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Building a PC Equal to XBox for the Same Price or Less?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-challenge-to-the-readership dept.

Lonnold asks: "Every time the topic of Linux on the XBox and/or XBox modding comes up, some one always responds, 'I can build a better PC from scratch, why waste time modding a game console?' So that's my challenge, can anyone demonstrate that it is cheaper to build a PC comparable to the XBox specs?"

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  1. My attempt. by MoOsEb0y · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Coming from newegg.com,

    METIS CS-I3ALB.701 (Light-Blue) ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 300W POWER SUPPLY -2 x USB RETAIL
    $22.00

    Seagate 30GB 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive Barracuda V ST330013A - OEM
    $50.00

    SimpleTech (Simple Technologies) 128MB DDR PC2100 - OEM
    $22.00

    Shuttle Motherboard for AMD processors Micro ATX, Model MN31N - Retail (nForce2 Chipset with a geforce 4 onboard)
    $90.00

    AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz 200MHz Bus Socket A PGA Processor
    $35.00

    Coolermaster DP5-6I11A HSF
    $4

    Total:
    $223.00

  2. Re:Um, loss leader anyone? by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Of course the 'killing on the blades' part is proving to be more difficult than they anticipated, but so it goes.

    Perhaps they overlooked the fact that blades wear out, but game discs don't. You can't trade razor blades with friends or sell them back to "Razor Stop" and replace them with other used blades unless you like pain.

    We won't even get into the fact that Gilette using existing patent law to protect their business model and didn't have to lobby congress for new protections that didn't exist to prevent reverse engineering.