Discussion Does PS5 hardware affect your next build selection of components?

[PlaySims3]

So this is the latest PS5 hardware information.

View: https://youtu.be/D0-3Gt30Uq4


He said the CPU is a 8 cores/16 threads Zen 2 CPU. Though he didn't mention exactly the model, but a fair logical guess would be Ryzen 5 3700X. Originally, I plan for the 3600 or 3600X, now I change my mind for the 3700X amid the Prism cooler.

I m just curious to know for those of you who are, like myself, waiting for the new AMD Zen 3 before making a decision, would you select a 8 cores/16 thread Zen 2 CPU?

 

[thepersonwithaface45]

I don't look at consoles for their hardware, I look at their games. I was perfectly fine with a chunky ps3 playing god of war 3, because it was god of war!
I'm (hopefully) getting a ps5 for demon's souls.
But I'm also (hopefully) getting a 3080/90. I keep em separate mentally, console and PC.

 

[PlaySims3]

I am a bit lost. There are too many choices out there for building a system which can break the 60FPS barrier especially in the last few months. So naturally one would compare the fastest system with the one which is to be built.

The games previews are so impressive and knowing the power of the latest CPU being so overwhelming make me more inclined towards the console PS5. Not only because it's a successor to PS4 but also it is so elegantly implemented. So using it as a reference to orient my decisions on the CPU.

I could be wrong though.

 

[Phaaze88]

No, it doesn't affect me at all.

It does annoy me that some people keep comparing console to PC - or basing their component selection thus far on it - when they really shouldn't be.
-Console is a closed platform for the purpose of home entertainment. What you see is pretty much what you get throughout the lifetime of the unit.

-PC is an open platform in the DIY space with far more utility than just games - even if that's all some people assemble them for. It can evolve over time in a sense.

I didn't even get all the hype over consoles finally getting to utilize SSDs - Took 'em long enough, I say.

 

[PlaySims3]

[QUOTE="Phaaze88, post: 22002068, member: 22
-Console is a closed platform for the purpose of home entertainment.

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Your reply expands my imagination, and in fact for years I've been hoping that motherboard manufacturers can adopt a new design methodology to create a breakthrough in their products. Why can't they make "dedicated" motherboards with CPU, memory and storage hard-fixed onto their board and make them smaller in size. So leaving the cooling and graphics cards to the choices of the consumer. Of course, I m talking about such products for gaming mainly.

 

[thepersonwithaface45]

[QUOTE="Phaaze88, post: 22002068, member: 22
-Console is a closed platform for the purpose of home entertainment.

Your reply expands my imagination, and in fact for years I've been hoping that motherboard manufacturers can adopt a new design methodology to create a breakthrough in their products. Why can't they make "dedicated" motherboards with CPU, memory and storage hard-fixed onto their board and make them smaller in size. So leaving the cooling and graphics cards to the choices of the consumer. Of course, I m talking about such products for gaming mainly.
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Well, what you just described is a computer. The only things consoles have are exclusive games. Besides that, it's PC all the way.

 

[USAFRet]

Why can't they make "dedicated" motherboards with CPU, memory and storage hard-fixed onto their board and make them smaller in size.

They do. They put them in laptops.

 

[PlaySims3]

They do. They put them in laptops.

Which brand of laptop offers such configuration, I mean users selected graphics board?

 

[USAFRet]

Which brand of laptop offers such configuration, I mean users selected graphics board?

There used to be MXM graphics cards.

But in your concept...if one can change the GPU, why not storage, RAM, CPU as well?
The GPU is generally the largest changeable component. Making all the other stuff 'smaller' wouldn't matter much.

 

[Phaaze88]

Gaming laptops are an oxymoron. So many of them today run ridiculously hot.
Can anything be done about them? Sure: make 'em bigger and heavier, so people won't want to carry them around anymore. Oh! They'll also be stupid expensive. Those extra materials don't come free.
The tiny package of laptops is the greatest 'bottleneck' for gaming hardware. It's a real PITA to get all that heat out of such a tiny package as fast as possible.

This thread isn't about laptops though.

Your reply expands my imagination...

Some people get so caught up in the PC V Console war that shouldn't exist, that they overlook that simple fact about the purpose of the device.