You are comparing the the price of a cpu to the price of an entire entire system. Add a nice case ~150 a nice power supply ~150 a nice mother board ~150 some r

You are comparing the the price of a cpu to the price of an entire entire system. Add a nice case ~150 a nice power supply ~150 a nice mother board ~150 some ram ~150 storage ~150 and a few nice fans because the fans that come with the case are always terrible ~40 for a fair comparison. The point is you might be able to build a decent computer for under 1000 USD or you could buy a surplus server for ~200.