No, he cannot return it in the US. From Best Buy's Return Website

He can get an identical copy of the software, thats it. No refund. Why? Because people buy software, return the disk, but burn the CD key so it's no longer valid.

Also, you've never worked at a retail store's computer repair before. Its "We can look into it... at a discounted rate" or if they do look into it for free, its put on low priority and put off until someone finally gets around to it.

Would mod up if I had points. VAC bans are game specific. Also, VAC scans memory and uses file signatures, not names, to determine hacking programs. Try trolling harder.

Best Buy would have just told him no returns on open box software no matter how irate he got.

I have a Korean 27" 1440p monitor i got for $300 about a year ago. I'm planning on getting that new Samsung 4k monitor with my next paycheck for $700. You just need to know where to look.

The over 27" part is a good point though.

Did not know that. Thanks for the heads up on that one.

No paying to play online, plenty of F2P games that don't blow, your ability to use the input of your choosing, cheaper games, mod support, ability for users to revive old communities (Tribes 2 is alive and kicking by using a custom authorization mechanism), graphical fidelity (Even $550 systems can do 1080P/60FPS at higher graphical fidelity than XB1/PS4), ability to upgrade and customize your system without being XBL banned (New HDD because 500GB is too small? Banhammer), not being locked into buying officially supported peripherals, true multitasking, more exclusives, friendlier for indie development, and a more mature community. Should I continue?

AMD drivers don't suck in Windows, but have a worse track record under Linux. So it's really both.

OEM license are 'illegal' in the same sense that the MSDN keys are. The TOS states that the person installing the OEM software is not supposed to be the same person that is using the computer it was put on. It's meant as a copy to resell.

Seriously, if you are lazy and don't care about grey market keys, I always suggest getting a key from /r/SoftwareSwap. I got a MSDN Win 8.1 Pro key for $10 5 months ago, and it hasn't been deactivated yet. Assuming you get the MSDN Windows key, you can easily get a killer system for under $600

That's weird. At my old apartment, both of my computers were in the living room, hooked up to the TV (one for me, one for my roommate). We'd switch off using it sitting on the couch depending on what we were playing. Sometimes when we had people over, we'd just toss a game up on the screen while playing.

Hell, most of my PC gamer friends all have their PC hooked up to a monitor and have a cable run to their TV in their bedroom. As for the last point, hopefully it won't be that much of an issue anymore with Steam Streaming.

ATI drivers have been fine for me. I just always have to run latest beta drivers. Unless you're on Linux, then yeah, I see your point.

Games like Hawken, Blacklight: Retribution, DotA 2, and LoL are are examples of F2P model done right. When done properly, the games are amazing, and some of us with disposable incomes do toss the developers some cash.

As for the AAA bullshit - if you think that the only reason to game is AAA titles, then you are everything that is wrong with gaming. I've spent countless hours trying to get better scores on Hotline: Miami and get different endings on Papers, Please.

If I asked you how much you spend on games and XBL/PS+, how much do you really spend in comparison to PC. I haven't spent more than $40 on a preorder in ages. Hell, I got BF4 Digital Deluxe and Premium for $72. Titanfall was free (THANK YOU EA PAY GLITCH!), and most other things are between $35-40 for me using stuff like GreenManGaming and CDKeyPrices.com. Console gaming is much more expensive in the long run.

Then why don't you just hook the computer up to a TV? Its not like no cards come with an HDMI out.

Build list from /r/PCMasterRace. Two that come in under $600 that can best next gen consoles.

If you actually read what he wrote, it limits the car choices to Cellica GT-4 All-Trac (extremely rare, so I doubt it), Galant VR-4 (extremely rare), GTO/3000GT VR-4 (rare again), Lancer Evo, WRX, or (and I hope this isn't the case) an Eclipse.