Not too long ago, Sony Interactive Entertainment Singapore (SIES) announced that PlayStation 5 will be released in Indonesia on 22 January 2020. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition is priced at Rp7.299.000 and PS5 Ultra HD Blu-Ray is priced at Rp8.799.000.

With the same amount of money, you can also build a decent gaming pc. Then what kind of gaming PC that you can build with Rp7.299.000? Will it perform better or worse than PS5? Find out below!

PlayStation 5 

Before we start with the PC specs, let’s start with the specs and features of PlayStation 5.

• Dimension: 26 cm x 10,4 cm x 39 cm;
• Weight: 4,5 kg;
• CPU: Eight Zen 2 Cores @ 3.5GHz dengan SMT;
• GPU: 10.28 TFLOPS, AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz;
• RAM: 16 GB GDDR6 RAM;
• Performance Target: 8K Graphics and up to 120fps;
• Storage: 825GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD (5.5GB/s uncompressed, typical 8-9GB/s compressed);
• Expandable Storage: NVMe SSD slot;
• Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray;
• Ports: 3x USB-A port, 1x USB-C port, Ethernet port dan 802.11ac Wi-Fi;
• Power: 340W.

That’s the specification of a PlayStation 5 Digital edition. Those components exist on PC so you can make a direct comparison.

The loading speed is the main selling point of PS5. The component allows PS5 to render faster and reduces the space needed when installing a game. PS5 also supports ray-tracing.

There’s a major change in the UI of PS5. The UI looks really sleek with multiple features. The features make it easier to enter multiplayer mode and stream PS4 games to PS5. 

PC

At Rp7,3 million, you can build a PC with this spec. The writer didn’t include a monitor and peripheral because PS5 is just the machine and a controller.

• CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6Ghz Up To 3.9Ghz - Rp1.732.000;
• Motherboard ASRock B550M-HDV - Rp1.406.000;
• GPU RX 580 8GB DDR5 - Rp1.800.000;
• RAM 16GB (2x8GB) Rp930.000;
• Storage SSD 120GB SATA III and HDD 1TB - Rp246.000 and Rp614.000;
• PSU 450W - Rp460.000;
• Casing M-ATX - Rp350.000;

The total of money you spend to build a PC with that spec is Rp7.538.000. If you examine closely, it’s the spec for an entry-level gaming PC, right? The performance is just average. You can use it as a daily driver for listening to music or watching films. But for gaming, a PC with that spec may have a problem running.

Conclusion

With Rp7.299.000, PS5 can play heavy games with great details smoothly, even supports ray-tracing to make the game look more realistic. The SSD on PS5 works fast, you can change games within seconds and won’t waste time on the loading screen.

At the same price, you will only get an entry-level gaming pc. This PC will have a hard time playing the latest triple-A games. But you can still use it as a daily driver.

So PS5 or build a gaming PC? Well, obviously PS5! Unless you are in a dire need of a PC that has more usage rather than a PS5 that can be used only for gaming. Stay tuned for more information about games and don’t forget to follow Dunia Games on Facebook and Instagram.