money means different things to different people.
some people find it hard to drop more than $500 on a pc
some people find it easy to drop over 5k on a pc
its always the users budget that is king.
if i was a millionaire, i would most likely sport a i7 extreme with dual 295's and a 285 as a dedicated phyx card all water cooled. that setup would be chump change for any millionaire. whats a $5,000 pc when your driving a lambo?
now if your a 1989 civic, chances are your not going to be rocking anything over $1500.
I agree and I don't. I can easily afford a i7 965, but it's not going to outperform the i7 dollar per dollar. It's not even close. And when you look at the overclocking potential the i7 920 is even sexier.
My last cpu was a Core 2 Xtreme 9650 and it was retailing for more than my i7 920 when it was purchased. But the 9650 got pushed to my workstation because price doesn't always match performance.