Originally Posted by farkedup

Not only the whole $300 computer being sold for $1k idea but how about this one... Most of us PC users who want computers that would cost above $1k simply build them ourselves!

Mac users tend to not be so "technical" while they're high in image and graphic related skills. Most of these same people also have the disposable income to not bother building and tuning their computers. that said... I don't see a point in putting much over $600 into hardware.

$200 for E8400 or Q6600
$200 just bought me 2*640Gb WD drives which will be RAID
$50 Power supply
$100 just bought me 4Gb RAM
$50 video card (lower end Radeon HD card since I don't play games)
$90 Gigabyte board
lets alot $20 for a DVD drive and $30 for a case

like $740 and I have a badass computer. Stack on a $300 monitor and I have a computer thats GREAT at all things but gaming. Up that $50 video card to $150 or more and you can play plenty of games. Not to mention plenty of nice monitors around $200.

Unless you're crazy I don't even see how its possible to spend much over $1k on a COMPLETE system. Obviously going dual monitor or massive monitors you can spend $600 or more on monitors alone...