Have these Gaming Companies lost their minds?

I think so.

What am I talking about?

Well I am sure that most everyone on this site has priced out a system from Overdrive PC, Alienware...blah blah blah.... only to get to the final sticker price and fall out of your chair in shock.

Well, I was seriously looking to purchase a gaming system over the holidays, but it had been awhile since I had anyone build me a system. Honestly I had no desire to clear my desk at home and begin the pain/anal process of putting together and wiring a system from scratch.

For sure, I thought these high end systems would have some down in price some, but when I got done pricing out an Overdrive PC it was darn near $6000!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Better include a small car in that price as well!!

No matter how I configured the build my blood pressure would rise as the system price multiplied like lab mice! Are these people for real? How do they sustain their exhistance?

I basically went about building the Torque SLI Overdrive PC from scratch over the past week, with AMD FX57, RAID 0 Raptor drives, their fancy Aluminum Case, all for 1900 dollars. It's built and it's running in my office now. So let's see, what did I give up?

A custom paint job?....Think I'll live without it.
Two extra fans on the side of the case?....again, I'll live.
I used two 7800GT Cards instead of GTX card for SLI so that saved a bundle.
No fancy Overclocking...oh sorry...HYPERCLOCKING....yeah, whatever.

Did I miss anything?

Oh yeah, the fancy logo on the front of the case....

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on them as I am sure they build a top of the line system for sure. But really now, I was able to easily knock more then 50% off the price by doing it myself. The process that took the most time was?....anyone's guess??.....Running the wires so it looks neat and tidy inside the case!

Okay, just my rant.