QOTD: How Much Did Your Computer(s) Cost?

[birdman_2000]

1300 bucks would be a good estimate. I was on pain meds from a motorcycle wreck when i bought most the parts. Not exactly sure what everything cost, but it did explain why somethings were not what i remembered ordering. Know it needs to be replaced with a more current model

ASUS p5nSLI
c2d e7300 overclocked to 2.99
2-SLI 7600 GS cards
Ultra full tower case
5 gb of RAM ddr2 667mhz
160 gb drive

 

[Guest]

$1200 full tower (+ $350 monitor +120 Wi-Fi router + $50 ADSL router + $250 speakers + $100 mouse+pad + $250 Printer/fax/scanner + $20 mouse + $90 earphones)
+ $500 netbook (+ $20 mouse)
+ $600 notebook (+ $20 mouse)

 

[eodeo]

for about 1000e i got:

c2q 6600, cpu, oc to 3ghz
coolermaster hyper 212, cpu cooler
asus p5q vanilla, mobo
2x2 ddr2 pc 800, ram
gigabyte 4850 512, dual slot cooler, graphic
wd 6400aaks, hdd
cooler master 600w, psu
cooler master rc 690, case
4x xilence 120mm, +2 140mm zavard/coolernaster, fans
benq g2400wd, 24" monitor
logitech mx revolution and logitech mx 400, mice

other than crysis, there still isnt a game i cant play maxed out at native 19x12 res. take that openGL-only-low-end-graphic-card-apple-computers.

 

[gsxrme22]

$4800

Intel QX965 @ 4Ghz
"watercooled" 100% stable, not just another bench OC

EVGA 780i FTW
"NB, SB and Vreg watercooled"

Two EVGA GTX295
"Overclocked 700/2400"

Silverstone 1000w PSU
"Needs an upgrade to 1200watt"

Two Raptor 150GB Hard Drives
"Raid0" soon to be retired

Cosmos 1000 case
"cut and added 240 rad on the top and cut and add a 240 rad on the buttom of the case"

Samsung DVD-RW

Acer 22'
3000/1 b2w 400 brightness

...and alot of custom water plumming and pumps. 2 rails and 12 feet of hose total

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[dereksbelanger]

$623.26 - HTPC - Purchased 2/19/2009 (no monitor - hooked up to LCD TV)

Antec P182 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

SeaSonic M12II SS-430GM 430W ATX12V 2.2 /EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor Model AD775ZWCGHBOX

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Rosewill RKM-800RF USB 2.4 GHz Cordless Slim Keyboard and Mouse

LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

 

[talys]

About $3,500 -- the most expensive pieces of the i7 sytstem are the 27.5" Samsung monitor and the Intel 160GB SSD.

 

[mrmessma]

Mine cost 1600 when all was said and done.

 

[masop]

Well, I've lost track of how much coin I've thrown into my custom built rig over the years. It is a constantly evolving beast, though over the last few years (since 2006) it has become a bit out-of-date, especially with the gpu. It currently has the following configuration:

Antec Performance Plus 1080 SOHO File Server Tower Case (1992 Model)
Ultra X3 Modular 850Watt PSU
Asus M2N-E AM2 Mainboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.9GHz) CPU
OCZ 4GB Platinum Rev 2 PC2-6400 (1GB x 4) Memory
Sapphire RadeOn x1950 Pro 256MB PCI-E (DX9 Based) Graphics Card
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Sound Card
Western Digital 640GB (WD6400AAKS) Hard Drive (Qty 4)
Western Digital 1TB (WD1001FALS) Hard Drive (Qty 2)
Samsung 22x SATA DVD+/-RW Burner
Sony 1.44mb Floppy Disk Drive
Rosewill RX-358-S eSATA/USB External Enclosure (Qty 2; For 1TB Drives)

NOTE: This doesn't include my canon flat bed scanner, epson color inkjet printer or my hp laserjet printer.

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If I was to build a very similar dual-core amd based rig right now with the hardware available today, I'd be looking at putting out about $1,400 plus shipping at the egg, complete package. For another $50-$100, I could make it a quad-core rig instead. I have been running XP since Oct 2001. I switched to Windows 7 RTM x64 this weekend.

If I was to build a new rig right now, it would definitely be quad-core and based either on the amd phenom ii x4 or intel i920 processor with a high end gpu, either the radeon 4870/4890 1gb or a nvidia gtx260 core 216 graphics card. Just my 2 cents.

 

[mrmessma]

Mine cost about 1600 when all is said and done.

 

[masop]

[citation][nom]masop[/nom]Well, I've lost track of how much coin I've thrown into my custom built rig over the years. It is a constantly evolving beast, though over the last few years (since 2006) it has become a bit out-of-date, especially with the gpu. It currently has the following configuration:Antec Performance Plus 1080 SOHO File Server Tower Case (1992 Model)Ultra X3 Modular 850Watt PSUAsus M2N-E AM2 MainboardAMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.9GHz) CPUOCZ 4GB Platinum Rev 2 PC2-6400 (1GB x 4) MemorySapphire RadeOn x1950 Pro 256MB PCI-E (DX9 Based) Graphics CardCreative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Sound CardWestern Digital 640GB (WD6400AAKS) Hard Drive (Qty 4)Western Digital 1TB (WD1001FALS) Hard Drive (Qty 2)Samsung 22x SATA DVD+/-RW BurnerSony 1.44mb Floppy Disk DriveRosewill RX-358-S eSATA/USB External Enclosure (Qty 2; For 1TB Drives)NOTE: This doesn't include my canon flat bed scanner, epson color inkjet printer or my hp laserjet printer.********If I was to build a very similar dual-core amd based rig right now with the hardware available today, I'd be looking at putting out about $1,400 plus shipping at the egg, complete package. For another $50-$100, I could make it a quad-core rig instead. I have been running XP since Oct 2001. I switched to Windows 7 RTM x64 this weekend.If I was to build a new rig right now, it would definitely be quad-core and based either on the amd phenom ii x4 or intel i920 processor with a high end gpu, either the radeon 4870/4890 1gb or a nvidia gtx260 core 216 graphics card. Just my 2 cents.[/citation]

SELF-CORRECTION:

The Case is a 2002 model, not 1992, lol.

 

[raptor550]

[citation][nom]tlmck[/nom]$225 for my AMD dual core, bleeding edge Linux box, not including keyboard, mouse, and monitor! Liked it so much, I built another to run Win 7.[/citation]

What did you put in it for that price?

 

[terr281]

At the time of component purchase for the past 5 machines I've built, 3 have cost more than US $1k. And, if you include the OS, the other two barely topped $1k as well.

Systems 1 & 2 (with most recent upgrades):

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (OC'ed to 3.2Ghz)
EVGA/XFX 680i LT MB
Corsair 4 x 1 GB DDR2 1066 (UC'ed to DDR2 800, 4-4-4-12)
Seagate 2 x 320 GB Sata 2 HDs, No Raid
Nvidia 9800 GT w/ 8600 GT PhysX (One system originally had an 8600 GT SLI, the other an 8600 GTS SLI)
Enermax Liberty 500w PSU
1 x Antec 300, 1 x "Good" Rosewill case
2 x DVD burners (1 IDE, 1 SATA), 1 with Lightscribe per system
Win XP Pro
Cost: ~$1.4k at time of build, w/ upgrades ~$1.5k

Systems 3 & 4 (completed ~ 1.5 months ago):

AMD Phenom 2 720 (oc'ed, don't remember speed)
Gigabyte 790X MBs
Patriot 2 x 2 GB DDR2 800 (4-4-4-12)
WD 1 x 1 TB Sata2 HD
XFX Radeon 4770 Video Cards
1 x OCZ 700w PSU, 1 x Enermax 525w PSU
CM Elite 360 Cases (Customers wanted smaller profile)
2 x DVD Burners (Both Sata), 1 Lightscribe
Win Vista Home Premium 64 bit (They had to have systems NOW.)
Cost: ~$1,050

System 5 (Currently in testing)

Intel Core i7 920
MSI x58 Pro MB
Patriot 3 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 (Timings being tested, but ram is low latency)
WD 1 x 1 TB HD, Hitachi 1 x 1 TB HD
ATI Radeon 4870 1 GB Crossfire, 1 x Asus & 1 x Sapphire
Corsair 750w PSU
Antec 300
2 x DVD burners (Both Sata), 1 Lightscribe
Win Vista Home Premium 64 bit w/ Win 7 Upgrade
Cost: $1,465 after rebates

In short, I believe that the "91% of systems over 1k are from Apple" is true because most "IBM Compatible consumers" build their own machines at this price mark.

 

[hardwarekid9756]

Umm...When I bought it? 700$ built from boards.
Now? I think I've cycled through every single part in my PC except the processor and DVD Burner (Which just returned a CRC check error for the first time in 6 years, so it may be time ^.^)

But, My platform is still chugging along on my Trusty Core 2 Duo First-press ( My serial indicates it was in the first 100 batches of the processor) E6400. I float the speed between stock 2.13Ghz up to around 2.8Ghz as needed with my OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler.

Anyway, I think, after all is said and done, I've sunk in the neighborhood of 1100$-1200$ into this rig. But, then again, I waited for my GFX upgrade to hit rock-bottom, and am a sales sniper, so I've been incredibly judicious with my spending. I do, however, plan on retiring platform soon, and switching over to Core i5/i7 once prices are around 400$ for a full platform (proc/motherboard/DDR3). Or when I pick up a game, and I can't play it fluid at 1650x1080 with good graphics quality.

Oh yeah, I think I've sunk like 450-500 in monitors, too. I've got a 22" Dell that I bought with the PC, and a 24" Gateway (that I regret buying. the diffusion screen for the LCD is terrible, and has a horrendous viewing angle. However, it was the first true Dual Link DVI 24" when I bought it, so I was fine. It still serves well, but for the money I paid, I wanted a better screen.) I Can't imagine spending more than 800$ on a PC for it's first build. Unless I've got a 30" monitor, a 175$ Processor and a 300$ GFX setup is all that's needed to drive most all games between 40-60FPS on 1080p w/good GFX quality. I believe in Buying the bare minimum required and upgrading as needed, though, so what do I know?!

 

[chrisa23]

Just upgraded a few components... Probably close to 5K+ currently at purchased prices:

Core i7 920
Asus P6T Deluxe v2
Corsair XMS 12GB DDR3
2x 8800 GTX
3x 60GB Vertex in RAID 0
500GB HD
1000W PSU
Thermaltake Armour mid-tower
Dell 3008 30" LCD
2x 22" widescreen in portrait (one on each side)
DLink gaming router (went from 5Mb/s to 68Mb/s when I upgraded my router)
1TB external drive

 

[hardwarekid9756]

[citation][nom]raptor550[/nom]What did you put in it for that price?[/citation]
I can think of about 3 systems revolving around overclocked Celerons and Athlons on open-box motherboards with maybe 1gb of ram for that price. They aren't gonna win a marathon, but they can jog a track in under 6 minutes if you catch my drift!

 

[pale paladin]

Last upgrade to Core 2 3ghz and P35 was 450.
Recent upgrade to Phenom II X4 2.8ghz was only about 250.
I reuse video cards for maybe two cycles then it is passed down to secondary rigs. I never spend more than 200$ dollars on a Vid card,nor more than 250$ on a proc and about 150$ on a Mobo.

 

[Guest]

It seems I always have three systems running. My gaming rig, currently
Asus P6T mobo I7 920 @ 3600, GTX 285, 6 gigs corsair dominator ram, 850
watt Corsair PSU, Blu ray burner and DvD writer, 500 gig and 1 terabyte
hard drives 24" old reliable Sony flat panel and a couple of sceptre
20" wide screens. Klipsh speakers and two gaming keyboards and one wired
and one lazer remote mouse. My "old gaming rig was running a core II duo
8400 @ 3800 which I use for my secondary systeme The oldy but goody was an AMD Opteron running @ 2520 with two 6800s in sli. I swaped them out for a 9800 gtx. Always dickering around. Had to have that I7 quad after
everything I read about it.

 

[dark_lord69]

Lets see...
Screwless Case I bought like 7yrs ago on eBay - $45
PC Power and Cooling 650W power supply - $60 (new upgrade this year)
LG DVD Burner - $20 (new this year cause my old 4X burner is was slow and didn't want to work anymore)
AsRock Motherboard - $70 (About 4 or 5 yrs old)
AMD64 4200+ X2 CPU - $130 (about 2 yrs old) (socket 939)
4GB of RAM - FREE (new upgrade this year)
ATI X1950XT - $250 (2 yrs old)
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer - $100 (about 7yrs old)
100GB HDD - $75 (very old)
200GB HDD - $60 (4 yrs old)
Monitor 19" NEC LCD - Free (New this year)
Altec Lansing sound system - $125 (About 10 yrs old and it still rocks the house!)
Pinnacle HDTV Tuner - $70
MS Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - $70 (About 4 yrs old)
Media Card reader - $15 (new this year, reads SDHC cards along with all the others)
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Grand Total - $840 over the couse of 7 yrs

I am looking to upgrade my CPU, Motherboard and RAM soon though. When I do finally get a new motherboard I'm pretty sure I'll ditch the old Sound Blaster too.

 

[thejerk]

This laptop was $379.99 with free shipping.

 

[MountainFlip]

Intel i7 on a P6T Deluxe = ~$1500

I reused from an older build the GPU and HD's although I had to replace the HD's recently.

My specs are here:
http://www.jellyinthemiddle.com/journal/2009/5/14/2009-pc-build-intel-i7-920-parts.html

 

[rodney_ws]

$1600. Danged gaming laptop. It's a year old now... but it still does OK with its 8800 GTS.

 

[bbjmb11]

I like to keep my machines cheap, I don't feel the need for more hardware than is necessary. $550 for the parts, $180 for the monitor. No charge on the OS. I dont use it particularly for gaming, just general use, so it meets all of my requirements.

 

[shormanm]

My laptop is a Toshiba w/ Core 2 Due $1050. 17" w/ dedicated graphices and 4GB RAM 400GB HD.
My desktop was built by myself. 24" and Radeon card. 8GB RAM. 2TB HD. Intel Quad Core. ~$2000 or more. easily exceed that with the accessories and external storage.

 

[hakuryuu]

Most recent gaming rig not counting replaced parts:
Asus M4A79T
Phenom II 955 BE
4 GB Corsair DDR3
750 watt PSU
DVD Burner
Radeon 3870
Silverstone tower
Vista 64
22 inch monitor

Roughly $1900 or so.

Macbook Pro $2200 incl tax.

Office:
Mac Pro ($2400) totaling around $4000 including all hard drives, memory and the Eizo monitor to go with it. Best machine I use.

 

[Avenger762]

My main system cost me $1500 five years ago and it is still running fine. I will replace it this year. It has had about $200 in upgrades since then. My wife's laptop cost me $1800 two years ago. My laptop was free, but I had to repair it to be functional. My two other PC's are Frankensteins(built from parts left over from damaged and upgraded machines).