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09-05-2013, 02:44 AM #1
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DevouR
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So I was talking to my dad and we got on the topic of gaming after I showed him a picture (meme of PC Masterrace) where it said "Enjoy playing your games in 480p console peasant".

So here's the conversation:

*I show him picture*

Him: "No doubt, hey!? Doesn't PC support twice as many players? *regarding BF*"
Me: "Yeah, on BF3 they can have up to 64 (maybe even more) players, 120fps, and 1080p gameplay"
Him: "It's been awhile since i've built a PC..."
Me: "Do you think we'll be able to make a powerful PC for, like, gaming once *insert thing here* is done?"
Him: "Yeah!"

Today:

Me: "Were you serious about what you said yesterday?"
Him: "What's that!?"
Me: "About maybe building a powerful PC..."
Him: "Yeah."

Don't wanna get my hopes up but.... PC Masterrace!? :happycry:

So to make this about GD, a poll will be inserted to see what you play on.
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09-05-2013, 03:24 AM #2
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Rath
Today Will Be Different
PC Masterrace. :fyea:
09-05-2013, 03:24 AM #3
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kciN
< ^ > < ^ >
I play PC and PS3. In my opinion I like PC better, but unfortunately my PC sucks so I can't play all the games I want so I'm mainly on PS3.

#SonyPony
09-05-2013, 03:27 AM #4
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Dean7
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I'm an old school gamer, so I'm going to have to go with the PS3. I never could get into the keyboard and mouse thing, or having to sit in front of a computer screen.
09-05-2013, 01:02 PM #5
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Meatwad
Meatman
PC, the options are limitless, it's not hard to build a PC, and surprisingly it comes out cheaper than console gaming, which does seem counter intuitive at first. You could end up like me gaming on a QHD monitor (2560x1440,) with 120 fps, and massive mod support. My games look gorgeous.
09-05-2013, 01:31 PM #6
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Gommy
I’m too L33T
I dont have £1000's of pounds to build a top quality gaming PC, i get what i can with the money i have. I stick to consoles because i can afford them. Most of the time its my parents helping putting money towards them. By all means if i had a ton of money id build a a beast gaming PC but right now i don't have the money plus ive always been a console gamer since 5/6. So PS3 for me.

Gommy.
09-05-2013, 02:29 PM #7
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ResistTheSun
In Flames Much?
I have been thinking about looking into upgrading my PC, just finding the space for it.
Right now how I play video games console suits me more. Certain titles are better on PC but certain titles are better on console like COD.
09-05-2013, 04:45 PM #8
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Leftwinger
Little One
Mods can make a PC worth it! I have GTA SA and you can play multiplayer with upto 1000 people on 1 server. However I dont always use it as I mostly buy games on my PS3 and thats what all my friends play on tears
09-05-2013, 04:50 PM #9
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Madison Taylor
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Mostly PS3, I've played both recent fallout games on my laptop with mods. They actually play fine on max settings, just gets to hot after a while and I don't want to damage anything so I just uninstalled both.
09-05-2013, 05:03 PM #10
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Rath
Today Will Be Different
Originally posted by Gommy View Post
I dont have £1000's of pounds to build a top quality gaming PC, i get what i can with the money i have. I stick to consoles because i can afford them. Most of the time its my parents helping putting money towards them. By all means if i had a ton of money id build a a beast gaming PC but right now i don't have the money plus ive always been a console gamer since 5/6. So PS3 for me.

Gommy.


I can understand that reasoning, but at the same time you don't have to spend $1000s to build a decent rig. You could probably spend around $750 and play most games on medium. I've often thought of taking this approach where you take the basic route such as buying a case, a power supply, a cpu, a motherboard, ram, and a decent HDD. It would be your essential computer, and eventually when you get more money you could buy a nice high end gpu and run games on ultra and get great fps.

I actually built something along those lines and without an optical drive since you don't really need one nowadays. And if you ever do you can just buy a dvd drive for $20. The total came out to $673.93 on pcpartpicker.

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Of course you'll be able to install Windows 7 or 8 via USB via pirating methods, or you could buy it and have a legit copy. :p

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