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If you look on popular cheat forums, you'll find a newbie guide that links to recommended hardware, typically priced around $250 from memory, certainly not $700.

Also, spending hundreds on hardware is standard for anyone playing competitive games. For example, Escape from Tarkov's "unheard edition" costs $250 for just a single game, and people still buy it. When you factor in the cost of gaming mice, hall-effect sensor keyboards, 480Hz displays, and high-end systems, the total investment adds up quickly for improvements that will never match the capabilities of a cheat, which is how a lot of them also like to justify their cheating, it's simply the most cost effective way to dominate in a game, especially if your livelihood depends on it.

I don't disagree with the second half of your statement.