My understanding is that a lot of people were upgrading from the UO/shadowbane days. I think the major upgrades went to that, and if you're going to upgrade, you might as well make it kick-ass (for now)
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and I been throwing 10-20 bucks in a week for what seems like 4+ years... eventually this game will come out and I will finally break that bitch open and see how much is in there for a new rig - I am hoping 3-4000$ and I'll get to build something bad ass