Is a £500 pc build better than ps4?

[Ron_Box]

Hi guys, I'm looking to build a £500 pc - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

but i'm now having second thoughts, because a ps4 has worse specs, but is apparently optimised for the games, so it beats a £500 pc build. Is this true? I really need to find out - many thanks.

 

[AdviserKulikov]

I'm going to say yes as a general rule, but you'd have to provide a link to the build for us to verify.

 

[tambeshakunt]

something like this :
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£48.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card (£154.75 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£21.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £507.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-15 18:21 BST+0100

would definitely beat a PS4 in terms of performance. You should be able to play all latest games at v.high or ultra settings at 1080p. It only has 1TB storage on a standard HDD. If you want, you can change this to an SSD or make it 2TB as you originally posted.

 

[Ron_Box]

Thanks i guess bigger games like gta v would be better on ps4 as the pc requirements are very high, but thats a good build i might use it, thanks for the help!

 

[tambeshakunt]

Thanks i guess bigger games like gta v would be better on ps4 as the pc requirements are very high, but thats a good build i might use it, thanks for the help!

It just about the opposite.....gta V PC requirements are quite low or at least lower than other recent games.

With the above build, you should be able to play gta V on high settings , 1080p at 60fps no problem.

 

[Ron_Box]

ok cool