None of the guns are by any means cheap, if you think that, you're simply a bad player.
They are cheap if they are 250% more powerful then every single other item in the game, which do 2% damage.
People wouldn't be bitching about the awp if they could actually kill the person using it, unfortunately the chance of killing someone with a m4a1 was very low, took 5 hits to the chest and 2 to the head, whearas a Awp was one-hit-kill anywhere.
The awp is and always has been a one hit kill, like most snipers, but it'd be nice if the creators of cs hadn't simply gone "Oh kevlar is good armour, how many bullets can it stop point blank range from a 7.72 hollow point round.... 7!" and moreso, no matter what caliber round, a rifle bullet WILL go through a helmet, it's not a magical helmet, it WILL go through, but the creators of cs disagreed.
Anyways, i think we've derailed this topic enough times.