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

[dark_lord69]

I have a nc6220 it was given to me for free. (3 yrs ago)
Recently upgraded it to 2GB of RAM and a 1.8GHz CPU.
I was thinking I'd like to take it to a 2.3GHz CPU and toss in a SSD. The combination should keep the laptop running for at least 2 more years.

 

[Guest]

Just built a new i7 build a couple weeks ago for $1050.

Asus P6T
Intel i7 920
Sapphire 4870 1gb
Corsair 750 watt
6 gb OCZ
640 gb WD black
Antec 300 case
W7 RC 64 bit

 

[kittle]

My laptop was $2200. Lenovo T500, carrying case and extra AC adaptor.

Current desktop was around $2300 at the time of purchase, but over the past 4 years ive spent close to that much more with upgrades (dual monitors, upgrade CPU twice, upgrade video card twice, upgrade RAM, new PSU, new case).

My old desktop was roughly the same price - $2k when I got it new. Its been through a few upgrades but the RDRAM fiasco stopped me from any further upgrades.

 

[timobkg]

My last computer cost about $1100. Computer before that was $1400. I also built two computers for my friends, one of which was about $700-800, and the other was over $1000.

I assume the statements from the article were about consumer purchases exclusively, and completely ignores the business market which is dominated by Dell, HP, IBM.

 

[galanmario]

I spent $4700 in the past 2 years. Here are some of the specs:
ASUS P5E
Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9650
Antec P182SE Silver Mirror-finished
ICY DOCK for Hardrives
2x VelociRaptors 300GB, 2x Raptors 74GB, 2x 500 GB Samsung HD, 1x WD 1TB Green Drive
EVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB
Swiftech H20-220 Compact Watercooler
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W

And the rest is monitor, sound and keyboard expenses.

 

[atippey]

I very rarely put a whole system together at once. So, piecemeal:
* I spend a max of about $350 to $400 on CPU, motherboard, and RAM, usually after a process shrink for max O/C potential.
* I upgrade the graphics card when it gets too slow to play most games on medium-high settings at my current screen resolution – thus every few years or when I get a larger display. I won’t typically upgrade either the graphics or display until the combo I want is within my budget (which may expand to a triad when it entails PSU upgrade).
* I upgrade the system drive when it dies or when I can afford it.
* I upgrade the storage drives when one dies or when I need the space.
* I only get a new optical drive when the old one dies or when a new standard gets dirt cheap.
* I upgrade the power supply when the old ones dies or becomes insufficient.
* I upgrade the case when I can afford it or need the space.

Also, I usually accumulate enough old components to build a secondary computer every once in a while – which I use, give away, or sell.

 

[takealready]

$450 for my first computer (not custom built)
$530 for my 2nd computer (custom built)
$621 for my 3rd computer (Custom built)
and my 4th computer will be around $860.

 

[Guest]

I built a Harpertown system last year for about $3,600 to replace my 4 y/o PC-DL dual Xeon P4 rig.

Tyan S5397
2 x Intel Xeon 5410
2 x Noctua HS
BFG 8800 GTS
8 GB Kingston FB-DIMMS
3 x 320 GB Maxtor
2 x 250 GB Hitachi
1 x 150 GB Raptor
1 x 160 GB Maxtor
1 x 1 TB Samsung
1 x 1 TB WD
4 x DVD Burners
Lian Li PC-V2000 PLUS II Case
1kW PSU
24" Monitor

 

[Guest]

$1000 for each of my personal computers (hardware alone) and $2000 for each of business computers

 

[yepeng]

model year bought notebook/desktop CPU monitor cost $ usage years current
generic 1999 desktop celeron 300a 15" samsung CRT 900 7 sold $100
compaq 1999 desktop celeron 366 17" CRT 800 2 sold $250
IBM thinkpad 760e 1999 notebook pentium 133 12" TFT 700 till now
HP ominibook 500 2002 notebook pentium 600 12" TFT 700 till now
IBM thinkpad X21 2002 notebook pentium 700 12" TFT 700 till now
generic 2002 desktop pentium III 800 19" CRT 1200 3 sold $250
emachine T2542 2003 desktop celeron 2.5G 300 2 sold $200
emachine T3410 2004 desktop AMD sempron 3300+ 17" CRT 300 3 sold $250
MaxPac MaxVision 2005 portable workstation dual Pentium III 1G 19" TFT 550 till now
generic 2007 desktop core2 dual E6600 22" TFT 750 till now
Nikia N800 2007 handheld 330MHz TI Omap 2420 Arm 4.1" 800x480 350 till now
Lenovo T60 2007 notebook core2 dual T7300 15" 1600x1050 740 till now
Lenovo R60 2007 notebook celeron M 540 15" 430 0.5 sold $400
Asus eee PC 900 20G 2008 6-18 notebook celeron 900 8.9" 350 till now
Gateway P-6831 FX 2008 7-23 notebook Core2 Duo 5680 GeForce® 8800M 17" 599 till now
IBM X32 2008 10-20 notebook Pentium M 1.6 12" 265 till now
compaq Presario CQ50Z 2008 11-29 notebook AMD QL-60 15" 300 till now
HP Pavilion dv5z 2008 12-22 notebook AMD RM-70 15" Blue Ray 480 till now
Lenovo 3000 N500 2009 5-22 notebook pentium T3400 15" 350 till now

 

[shormanm]

My work computer is a Core i7 on P6T6 board. ~$1500.

 

[CptTripps]

$1250 for my i7 desktop (plus another $400 in drives and RAM addons later) along with $400 for my samsung 24" monitor.
$650 for my inspiron 1420 that is used for web and audio recording.
$900 for my Asus gaming laptop that is shared with the wife for Sims3

 

[xizel]

i would never go over 1000€ for a build.

 

[shortbus25]

I buy equipment like people change underware (just not always the latest I like to look forward to my next upgrade) right now i'm running A Q6600 o.c. to 3.0ghz air cooled Msi p45 platinum express Mobo 2 Visiontek hd3870x2's in CF 8gb pc6400 800mhz ram a 1000watt PS and A DVD burner I Bought like 5 years ago 500gb hdd and a 250gb hdd all for like $800.00 Bucks I love ebay!!!

 

[computerninja7823]

about... $900 (including misc. replacement parts and what not)

smilidon extreme black case $90
xfx 680i mobo $60 (microcenter local closeout)
e6750 $190
pny 8800gt $80
A-data 4gb ddr2-800 $50
250gb western digital sata drive. free!
xigmatek all in one water cooling $80
sony dvd/cd combo drive $25
^the price of whats in it right now^

 

[Guest]

I built mine seven months ago, which is in December.

AMD Phenom X3 3870
MSI Motherboard
Power Color ATI Radeon HD4850
Kingston 2GB 800 x2 (That's 4GB)
Cooler Master 600W power supply
320GB HDD
Cheap Casing

Total Cost: Approx $457
Rocking with at least 60fps on most of the current games

 

[Fohtey]

Antec Case: 149.
Quad 9550: 275.
Asus Stryker II Formula 270
RAM 70
HDD: Intel 25 mlc SSD: 325, WD Velociraptor: 279, Supertalent SSD X2 @ 195 each
RAID CARD: 113
Optical Drive: 43
Video Card: 129
KB/Mouse: 100
Misc Fans, connectors+Lights: ~130
Power Supply:120
OS: 100
Monitor: 149
CPU Fan: 43
===========
~$2750

Tweaking my system to my heart's delight: priceless

 

[ritetek]

My desktop was around $2.5k
Core i7 920 @ 3.2GHz
MSI X58 Platinum SLi
6GB Corsair Dominator PC3-12800
(2) 150GB Western Digital Raptors RAID-0
(1) 1TB Western Digital Black
LG Blu-ray ROM
DVD-RW w/ Lightscribe
(2) eVGA GeForce 285GTX 1GB in SLi
Coolermaster Cosmos CSX Painted
Thermaltake 850watt PSU
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

 

[astrodudepsu]

Laptop (2007) - $750

Desktop (2009) -$1350
core i7
4890
6GB DDR3
X58-UD4P
etc, etc

 

[WhiteWelcomer]

- Uses:
1) Gaming
2) School
3) General Use
     - Approx: $1,900

- Case - $90: XClio A380Bk w/ 2x 250mm Fans
   - Extra Fan - $8: Fan: Rosewill 120mm w/ Blue LED
- Motherboard - $290: Asus P6T Deluxe V2 w/ Turbo V
- Processor - $280: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz OC @ 3.33GHz. QPI 4.8GT/s OC @ 6.4GT/s
   - Thermal Compound - $9: Arctic Silver
   - Heatsink/Fan - $65: Zalman CNPS9700 2-Ball Bearing 110mm Fan w/ Socket 1366 Clip Kit
- RAM - $112: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) 1600MHz OC @ 1800MHz
- Video Card(s) - $420 ($210 ea.): 2x ~ SLI XFX nVidia GeForce GTX 275 633MHz
- Hard Drive - $95: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM
- CD-DVD Drive(s) - $65 ($32 ea.): 2x Sony Optiarc 24x/48x CD/DVD Combo Burner
- Power Supply - $90: Rosewill RX750W 85% Efficiency
- Keyboard/Mouse - $75: MicroSoft Wireless Desktop Pro 2.0
- Speakers - $50: Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 w/ Subwoofer
- Monitor - $220: Asus 24" 1080P HD Widescreen 1920x1200
- OS - $190: MicroSoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Edition

   - Total Price: Approx: $1,900

 

[damjan]

Desktop-server (Phenom2 940, 8GB RAM, 1TB disc, case, DVD-RW): 700 EUR
Desktop(Phenom2 940, 8GB RAM, 1TB disc, case, DVD-RW, 24" LCD: 980 EUR
24" LCD for Server, video card for Desktop: 380 EUR

This should be enough for next 3 years...

 

[Vatharian]

I like having premium components, so it was a bit costly. CM Cosmos S, BeQuiet 1200W, Asus P5N-T Deluxe and Q9650 are surely overpriced items, with 1000$ pricetag. Add 8 gig of ocz platiniums, sata bluray burner, and 4 500g 7200.11s for another 700$. cards are two 8800GTS/512 from Asus and one 8800gt by galaxy for physics (I know, 8600gt is enough, but I had one lying around, so, why not use it?), and it totals at 2000$ in hardware plus 850$ LCD 37" from Sharp for proper viewing experience. Sound is routed by Genius SW-HF5.1 5000 150W audio system. 3000$? For its price I could easly buid i7 now or hardcore Ph2 machine 🙁

 

[WyomingKnott]

About $3,000 for parts when I built it - back in 2003. When the Core systems started to hit the news, I bought the best that I could get of the previous technology. Strangely, this machine still meets my needs. I'm willing to wait overnight to transcode a hundred CDs or some movies, and it does everything else for me in close enough to realtime.
I recently replaced the disk drives, which I consider to be the choke point for current computers. New generic drives for data, and a Velociraptor for the system drive.


Asus P4800 Deluxe (Socket 478)
Pentium IV at 2.8 GHz with a 400 MHz FSB
2 GB OCX DDR
Whatever power supply was in my attic when the original one failed
Whatever fanless AGP graphics card I could find

I don't play games much.

 

[cyb34]

1500$ case
300$ LCD
200$ kb+mouse
___________
2000$ max

 

[lolwuut]

Normally about $1000-$1500, for me that's been a great price point since I've been building. (three systems since 2003)