Pricing out the original parts is not really relevant though since the parts are pretty old now. Even if you can find them, you're paying a premium over newer, often more capable hardware.
You can totally price out a gaming Pc that is a bit better than the Masher Pro today for a price that isn't too much more ($50 to a $100).
This is simply to illustrate what a typical mid range gaming PC available BEFORE the PS4 even came out can do today. And that is - pretty much the same or better than a PS4. The whole to the metal,superior optimizaiton , etc, etc of what si the usual console narrative, these videos show (along wiht a ton of other evidence) is mostly BULL SHIT.
With the upgraded Masher Pro, once again they're showing that the same person with that PC only had to spend about the same money or less, than selling and then upgrading to a Ps4 Pro to achieve same orbetter performance levels.
This, in other words, is the typical PC gaming scenario. Not the "$4,000 just for a few more resolution lines" - that is the typical youtube commment on DF videos, for example.
They show that PC gaming on a budget can more than keep up with consoles, and in terms of performance can still be better. Now, PC gaming on a budget isn't necessarily $299.99 at your local walmart (it usually never is), but netiher it is necessarily $1,000 or more, and there is longetivity and cheap, easy upgrade paths that have you still getting better performance than consoles, even console refreshers like the Pro.
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