700$ pc vs PS5 pro

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Part list (under 700$, 5500, 6750xt)

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2VJvgB

Credit to VGFightSchool for making that list (i switched to 2TB nvme but otherwise the same).

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DNnnWt

Built and benchmarks with another 700$ PC (3060ti):

Note that while you can match the PS5 pro performance (exceed it actually) for around 700$ i wouldn't recommend that, i would recommend getting more ram (at least 32GB) and a better CPU.

 

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A lot of people have an existing PC to upgrade
Even if your current parts are bad (such as r5 3600 cpu) chances are it will still outperform the PS5 pro due to the very weak zen2 core PS5 pro is using.

I myself got something even better than the PS5 pro experience by pairing a 3090 with an r5 3600 for a few months before upgrading the CPU to an r5 3600, it was actually a lot better than the PS5 experience in practice since i had the option to push a lot of games way beyond 60fps even with that weak CPU.

 

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You can safely get games for free on PC
First off we have stores like the epic games store giving away games but you don't actually have to bother with any of that.

You can simply join a private tracker like GGn and then simply pirate pretty much everything, you can always buy the game later if you actually wants to support the developers.

There are trusted users on GGn that will manually check a lot of uploads to verify that they are safe and good.

 

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You can rip bluray disks on PC
You do however first need to get a bluray drive with suitable firmware for it (due to bullshit DRM) but actually you don't even need that.

You can just pirate everything.

Nyaa is way better for anime than anything sony is offering with their subscription services and 80$ disk drives.

 

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A lot of games will never get any proper enhancement for the PS5 pro
One big issue with the console model is that because games are made for specific hardware said games have to be updated every time there is a new hardware upgrade to take proper advantage of the new better hardware.

With PC you can take near full advantage of your new hardware right away.

We will see many developers not bothering much with the pro model since it will be a small fraction of the overall PS5 user base, a lot of older titles will end up not taking any advantage of it at all.

Only 295 of 10813 PS4 games ended up being enhanced for the PS4 pro.

 

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What GPU matches the PS5 pro?
PS5 currently performs similar to the 3060 12GB. Sony claimed that the PS5 pro GPU was "up to" 45% faster in terms of rendering performance. Let's see how much faster PC GPUs are in terms of framerate than the 3060 12GB.

3060 ti +28%
6700 xt +33%
6750 xt +41%
4060 ti +42%
2080 ti +43%
3070 +50%
3070 ti +61%
7700 xt +62%
6800 +65%
4070 +83%
7800 xt +97%
4070 super +113%
RTX 3090 +123%
4070 ti super +149% (still cheaper than PS5 pro)
4080 super +194% (same price as PS5 pro + stand + disk drive)

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3060-12-gb.c3682

Closest match: 4060ti, 2080ti, 3070 (nvidia has DLSS which is likely superior to PSSR).

You might view it as unfair to only look at the price of a PC GPU but you need a PC regardless and the other PS5 pro components are basically trash. You don't actually want to match the PS5 pro in terms of CPU performance.

 

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You can get a clearly superior PC for 921.65$
In this list i did have to opt for the dead end AM4 platform which is obviously not ideal but it's still better than buying the PS5 pro that cannot be upgraded at all besides the the storage.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/x6sJsh

CPU performance: +25%
GPU performance: +20%

 

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Cost of futureproofing
I would recommend paying for a better PSU to make sure you will not have to upgrade that later down the line.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/z3mqxH

To get more VRAM from nvidia you need to go with the 4070ti super or better unless you buy a used 3090 / 3090ti / titan RTX.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BkzYVW
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4DMZkJ
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4M6syg

Getting a on the AM5 platform will cost a lot extra and i am not sure if that should be a priority when building a budget PC, you might find out later that the motherboard you 'invested' into wasn't right after all later down the line.

Example of build i wouldn't recommend:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HyfHkJ

Note that there is only some extent in which you can futureproof hardware, eventually it will either stop working due to it simply failing or technology will advance to the point where your old hardware is no longer good.

Cases and power supplies can of course have very long life.-spans.

Graphics card tend to kinda work for many many years but they will work increasingly badly for the newer titles.