Hi, Timothy from Raptor Engineering here.

Given the strong and consistent feedback on this we are looking at adding a more minimal pre-assembled option. Most likely this would involve scaling the RAM count down and dropping the GPU to a mid-range consumer card. More information will be posted to the campaign page when we have this option available.

This is a pretty redundant comment, but I echo that sentiment! Slightly more modest price tag and configuration and I'd snap one of these up in a heartbeat.

Sounds really cool, Timothy. Thanks for the prompt response. 256 gigs sounds a bit excessive for a workstation unless you are dealing with huge local datasets.

I figured this was their way of saying they didn't want to be in the business of assembling systems. But they will for enough money.

You can choose the mainboard, add a CPU and RAM, perhaps a case and graphics et voilà.

I'd then had to procure every item separately. Not everyone wants to build their computers from scratch.