PC vs Console Gaming: Which Is Actually More Expensive?

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Am I the only one that spent over $2000 on their rig? >_>

In May, 2006, I built myself this:

(parts from Newegg)

Asus A8N SLi Premium mobo
Athlon X2 4200+
2gb OCZ pc3200 RAM
BFG GeForce 7900GTX 512mb
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum
320gb SATA 2.0 WD HDD
600watt PSU
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case

Though I guess it cost a little under 2k not including wi-fi, speakers, and monitor. And two months after I built the thing, i realized how stupid I was not waiting for Core Duo and getting a mobo that supported DDR2. It would been a much faster comp (aside from the GPU) and the CPU/RAM would've been upgradeable far into the future.

But yeah, as a Supreme Commander fan (major resource hog), who owns a ps3, Wii, and needs to upgrade his CPU (and by extension, motherboard and RAM) sometime soon to finally get a stable framerate for 3v3s on maps larger than 20km, I can safely say that PC gaming costs more than console gaming. However, if I just wanted to play the usual boring FPS, then they are roughly the same.

Btw, I can't wait to see how crappy the X360 port of SupCom is with only 512mb of ram.