So if I wanted to convert? (not religious)

[TsunamiWombat]

It really depends on what you want it for.

TBH, you'll wind up overpaying out the wazoo, but your best bet is to go to bestbuy or something and ask them to show you a gaming rig, as i'm assuming you have 0 computer knowledge like I do.

 

[cdstephens]

PC games are dying, partially due to cloud computing and tablets taking over and partially due to the fact that consoles are cheaper and play many of the same games as PCs. The only games that are solely on the PC market are RTS and MMO games, everything else is translated to the console, aside from random indie games. My personal prediction is that PCs will be phased out within the decade and PC gaming will drop dead in about 4 or 5 years, so if you wanted to get into PC gaming do it now.

Have I travelled back to 1995?

Seriously people said exactly the same thing then and 1996, 1997, 1998 so on and so forth.

See where i'm going?

PC gaming is no where near close to dying.

The MMO market alone will keep PC gaming going. Add on to that games like Crysis and Witcher (yep, PC only .... although consoles are getting a lesser version of Crysis i've heard).

The only reason it's not shooting off is games being made at the moment are multi platform, well we get console ports, and while trying to sound as far from elitist as possible .... the PS3 and 360 just couldn't cope with games designed for top end PC's.

Anyone who would invest 1000 dollars just to be able to play games at a higher graphics level to me is an idiot, unless they are under specific circumstances like needing a new PC in the first place without having a tablet and smartphone. If you have a tablet and a smartphone, there is absolutely no reason to spend so much money on a device that does the exact same thing your devices can already due with the added ability to play games when consoles only cast a few hundred dollars.

Now, if you don't have a tablet and your PC is over 4 years old, that's different. You actually need a new computer, whether it be tablet or PC. In the coming years though, tablets will overtake the PC market out of sheer convenience.