Xbox V PC

[Narcisus]

Well.... If finally joined the next gen.... I hadn't used my 360 for over a year and wasn't sure I was wasting my money ... What have I found.... Well I have a pc that can run any of todays games at 1080p and full detail without braking a sweat.... I appear to be rebuying loads of games from my Steam collection to play on the Xbox.... AND actually playing them....

[vonuber]

Que?

[snuffy]

I'm not sure if you are asking a question or making a statement.

I think you're making a statement which is: You have a meaty enough PC, but you don't bother using it for games very much. Now you have just bought an XBox and are now using it to play all the games that you bought on you PC.

Is that it ?

[TommoAE86]

So many caveats if this is going to be console vs. pc debate. From my experience unless you're building it yourself then buying a pre-built PC that can match the performance is going to be more expensive than a console. However the utility of a PC is pretty awesome in comparison and since buying my PC in March I have barely turned on my PS4 and it just sits there gathering dust. For me it does not help that the consoles have not really had any top quality games on them unless you are into FPS or Footie, so a back catalogue of older games which are easier to get running on my PC has kept me interested

I might dust off my PS2 though as there are so many games on that which are tons of fun!

[conkerman]

I'd go PC everytime. Just for the flexibility, and there are cheap games aplenty out there.

I have just built a new HTPC, so have the old one kicking about if you want to drop me a PM.

[TommoAE86]

[conkerman]

Never has so much been spent by so many, on stuff they never install.

[anonymous-user]

Any advice on a good Gaming PC, I want to be able to play Total War / Skyrim etc at 1080p!

Thanks.

[TommoAE86]

This is my spec and it's probably overspecced CPU wise and underspecced GPU

CPU: INTEL(R) Core™ i7-6700K Quad Core 4.00 GHz 8MB Cache LGA1151 + HD
Graphics
CS_FAN: Maximum Airflow with Case Cooling Fans for your selected case
FAN: Cooler Master Seidon 120V Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator
(Cooler Master CPU Water Cooling)
HDD: 1TB SanDisk X400 Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4/2400mhz Dual Channel Memory (HyperX Fury
w/Heat Spreader)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z170-A Krait Gaming INTEL Z170 Chipset, ATX Mainboard
w/ 4 RAM slots, USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4
SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
OS: Windows 10 Home
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 650 Watts Power Supplies (Corsair 650 Watts VS650
Gaming Power Supply)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD AUDIO
VIDEO: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Single Card)

picture is here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[snuffy]

That's fairly similar to mine:

CPU: i7-6700k
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB
RAM: Corsair Vengenance 16GB DDR4 3000MHz
PSU: Corsair RM80 750W Gold PSU
CPU Cooling : Corsair Hydo H80i Watercooler
Case : NZXT H440
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming Motherboard
SSD : 2 x 2.5" 250GB
HDD : 2.5" 2TB HDD
OS: Windows 10 Pro