Compact Gaming PC Costs More than Quad Core iMac

[Chance Furlong]

From Low End Mac:

http://www.lowendmac.com/ed/fox/11ff/imac-vs-gaming-pc.html

Cuss and discuss, WinFreaks.

Compact Gaming PC Costs More than Quad Core iMac

Frank Fox 2011.05.11

In How to Build a Powerful Portable Gaming Desktop PC, Matthew Murray
unintentionally showed the basic problem with building your own PC to
compete with Apple. His goal was to build a powerful but compact PC for
new gaming titles that are coming out this summer.

His collection of parts cost $1,344.92. Here's his list of what it bought.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K $224.99
Main Board: ECS H67H2-M $119.00 after rebate
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 $499.00
RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX Gray $49.99
Hard Disc: 300GB Western Digital Velociraptor $149.99
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 $19.99
Power Supply: Thermaltake TPG-650M Toughpower Grand Gold $159.99
Case: Thermaltake Armor A30 $119.99
Total: $1344.92

The big ticket items are the processor for $224.99 and the video card
for $499.99. Nearly half the computer price comes from these two items.
The rest you can economize a few dollars here and there, but you start
to sacrifice quality and reliability.

If we compare this to a newly released iMac with that same Sandy Bridge
i5-25000K processor, you can see that Apple is competitively priced.

[Redjak]

"Chance Furlong" wrote in message news:***@giganews.com...

From Low End Mac:

http://www.lowendmac.com/ed/fox/11ff/imac-vs-gaming-pc.html

Cuss and discuss, WinFreaks.

Compact Gaming PC Costs More than Quad Core iMac

Frank Fox 2011.05.11

In How to Build a Powerful Portable Gaming Desktop PC, Matthew Murray
unintentionally showed the basic problem with building your own PC to
compete with Apple. His goal was to build a powerful but compact PC for
new gaming titles that are coming out this summer.

His collection of parts cost $1,344.92. Here's his list of what it bought.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K $224.99
Main Board: ECS H67H2-M $119.00 after rebate
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 $499.00
RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX Gray $49.99
Hard Disc: 300GB Western Digital Velociraptor $149.99
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 $19.99
Power Supply: Thermaltake TPG-650M Toughpower Grand Gold $159.99
Case: Thermaltake Armor A30 $119.99
Total: $1344.92

The big ticket items are the processor for $224.99 and the video card
for $499.99. Nearly half the computer price comes from these two items.
The rest you can economize a few dollars here and there, but you start
to sacrifice quality and reliability.

If we compare this to a newly released iMac with that same Sandy Bridge
i5-25000K processor, you can see that Apple is competitively priced.

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What you snipped:

"There is one small gap in the fence that is causing me to consider building
a PC over buying a new Mac, and that is freedom. Freedom to choose the $500
video card if I want it. Freedom to buy a cheap case and power supply in
order to save an extra $50. Freedom to buy dual 19" monitors instead of
having one built-in 21.5" monitor.

That is what has me ignoring my sensible side and planning how to build the
way I want it."


Also; the PC has a better main board, a better Video card, a better HD,
better RAM, better power supply. And best of all; it's not a Mac.

[Nigel Ratburn]

Also, the PC has a better main board, a better video card, a better HD,
better RAM, better power supply. And best of all, it's not a Mac.

I corrected your grammar, dunce. Funny how WinFreaks tend to be dunces.

[Redjak]

Also, the PC has a better main board, a better video card, a better HD,
better RAM, better power supply. And best of all, it's not a Mac.
I corrected your grammar, dunce. Funny how WinFreaks tend to be dunces.

Funny how you like to stuff hamsters up your ass.