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@BeenKenobi88

I would never put that computer together for gaming, and Apple would never expect you to buy it for that reason. I quoted where you said faster and cheaper, and not just for gaming. For none gaming high performance personal computing, the price can't be beat.

For a workstation doing something like blast analysis, or any kind of scientific research, you can not beat that price. This is Apples target audience (why they have the word "pro" in the system name). As someone who has used $250,000 SGI's in the past, and multi-million dollar IBM super computers, 8k for a rig is nothing. These applications are what Apple is targeting, and they are very cheap for what you get.

If I wanted a gaming rig, I would just go to Newegg and throw something together for a grand or two.