somewhat tempted to agree -

PS5pro overpriced by $100 / £100, if they dropped price, this wouldn't even be an argument, - they really messed up the price in my opinion, just ridiculous price. and to raise price of ps5 in UK by £30, when we all know they making millions per year, simply not on ! xbox quickly followed suit mind, and they make even more.! surely the model is: get as many consoles out there, so more people may buy games for it, which is where the profit is as a disk/gital download costs next to nothing and they getting £60 a go.

Slapped together garbage parts lacking the speed and features of ps5 pro. This build will in no way give comparable performance to pro.
$700 is not too much for whats being offered.

Except this PC will not play games as well as the PS5 Pro. The PS5 Pro is optimized solely for gaming and its games are made for it. That's not the same for this PC. Have fun playing games at 1080p/60fps or 1440p/30fps on this PC, that's all you're getting and with settings lowered as well.

I even saw a guy claiming he built an equivalent with a 3060. Sorry, but if you build something with even a 4060, it's not going to hold up to a PS5 Pro. In fact, a XX60 card is low tier lol.

Nobody cares

It is 794$ without HDMI cable, Keyboard or Mouse. Didn't see wifi 7 there either...

Pretty sure the PS5 pro will come with a HDMI cable and a dual sense. I like how we are omitting some needed purchases to aproximate the PS5 pro price.

And when you move to PC you don't have access to all your PS4 and PS5 psn game purchases so i guess people don't take that into account as well? Nobody with substancial psn purchases is considering moving to PC until the next playstation without Backwards compatibility.

This argument is getting old. If you grew up on consoles like me you will most likely never choose a PC over a system. The ease of use is just to convenient on a console. Now with that being said if you’re a hardcore gamer also like me then you will eventually give PC a shot especially if you have the resources. I’ve transitioned over to PC because frame rate and graphics are important to me and PC is the ONLY place you will get both. Bottom line is buy what you like and can afford. Don’t let others tell you what’s good and what’s not.

While we don't know for sure how the PS5 Pro will translate in raw performance, I think this attempt is amazing. I am a little concerned about the GPU of choice because the RX 7700 XT only has 54 compute units compared to the PS5 pro 60 compute units. I would rather spend $20 more and get the RX 6800. I would compromise on the 2 TB storage and settle for a 1 TB storage. You can always upgrade in the future to a 2TB or better when the price further comes down.

For the longest time it was impossible to build a PC with new parts close to the price of a PS5, however, now we are seeing people achieve this with the price of the Pro. The PS5 Pro may not be a rip off if you consider the price of PC components these days, but because of the fact that you will also be paying Sony $80 per year to play online and have some games be more expensive digitally than their PC counterpart, Sony is definitely making a significant profit compared to the launch of the PS5.

#doubt

6 core instead of 8 cpu, 54 CUs instead of 60 GPU, 12 gb instead of 16 GDDR6 ram (192 instead of 256 bit), 432 GB/s instead of 576 mem bandwidth. They're making Sony's case for them. Screenshot comparisons were more effective...

No one wants a PC we are console gamers what dont these PC idiots understand?? They pay thousands for graphics cards but cant stand the fact that console gamers are willing to pay under 1k for a hardware boost?? News flash anyone interested in a pro is a mega sony fan. No ones switching to a configuration station 😆

I'd rather have a PS5 sat in my living room than that big hunk. 🤷‍♂️

That pc dosent have all the features that a console has, and for some they also need to buy keyboard, mouse, windows, controller next to it, and the performance,db noise, design, quality feeling is lacking. And … the price is not relevant outside U.S atleast. That motherboard costs 160$ here as an example.

The conclusion is that a pc costs more no matter what you do.

That said, i belive the biggest reasons why people buy consoles, are;

1. simple setup, plug and play. No extra updates, drivers, programs, less risk of something failing. And if something fails, you can just easy deliver one box that dosent have parts in it that needs to be secured or be taken out if you need to send it.

2. Games.. exclusives.

3. Friends, where they play.

4. parents/family most of the times buys it for you/kids. Easier for them to buy a console.

Anyone who thinks this will run games at equivalent settings to the pro would make a good mark. Why in the hell would you waste your money? The power of the pc isn't buying cheap to beat a console on price, it's buying the parts you want without compromising. Console simplicity is also something you don't get on pc, it's been bugging me on my playthrough of outlaws. For every console bug pc has 5 more.

From a guy who just dropped 2k on a new pc and plans on getting the pro. Not rich work retail.

So it doesn't exactly match/rival the pro, what us qrong with these pc weirdos can't get over a $700 console.

What I think a lot of PC gamers don't understand is regardless of whether this PC build can or can't match PS5 Pro's power, that's not the point. The point is, console gamers PREFER to play on console. They're not looking to switch to PC. PC rigs outperforming consoles has ALWAYS been a thing. But there will always be a market for console gaming and there is a large enough percentage of that market that wants access to the most powerful console possible. PS5 Pro will provide this. The console gamers do not preoccupy themselves with whether or not comparable or more powerful PC's exist.

PC is the smart move

Another day another PC Vs PS5 Pro piece. As soon as I read the Ryzen 5600 I clocked in he page. Well done to who ever put that together telling people to buy into a end of life platform. If I want to buy the latest amd CPU in 2 years time. You will have to once again but a new AM5 motherboard. DDR5 RAM yes this piece is telling people to buy DDR4 RAM that's been around for 10 years.

Edit: I find it so funny the PC crowed have all of a sudden became threatened. Don't worry the 4090 is still a killer (and expensive) GPU. But for the majority of you. Your GTX 1650's suck!

Another bullshit parts list. You can’t play games with a parts list. Build the machine or it didn’t happen. Other issues: “(TFLOPS unknown)“ for the PS5, making this all speculative bullshit; the PC build list doesn’t include things you’ll need to play PS5 games like a DualSense controller or things you’ll need to set up your PC like mouse, keyboard, and operating system. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I have a gaming PC with a 4080S that is much much better than a PS5 Pro, and I still plan to get a PS5 Pro because I enjoy playing Playstation games in my living room.

My biggest issue with suggesting to buy a PC instead of the PS5 Pro: Will this PC play the thousands of games I have on my PS library? Or will I need to rebuy them all? because if I do have to buy them all, even on sale will still be more than the cost of a PS5 Pro.

Forgot to include assembly, OS, controller costs. Also, there is no unified warranty for this, if something goes wrong good luck. And for someone that's built PCs for over 30+ years that's bound to happen. Another thing to consider is not everyone is a DIY PC builder that wants to scrounge up the cheapest parts available online. As gimped as consoles are they will always serve as a simple way to get into games. It's not always the best but for 90% of people it's good enough. While the PS5 design is no looker no one is placing one of these boxes under a Livingroom TV.

I find it really intresting that these PC heads try to build PC eqivilants PS5 Pro's without considering other important factors in the cost parts such choosing a motherboard that support WIFI 7,(PS5 Pro support wifi-7) and wheres the Windows OS with Mouse & Keyboard? How are you going to log-in to your Steam, Epic & GOG accounts without Windows OS and play the games without Mouse/KB or 3rd party controller? Just stop it already PC heads, your just showing us your FEAR!!!

ok this is getting ridiculous, lol. Whoever wants to buy it, should be free of nay guilt and just buy the thing.

The same is true for those who wont buy it.

I think we had enough of these articles

They’re rying so hard, just stop. If someone wanted a pc over a ps5 they’d get one

That 2TB drive is adding most of the cost to the PS5 Pro. A good nvme pcie 4.0 is not cheap, especially ones from Samsung or Sk Hynix. If the pro had a 1TB drive I think you it could have been $599 USD.

If you wanna play pc go play pc, if you wanna play Playstation go get a Playstation!

PC guys. You need to stop ok?
You need to accept you can't do what PS5 Pro or any console can do for that matter for the same price.

Plus no PC gamer would be caught dead playing on this rig.
Now go aell one of your kidneys so you can afford a 5090 when they come out.

The CPU is better, but the GPU would be considerably slower. Fast CPU really only matters at low resolutions with only a handful of titles that can stress a modern CPU 7 or more cores at all resolutions. I have 3800X, 8600K and 5900X CPUs, my 8600K gets stressed in Spiderman at ground level with RT on. I hear the new Warhammer 2 is a real CPU killer. Cyberpunk and stress both the 3800X and 8600K at most resolutions. When I say stressed, talking about 60% or higher CPU usage and inability to hit 60 FPS when not GPU limited. All speculation of course, but I think the 7700XT would be significantly slower overall, especially since Sony's API seems faster than DX and Vulkan.

Kind of hard to determine that when the console isn't available.

7700XT = No AI Cores, RDNA2 Ray Tracing tech, also 432 GB/s RAM Bandwidth.
No Keyboard & Mouse (or Controller), No Headset, No Operating System.
You'll need thermal post to put on the CPU during the build. SMDH.

$1,000 vs $700 all in. PS5 Pro wins, by a landslide.

this is a lie

At this point investing even twice or thrice the price of a PS5 Pro in a PC is a better choice than buying a PS5 Pro or any other console. Just one example: you have the embarrassment of the choice when it comes to web browsers on PC, when you don't get so much as 1 on the PS5, Pro or not!

I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar

Strategically, just for the sake of gaming, a very good point in time right after The Game Awards - no doubt.

And even for Microsoft themselves: the current quarter ends December 31st - a good way to highly likely push some GP numbers, that likely had previously declined, for their next quarter report, too. It's just the way it is.

In of itself, $1 (it's also 1€ in Europe) for 1 month Ultimate is just crazy, in every way you can look at it.

Desperation is a stinky Cologne.