How much gaming PC can you buy for the cost of a Xbox one?

[alsenior]

The Potato one on amazon is £349 with a download code for titan fall. Turns out for the same price you can build a very capable gaming PC for around the same price. Looks like the low end of the market is going to get very interesting in the next few years.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor (£39.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.05 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£25.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Mushkin 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£103.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£36.04 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £347.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-17 22:17 BST+0100)

[AAMinistry]

It's a fair point. This technically wouldn't be as powerful as an Xbox One, but then this could do a lot more than the console. When it was full price, you definitely could build a more powerful PC but now the price has dropped, it is more competitive. For the record I own an Xbox One and a gaming PC. I like my Xbox One for lounge convenience but my PC wipes the floor with it really