It's the one piece that COULD present safety issues for you and your other components.
You could get a cheaper one, but don't go too cheap. Some notes to go with it: I've included a much better power supply in this than I have in mine. It's very similar to what you've already looked at. This was a quick stab at putting something together that I think would work well. With companies like AMD making components for both consoles and PCs, it's perfectly understandable that they can optimize tech for consoles and get a bit more out of it, but they're not going to invent something completely new and extraordinary and not also sell it for PCs, which makes it a bit of an equalizer. That's why people are always so skeptical of inexpensive consoles advertising 4k. To get real 4k, 60 fps, ultra settings today on everything, you would NEED a graphics card like an overclocked GTX 1080Ti, which would run over $700. But if you want to use blu-ray, don't let that stop you. Most of us really don't use discs anymore, though, so you'll see a lot of people skip this part. An internal optical drive for blurays would probably run about $50 USD So that shouldn't really sway your decision too much. So these games won't actually be rendered in native 4k from the Scorpio (most likely) but instead will be scaled-up using clever resolution tricks for the most part, while SOME will play at native 4k.Įither of these graphics cards, though the RX 480 is a bit cheaper and generally a bit better - and the new RX 580 is expected to launch in about a week - can stream 4k and render 4k from physical or digital media, so you can playback your movies no problem. As the games get more detailed and complicated - like the Assassin's Creed line or GTA, then 4k gets harder and settings need nerfs pretty quick to get decent framerates (over 40-50 to push 60 fps). In simple-to-run games such as Overwatch (maybe), League of Legends, Rocket League, etc, you could get 4k pretty easily.
It gets ultra settings at 1080p to anywhere from 60 to 120fps depending on the game.
Assuming the RX 480 build I have a PC very similar, but I only own 1080p displays. On the PC, you have to choose for yourself - both a freedom and a chore. The XBox/Playstation would handle that for you, as developers would have kinda pre-chosen how they want it to work. Usually running at a resolution that high means also turning down other effects like texture particle details. The problem is, that doesn't REALLY mean that either they or the upcoming console is really suited for 4k in all cases. Both of them would probably perform like the scorpio. The new one that you just posted, there are a couple tweaks you could use to make it a better deal, but it's pretty similar. The build we looked at before is probably about as close as you can get to the Scorpio with PC parts based on what we know. 4k gaming is a little more complicated than just being able to run the resolution. No problem at all! It's fun to talk about, one of my favorite parts of PC gaming, even.