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🙄 anyone paying $3000 is just a rube with too much money, lol.
It looks like a nice machine, don't get me wrong, but you can do better elsewhere if willing to spend that much $$$.
Even as grim as things are getting there's still a lot of people with far more money than they deserve.
Let's be honest, you can do better for less than that. That price hike is specifically because of brand recognition, puny production and the stupid tax.
Not by much less. I'd say you'd need at least $800 to be sure to run most games at at least 1080p60. I've been playing with pcpp lately, using Belmont's Curse as an upcoming game with fairly tame recommended specs (10th gen Intel and a 3060), and I couldn't really come in under $800 after case, reliable PSU, etc were all factored in. Maybe if you went for specifically used/secondhand parts but I limited my choices to just new or manufacturer refurbished since used inventory will vary widely in availability and price from area to area.
Of course, the minimum requirements are like an 8th gen Intel and a 1650. So you can probably hit 1080p60 with a lot less than the recommended.
I'm curious how low we could go, requiring all parts be new or manufacturer refurbished. I tried for $500 but couldn't get anywhere close.
I was referring to the $3k price tag. Though seeing the downvotes, I dare say you're not the first to somehow miss that I was talking about the article title, and not the MSRP.
Ahhh, okay. Yeah 3 grand would get you a beast. Or, you know, like a car or something.
I think people willing to pay that much are idiots that don't deserve the money they have, though. Somehow I don't think that's a mom or dad wanting to get a Nintendo for their kids or whatever.