>They are built with soldered components which means no upgradeability with the flip side being that the performance is 5 years ahead of the direct competition

>They are built with soldered components which means no upgradeability with the flip side being that the performance is 5 years ahead of the direct competition Who are they five years ahead of exactly? And who told them to make the enclosure out of a garbage can? Their base model comes in at 3k. They are well behind anything I would build for 3k, sans the garbage can case.