Quote Originally Posted by 'DrChaos',index.php?page=Thread&postID=214821#post 214821
with 3600.00, I could buy 6 computers capable of loading 3 wows each with NO lag in ANY city. and still have money left over for a few months of game time easily. The computer im on right now will load 5 game clients and have zero lag. I only paid 600.00 and 69.00 was shipping costs. I would love to get my hands on 3600.00 I could blow with no recourse.
They were probably thinking of current FPS shooters when they spoke about performance, whereas they mentioned WoW because of the monthly fee (so that they could compare it to what you may be spending on electricity).

At the same time, have system prices really gotten so bad that $3600 is considered "middle ground" for gaming? I'm sure you could build a $7500 'super system' for gaming by getting the most expensive stuff and having it water-cooled, but you should be able to run most games at 1680 x 1050 @ 30FPS or better with a $2000 system. Or possibly less if you build it yourself. For WoW, especially for systems designed for "follower" accounts, you can easily build a $500-600 system to do the job.