content: Its outrageous but only because its simply not for your price point. Basic overview of the specs puts it well beyond the average consumers price point and well as beyond workstation price points, its dam near top tier server grade stuff for highly threaded applications and at 4000$ thats actually a bargain providing you / your outfit or company can make use of that arch and type of hardware. Plus in addition to all that its as blob free and open source as possible making it a clear ethical choice for an awful lot of organizations, ngos, charities, and software development houses, and FOSS organizations that should care for and put money into that kind of thing.