How much cash have you spent on your computer?

[chuck216]

This is going to be surprising but my current system only cost me $300 US

The reason is because I only needed to buy the Motherboard, CPU and VideoCard. You might ask why so cheap? The answer is Free parts, My Roommate is a computer tech, and if a customer happens to upgrade a computer etc, my roomie often gets to keep the old hardware, That's how I ended up with a Antec 900 case, the memory I have was free it's only PC-5300 DDR2 but does have heatspreaders, and can handle being overclocked to 800 mhz easily.

Oddly enough if I actually had to pay for my system part for part The single most expensive one would probably be the "optional" 120 mm side panel fan I have in my system, You might say "Bull" but the fan is a ~150 cfm rear exhaust fan from a Dell Poweredge 1600 Server, roomie salvaged it from a dead server when the owner upgraded. I did some research and the fan alone runs from $135 to $200 depending on the merchant.

I've had the monitor for years, and it's survived at least 5 computer upgrades. Still running strong, maybe someday I'll trade it in for an LCD.

 

[Athlon2K15]

right now i have a 2000 dollar bill from newegg to pay .....so far

 

[Mussels]

my current systems are about $4,500 Au, but that includes the TV and HDD cage.

of course, that cost was spread out over about 2 years. Buy parts, sell them upgrade, slowly but surely. I'm estimating the price, minus what i got from re-selling the parts.

of course, the TV is $2k of that on its own

 

[Triprift]

My lappy when i bought along with extended warrenty an ipod a g5 mouse a few games and some other stuff as well cost me 5 200 bucks Australian

 

[Flyordie]

Case- $50 (In-Win Mid-Tower)
Motherboard-$65 (PC-A9RD480Adv)
CPU-$59 Athlon64 X2 3800+ JH-E6 Toledo
RAM-$45 4x512MB DDR1 380 @ 2-3-2-5-14 T1
CPU Cooler-$14 (Antec Performance Cooler)
Hard Drives- $34 (1 320GB SeaGate 7200.11, 1 160GB Seagate 7200.10 both SATA, warranty until August 2011 got them new OEM)
PSU- $34.99 (Antec EarthWatts 380W)
Optical Drive- HP HD-DVD/DVD-RW+ SATA/Blu-Ray Reader, $399.99
Video Card- ASUS HD4850 brand new OEM $142 (still under 3yr warranty)

Total-
$844.00

 

[Fitseries3]

Lol, I advise anyone with a weak heart to stay out once Fit Series posts lol, sorry if there's anyone else who spends that much on their computer but I don't know who they are.

i spend little to no money on stuff. most of it is given to me.

i DO have around $21,350 in stuff sitting here as i type.

 

[Wingo101]

I have spent well over R30,000 on my PC.

I buy something new every few weeks, that way I don't feel it in my pocket too much.

 

[laszlo]

in 2 years over 2500$ with all upgrades included; i don't want to make exact calculation i'm afraid..

 

[laszlo]

i spend little to no money on stuff. most of it is given to me.

i DO have around $21,350 in stuff sitting here as i type.

you want to break a record and reach 50000 in stuff sitting ?

i have up to 100$ stuff only sitting in dust..

 

[95Viper]

To much, but I like new things...2000 US plus or minus. Half the stuff is in the closet.

Triprift that avatar is sweet!

 

[Mussels]

To much, but I like new things...2000 US plus or minus. Half the stuff is in the closet.

Triprift that avatar is sweet!

you dont get girls wearing candy as makeup in the USA?
Chalk another one up for aussie girls!

I'm just kidding of course.

 

[Triprift]

damn straight and sure ur kidding

 

[Mussels]

damn straight and sure ur kidding

you just have to love white text, dont you?

 

[Triprift]

Yes sireee bob i suppose i could add more to what i payed as i got another g5 mouse the logitech alto connect the logi joystick *sigh*

 

[AlienIsGOD]

I spent about 2500 Can $$ on my pc. it was a decent deal for what i got

 

[Exavier]

I regret approx £45 of that money, which was on a crappy Xion case and a AC Pro whatever which were both crap.
haha
but yeah; live and learn, get parts for spares

 

[mdm-adph]

About $350. Seriously, that's about it -- I even upgraded my video card recently by selling my old one and then using the proceeds to get my new one. No extra money spent.

Spent $50 on a CPU and overclocked it to the level of a $100 one (as it was at the time). Used an old case and power supply.

The best investment I made was spending a little bit of extra money getting my motherboard (I spent about $100 on it instead of on a cheaper one that was like $60-65) -- I figured, you can always upgrade RAM, your GPU, and your CPU easily, but a motherboard requires a full system reinstall, so why not spend a little bit of money on it first?

 

[jeebuscrp]

about 2k including my newrig and my 6 year old one.

 

[rampage]

i just worked out for my my current pc aprox $3,500, hmmm dam even im suprised thats for the rig listed in my specs (e8600,8 gig ram, 22' monitor, cosmos case, gtx 280, all the hdd's, ect)

for my htpc i thionk is was around the $1000 mark

my laptop was $1400 i think

42" tv $1700

and i have aprox $1700 is spare cpu's gfx cards fans hdds ect

and in all the other pc's i have owned and upgraded aprox $3000 there would be a safe bet


so intotal $10,600+ on pc related stuff in the 8 years or so



do i win ??????

 

[JC316]

That is a hard question to answer since i usually sell off the last generation of parts for the current one. But I will break it down as best as possible.

Monitor - $170
Motherboard - $140
CPU - $83.99
Video Card - $79.99
Ram - $40
Cooler - $20
DVD - $40
Case - $70
Hard Drive - $50

About $700 retail, but much less since I sell off the last parts. I probably have MAYBE $300 spent on it in the last year.
Power Supply - $90

 

[jaxxxon]

Last 10 years about £2000 not much really when I've always been able to keep up with the latest games. £200 a year upgrading/changing PC, not alot is it when u consider consolers spend about £300 every 4 years to have PC's make them look shit within a month.

PS3 looked dated a week after it come out, tell me why people prefer consoles again? lol

 

[mdm-adph]

Last 10 years about £2000 not much really when I've always been able to keep up with the latest games. £200 a year upgrading/changing PC, not alot is it when u consider consolers spend about £300 every 4 years to have PC's make them look shit within a month.

PS3 looked dated a week after it come out, tell me why people prefer consoles again? lol

Because they're easy and the games usually always work without having to worry about compatibility/performance/activation.

DISCLAIMER: I prefer PC gaming.

 

[kysg]

Man I don't even want to fill this out this is gonna take a while....

Hmmm

Case about $140
PSU: $139 roughly
Mobo: $100 yea that was the price of 780g back in the day
Monitor: $169 off ebay got lucky they screwed up and gave me a viewsonic
hdd: 90$
vid card: $25 had the cruddy 2400pro for hybridness
mouse pad: 20$
mouse $50
Speakers: $70 refurb 5.1's
CPU: $80 bucks had that lame 4050e damaged it too ;(
DVDROM: $20bucks
keyboard $20
RAM: $50

misc:
sound card $80
Upgrade to phenom x3 $100 man I'm irritated cuz I dmg it.
Sempron : 25$
Upgrade to DFI: 790GX mobo $160
Upgrade monitor: 247$
Upgrade case fans: 30$ for 3 60mm
then 15 for a 90mm.
CPU cooling upgrade 35$
cpu fan upgade $20
Chipset cooler $25

artic silver 5 9$
artic cooling mx2 $12
Radeon 4850 $240 had it shipped overnight
radeon 2400xt $50.
Upgrade to 4gb of RAM $100

man blew so much cash on upgrades....
still gotta get deneb at the end of the year.

 

[Shadowdust]

Modding and building has one major downside: Its addictive. I had a stock discounter pc, and it began with a new CPU cooler. Then some more RAM. A new case. Some lights. Better PSU. Ooooh, new CPU. Hey my GPU died, I need a card quick. Damn that card is slow. I need a better. Damn that card also does not satisfy me. I need another. Hey tha mobo sucks. Oooh, look at this, I'll buy this! But that case looks so trashy now. Lemme get a more stylish one. Oh no, its not as I expected.... oh look, theres a new one announced at TPU, WANT! And bought.

Its a pretty noticeable amount of cash I spent from that historical cooler change... over 1000 $ for sure. But my rent is low, and I make good money, so And It wont be much to change now... also I sell the stuff I dont need anymore.

And it still was cheaper than that discounter comp... and better

Too true. I bought some aging equipment at a low price last year thinking I would be able to make it another three years before upgrading. Unfortunately, I discovered the usefulness of buying used equipment from places like here and craigslist. And now I've taken a $300 system and injected an additional $400 into it with upgrades. After falling off of my purchasing high I now wonder what I need all of this power for? My aging AGP system from a year ago was doing just fine for my needs. I've sold most of my old parts though for a couple of hundred dollars so it has offset my net cost a bit. Either way, $700 ($500 net) is hard to swallow when you think about other things it could've gone too.

 

[Easy Rhino]

well this rig was about $900 with shipping. an excellent all around build with no PCI GPU. id say in the past 2.5 years ive spend almost $4000 on PC stuff. yes, my wife is indeed awesome and i hope she doesnt read this!