Yup. First I had my 4 GTX 980's Gold Plated, then instead of a PC case, I purchased a refrigerator to build my PC in for maximum cooling.

In reality, I have spend 200 bucks on my i7 3930k (intel retail edge deal), 120 on my Corsair H100i cooler, 350 on my Asus Rampage IV Formula Mobo, 150 on my Thermaltake Chaser Case, about 150 for 32 GB of 1600mhz ram (got 16gb free with my mobo as a newegg deal). and 1000 on my 2 GTX 980's (employee discount brought them to 500 bucks each) the gpu's. The PSU was a 950 watt Corsair left over from my previous build, plus I sold my old CPU, Mobo, Ram and GPU for about 500 bucks. So lets do MATH. 200 + 120 + 350 + 150 + 150 + 1000 - 500. In the end I paid around 1320 for my current rig. So while yes do to some deals I got this rig cheaper than some people could, but this is what I personally paid. In the end, this PC still wouldn't have cost more than 2k with me selling my past parts or maybe just a smidge above 2k if building from complete scratch.

Also keep in mind, only Gamers won't need a 3930k CPU. I'm doing Graphics Rendering currently and when I worked retail I took advantage of the deal knowing I would be using it soon. Any decent i7 would do fine.

So no, your figure it completely incorrect. But also to add, I'm just a Gamer, I play on my PC, PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, Xbox 1, Xbox 360, Xbox, Wii-U, Wii, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, Vita, PSP, 3DS, DS, GBA and GB. I play games and all games. Currently I have been really getting into retro gaming and collecting some older games I missed out on while getting my must haves of this gen.

Some of us naturally spend money on our hobby because its our passion. Maybe I have spent 10k on gaming over the years, but not on a single PC.

EDIT: Also note, my plans for the future are to track down a couple Sega Consoles and the top games since I actually have never had a Sega System in my life.