Played Mass Effect on PC or Console?

Well said. 

I keep hearing the price tag for Scorpio is going to be close to $700. If that's the case, consoles just gave the edge back to budget-gaming PCs. I'm seeing some budget-builds now that are going to last quite a few years for less than $700. I don't see how the Scorpio at the price will not push some console owners to considering a PC. Even $500, and you've got a decent 2-3 year lifespan of a computer with a reasonable video card and CPU. This is going to be worth watching. 

I have a fast internet connection here and I regularly update. This last update took close to two hours.

It was their bloody "Creative Update" that contains exactly 0 products that I will ever use.  I have ACTUAL 3D and 2D editing programs, thanks Microsoft.

Great. I don't use any of that stuff either. Maybe Debbie will once I move this rig to the living room TV. Cutting cable in June and just going internet. My wife watches the same garbage on E! every night. I run away. I retreat to the man cave. Anyway, paying $75 a month just for cable and we're watching three channels... is not money well-spent. An antenna will capture the local stations and all of her crap can be watched from Hulu or whatever. 

In a very lose sense, I did too. I remember it as if it was yesterday, when my father brought home a console which could be hooked up to TV via aerial connection. It was in 1975. It even had three games. Pong, of course, tennis and a third one I don't really remember.

We turned our loft into our computer room.  My rig on one side, his on the other.  And I watch all my movies and shows on there (while gaming).  Currently re-watching Agents of Shield from the beginning.
He tends to want to watch them as they air, so we still have Dish.  I can wait till they're available to watch on the computer (usually just a few minutes after they air) without commercials or ads.

PC now after all. Using an Xbox controller. Graphics maxed out on a GTX 1070 @1440p. Getting 40-45fps outside. Solid. Game looks gorgeous.

Had but minor glitches at first and no crashes. But now the issues are starting to pile up after about 30h. Nothing major but definitely the least polished AAA game I've played that's not Bethesda.

Yeah I was thinking it was generally pc players so I got curious and made a poll.  I find PC gamers, no offense, usually hold higher standards and typically enjoy niche gaming.  I don't run into too many people that would rather have completely linear games except my few friends who play on pc.  They want everything to quick, efficient, and easily accessible, and they usually don't like anything in a game that "pads" the experience.  It's nice seeing a different view/preference from so many people.  I am curious how many of these die hard Mass Effect PC gamers will try out Destiny 2.  If the story is good like they are proposing, I can see it many of the ME fans gravitate towards that game because of the story, lore, and linear level design.  Although I think we are getting larger overworlds this time.

On the Scorpio, I think Xbox is a little out of touch but i like that they are trying something new.  Some will gravitate to it for the specs, but I feel like its the library of games and the community that ultimately sells consoles.  Xbox's library of exclusives has been lackluster, and Playstation's community has grown tremendously do to more community based games/online play.  I won't leave Playstation solely because of the people I play with.  The games are a bonus at this point.  Xbox lovers will stay for their community, but its never a good thing when there isn't growth.  Xbox needs that growth in sales and consumer base.  I don't see it happening.  I would rather get build a PC myself in addition to my playstation.  Mods intrigue me, and I want to learn how to do them to enhance games.

I notice the prices of the individual components you list add up to $750-1000, but the total quoted is $500-700.  Also, it doesn't include a cpu cooler, power supply, ram, or any disk storage.

I recently built a new rig, so all of that is pretty fresh in my memory.  I used fairly high-end components, and the total cost was quite a bit more than what you've stated here.

I do sometimes wonder if it's possible to build a capable gaming rig in that $500-700 range.  I suppose it depends on what kinds of games you expect to play, eh?

Well I was pricing with the current top of the line intels, which are 350. A lower cpu that would still run Andromeda amazingly could be around 150. My cpu is 5 or 6 years old and I can still run Andromeda on Ultra.

So 150+150+200 (for a good vid card, not the top end ones) is 500. Case (which includes PSU and fans) around 100 or 150. RAM is still pretty cheap, 8-16 for around 50. 1 TB HDD for 50 or a 128 ssd for 70. So I'm over by a bit, 700 or 750 for those parts. Still a better deal than a 700 console And of course, we can go another step down and still run Andromeda like a dream. My rig, other than the new video card, is 5-6 years old, as I mentioned (i7 3770) and everything is set to Ultra.

You can skip the water cooling in my humble opinion. All of my pc's have been air-cooled. I can run Andromeda at 1440p Ultra and keep the card at 53 with just the fans. 

I also keep my rigs well into obsolescence and none of them have over-heated. Usually the only hardware that breaks is the hard drive. Everything else lasts forever.