Not really. The majority of these types of videos have big problems when relating to a PS5. And I will get to that in a minute. And virtually all of them rely on what I refer to as "super best friend pricing". Or in other words, what something might cost if you had a really good buddy whom gave you an unusually great deal, on their 2nd hand stuff.
There are A NUMBER of problems with this video. They blatantly fudge their way to a working PC, with no true price tally. And some of that is likely due to them having a warehouse of hardware, so they don't actually have to source parts like a viewer would. And they otherwise didn't try to do it that way, as an exercise for the video. I garuntee all of their parts came from their warehouse. Their PSU was even supplied by a sponsor.
They ignore potential shipping costs.
They assumed you can get a case for free.
They blatantly dismiss peripherals, but then go ahead and use an Xbox controller and have a decent mouse and expensive looking RGB (likely mechanical) keyboard in use, as well. And in a recent LTT video, they state that they haven't really found any mice under $30, which test decently for deviation. For the less technically knowledgeable readers here: you can think of that as roughly equivalent to stick drift, but for the optical tracking sensor of the mouse.
If you are going to build a PC which matches and or beats the PS5 experience, you have to account for every aspect.
So for starters--------the 4K blu-ray disc drive. Are you gonna buy one for your PC? If not......well you can get a digital PS5 for $400. And that's probably the end of this story, really.
But, lets humor the
$500 pc which is equivalent or better than PS5
PS5 comes with a high quality controller, which costs ~$70 in everyday pricing, to buy separately for your PC. Sometimes you can get them on sale for $50.
So, your PC should have an equivalent controller and/or a keyboard and mouse which is more/less equivalent in quality. Decent mechanical keyboards start at around $40. LTT themselves say decent mice start at around $30.
PS5 has an SSD which is equivalent to a PCIe 4.0 SSD. So if you want to be technical about matching and/or beating a PS5 with a PC spec, you gotta get an at least equivalent speed 4.0 SSD. Its true that it doesn't matter that much, for many games. But, there are some newer games where it does matter. And also, technically speaking, we are talking about matching or maybe even beating a PS5, for the
same money.
GPU is a nebulous choice. As there aren't any true 1:1 situations to compare PS5 and a PC. That said, LTT underspecced their GPU.. The most equivalent PC GPU, is the RX 6700 non-XT. Digital Foundry did a comparison with it, using a vastly more powerful CPU than a PS5. and found that sometimes its worse than a PS5. Sometimes the experience is very similar. and sometimes on that PC which they used, the experience is quite a bit better-----but those "better' situations were very likely CPU limited, and benefitted from the 2x generations newer, top of the stack CPU, which by itself costs as much as a PS5, when new. The CPU which LTT used in their video, is also a fair bit better than the PS5 CPU. Its a generation newer, has a lot more clock speed, 3x more cache, etc.
You also need a cooler for the CPU (which may or may not come with the CPU) and at LEAST one system fan for intake. Unless you happen to get a case which matches very well with our CPU cooler and GPU, such that they are effectively intaking on their own.
In the end, it still can't really be done, building a $500 PC which matches or beats the PS5 experience. Even if we ignore the $400 PS5 digital edition.
