So, their "create a comparable DIY" is basically just a basement nerd circle jerk to confirm their pre-existing bias that people who buy apple equipment are idiots and any neckbeard with a screw driver can build something better, whereby better just happens to leave out items that are too hard or too expensive for a DIY build.
"After tabulating all the major component costs (plus another $99.99 US for Windows 8 Pro), we are at a total of around $11,530.54 US using today’s prices at retailers that actually stock the hardware. I’m not afraid to admit that compared to the asking price of $9,599 US, the new Mac Pro seems like one heckuva deal for these components."
and
"You simply can’t build a smaller form factor PC that matches the Mac Pro today"
????
> case called the FT03 which houses up to an mATX board and even dual graphics cards, at roughly twice the size of the Mac Pro
Then on page 2:
> The board, unfortunately, does not support ECC DDR3 memory, though it does support faster non-registered modules, but only come in 8GB sizes currently, so we’re maxing out at 32GBs of memory right now. And the other unknown quantity we’ve come across is the fact that our chosen 12 core processor, is not officially supported
> Connectivity wise, you won’t be getting Thunderbolt 2 support, but you do get a full complement of USB 3.0 and SATA ports for external storage expansion. USB bluetooth and WiFi dongles
That they blew past the Mac Pro price is not even relevant any more when shit is this different.