its 100% his own made
never heard such thing amongst many techies over other forums like AT and guru3d.
You know you should never make up your mind when it comes to PC. Brand loyality is selfdestructive in this industry. Get the best money can buy and keep the fanboysm away. Its your loss in the end.
For 30K mnost high end P4 LGA775 is out of your reach.
Better go for solid S754 Athlon64 system or even cheap but solid performing Athlon Xp system.