ZeDestructor Sure, but can you go from ordering today to fully built in 4 weeks without spending a single second building it, while having 3 years of warranty and a single store to call and yell at when things go wrong?



The point of Digitalstorm (and other pre-built machines for that matter) is all about convenience, not value, and clearly that particular price point works for Digitalstorm.



So... live and let live?

I get that, but seriously $5,000 bucks for those specs is beyond outrageous (not to mention the upgrade costs which can exceed $10,000 depending on your options). Even when you factor in warranty and support that system does not equate to 5 grand in my book. Here is an example of what 5 grand could do:With Windows that adds up to ~$4,000 leaving 1k for your choice in cooling (Add maybe an AIO for $100 if you do not care or you have another 1k for a custom loop). That was just a quick picking of expensive parts not even including doing a bit of shopping around. My point is there is an extreme markup on that machine and even including the fancy custom loop with sensors and controls does not add up to near that price. A warranty is nice, but with systems like that using parts from various manufacturers instead of in house (Like Alienware/Dell for instance) you still have those normal warranties anyway for the parts. So the warranty is really only adding on for the cooling system which just comes down to how well its put together (Or pump failure which would be the most likely component to fail).I do like some of the custom PC sites as their markup is not that bad at times. However I feel this ones markup is ridiculous especially considering they could not even throw in an X99 chip and board for that price...