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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5151054" data-attributes="member: 8158">I returned to this thread hoping that Axus or someone else would have posted their wondrous "nowhere-near-$1200-YEEESH!" gaming machine that would lift the scales from my eyes. No such luck yet. I'll make things easier by tossing out an example of a well-received-and-award-winning gaming PC that is in that price range, the Velocity Micro Z30: <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/velocity-micro-edge-z30/4505-3118_7-33770305.html?tag=centerColumnArea1.0;bingoEdSponsored" target="_blank">Velocity Micro Edge Z30 (Intel Core i7) Desktop reviews - CNET Reviews</a>Kind of an old system, actually. Should be easy to top. I didn't really want to offer an example, mind you, because I have enough internet experience to know what happens. The laws of human gravity hold that it is much easier, and thus more appealing, to deconstruct than construct. Ask for someone to present evidence, and you get silence. Present your own evidence, and you get people falling over themselves in a frenzy to explain all of the reasons the evidence should be thrown out. The resultant nitpicking and bickering takes over the discussion, and the whole thing goes into a tedious death spiral. My suspicion is that most people who insist a good PC can be had on a sub-$1000 budget are scratch-building. Building a computer piecemeal often produces a machine with specs that seem similar to more expensive systems, because you aren't paying someone to put the pieces together and you aren't buying a warranty. Essentially, you are defraying up-front costs to until something goes wrong. Sort of like how buying a house supposedly conveys a nice itemizable tax deduction, but in reality you can easily wind losing money on upkeep.</blockquote>

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