[MarkTaunton]

The 'ION crap machines' are good enough to play 1080P and are very cheap and silent and small. Why buy an expensive overkill machine which consumes much more power, is not silent and is much bigger? You will be amazed how much people use a 'crappy' ION machine. Will be even more next year when ION2 comes out

I can build cheaper than the price of Ions, the only reason why I ended up with an I7 920 is because I had one spec in mind, and found out that the chip involved was not going to be expanded anymore, so thought ok, lets not plump for that.

What is the point of building an already dead computer, I found better components for a few pounds more, or a few dollars more, say £5 $5 to $20 more, and thought whats the point in going for lesser components than spending a tiny fraction more.

I was going to spend £500 to £600 $550 to $650 to have a reasonably decent PC, but ended up with £1,000 $1500 PC which is future proof for god knows how long, and just spending another £75 $90 on another 1.5 tb hard drive for my TV shows.

I could not afford my budget, but I ended up months after with a hell of a better machine, and not moaning about skins not working.