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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
No, no you can't. Not unless you steal half the components or you only play games from 2009 and before.
You cannot build a gaming rig that can beat a console for $600. You just can't. It's not possible. You can barely build a basic productivity workstation for that price with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, especially when you're shelling out $100 alone just for the operating system.
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Monitor shouldn't be included, since we don't usually include cable and TV costs when setting up console costs.
Used parts:
i5 2500K - 120$
5870 - 120$
Z77 - 80$
4GB - 40$
New parts:
650W PSU - 100$
1TB HD - 80$
Case - 80$
And that's only if we're talking about a brand-new PC. A upgrade should be much more cheaper, and it's extremely likely that the 80$ Case, mouses and keyboards wouldn't be even needed.
That card is able to run everthing on medium at decent frames (above 50fps, console run at 25/30fps).