The internet isn't a good source for facts. Anecdotes are just that ... stories. Unless someone backs a claim up with evidence, it's just hearsay, or in other words, complete bullshit.
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Unless you're rich and have money coming out of every pore of your skin, $3,000 is NOT "not much". For $3,000, you could buy a fucking top-of-the-line gaming PC, or over 100 titles on Steam, etc. At that point, you're wasting money on what I would consider a crap product, designed solely to funnel cash back to DMM.