate
http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_vs._Xbox_One_Native_Resolutions_and_Framerates (major publisher of all things gaming) other articles I seen on TechRadar, GameSpot, etc. all showing that if all you care about is gaming, the NEXGEN (not PS3 and definitely NOT the Xbox One) provides the following points:
1) Ease of use, anyone can pick up the controller and learn to play as all games only can use the buttons/joystick controls.
2) Price value: For $200-400 you get a 3D!! Blueray player, Wireless Controller, Gamers Heatset AND the PS4 itself, the first three items alone is $200 by itself for a PC.
3) Works EVERYTIME. You ALWAYS know a game sold to a PS4 WILL play on the PS4, PC can NOT say that (try loading GTA V on a Walmart $249 laptop/desktop, yeah not gonna happen), without ANY extra costs for hardware.
4) Like all modern BluRay Players and the like, you now get APPS, so you can watch Hulu, Netflix, etc.and always 'up to date' that it will work. No need to find a 'plugin' or update your Java or such just to watch a movie or check a webpage.
5) With a keyboard mouse attachment, for basic web surfing, FB, Twitch.TV, web email, etc. it does just as fine as any Tablet or cheap off the shelf PC from Walmart
Now downsides are mainly for 're-purposing' the PS4 to do other things, such as I can't scan my photos, can't run Photoshop, certainly can't code CSS that well for my 'games tag' website and so on. Those yes are reasons NOT to get a PS4, but if you spend $200 on a PS4, then grab a tablet for $149 or a laptop for $249, that is alot less then $700+ norm for a desktop PC Gaming system and 1/10th the normal $1500+ price for a PC Laptop for Gaming (again the hardware is the big cost here).
Most of all a PS4 isn't DIY which alot of people here on the forums love to do, even if they 'break something' (oops didn't mean to break that Titan X slot into the Mobo...) they just 'buy another' (yeah you want to pay 2X on that nice video card? Or maybe the Pins you broke on that $400 CPU? ). PS4 can't be customized to the personal preference of the individual like a PC can.
Given those real difference, ask yourself then, given the performance, cost, reliance, and ease to deal with a PS4 as compared to the PC, which is more suited for your needs?