My $999 Asus from Costco 18 months ago came with a 480GB SSD, 16GB of RAM, and a discrete GPU. The screen is 1080p, I would've had to pay a couple hundred extr

My $999 Asus from Costco 18 months ago came with a 480GB SSD, 16GB of RAM, and a discrete GPU. The screen is 1080p, I would've had to pay a couple hundred extra for a 4k screen instead, not worth it when I'm mostly connected to external, and battery life is better with 1080p when I'm mobile. My desktop is 7 years old now. I've spent ~$1400 in parts over the years. 32GB of RAM, CPU that does its job (Intel i7-whatever), and a GPU that consumes more power but is just as good as a GTX 1050 (A lot less VRAM though!). I fully expect that machine to last me until the physical components start to give out. Probably the capacitors. It is always the capacitors.