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

[tlmck]

$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.

 

[Guest]

1400

 

[UzEEInc]

That 91% figure is way off. For over a $1000 grands, most people prefer to build their own PCs.

I spent about $1200 on my recent build and will spend a couple more once Dx11 GPUs hit the market.

 

[dirtmountain]

Of the 3 systems in my home the costs were
$650, $750, $700 not including monitors.

 

[PieceMaker42]

I just built a PC a few weeks ago for around $1,600. I also own a Lenovo t61p laptop that cost me a little over $2000 about 2 years ago.

PC:
Asus P6T
Intel i7 920
EVAG Superclocked 275 GTX
2 x 1.5 TB Barracudas
6 GB Corsair DDR3
750 Watt PSU
Blu-Ray Drive
Mid-sized NZXT Tempest
Pre-Ordered Windows 7
23" Monitor

 

[IronRyan21]

$950 For the Tower, Custom AMD Phenom Rig
$200 for the 20 inch Widescreen Monitor

 

[mcreskiller]

laptop was around 800 nice gateway.
the desktop is a custom build that cost 1300

 

[Bullheaded67]

Just over $3000 including monitor - I already had the keyboard and mouse though so that would be another hundred or so if I had to buy those too.

With my i7 920 overclocked and GTX285s in SLI, it will be awhile before I upgrade anything. Maybe when the new high end DX11 cards come out.

 

[Wayoffbase]

I've replaced every component over time, eventually ending up with a brand new computer and a spare (which I've given to my kid). Everything I'm using right now probably comes out to about $1300 spent, of course if I re-bought all of it today it would be a bit cheaper.

 

[gekko668]

About $1100 for everything. I've just recently purchased an SSD.

 

[deltatux]

Desktop:
http://www.kwokinator.com/computer-specs#desktop
CAD $850 approx.
Laptop:
http://www.kwokinator.com/computer-specs#laptop
CAD $1369 before taxes (been replaced by Apple for free after the first one was a lemon, street price for this one is $1799 when this model was the newest).

 

[CR0W M@GN3T]

not enough?

 

[xnem3s1sx]

I've had two to three grand of parts move through it, but it currently has about fifteen hundred dollars of parts in it.

 

[QEFX]

Last one, the laptop, cost $3.5K US.

Of course that included memory and HD boost, 2nd battery, inkjet photo printer, laserjet printer (and the overpriced USB cables that printers don't come with), MS Office Pro, AV and other utility software, networking stuff, all the small stuff (external mouse, keypad, paper, extra ink, 16GB flash, etc.) and about $1,500 of professional software.

So $1,000 for the machine and $2,500 to get it to the point where it will make me money.

I'm still not sure how anyone can get any real work done on a stock $400 netbook.

 

[kezix_69]

I have two PCs. One for me and one for my wife. The one for my wife was built 3-4 years ago and mine was in February.

Mine: i7 Core 920, Asus P6T Deluxe, 6GB RAM, GTX 295, 300GB Velociraptor, 24" BENQ monitor - total $2,100

Hers: AMD Athlon 64x2 4200+ 2.2Ghz (upgraded from single core 2ghz), Asus A7N-SLI, 4GB RAM (upgraded from 2GB), EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB, 80GB WD HD, 20" Viewsonic monitor - total $1,700 + upgrades later on $150 = $1,850

 

[Guest]

I paid 1550 CAD for the tower, and another 200 CAD for the monitor.

 

[JMS3096]

My desktop that I built, $450 for an AMD X2 7750 BE, 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD, ATI 4670 OC.

My Lenovo T400, $815 for P8600, 2GB RAM, 9-cell battery, 160GB HDD, switchable ATI 3470/Intel 4500MHD

 

[ahslan]

Built my gaming rig for a tad over $400 a year ago (using previous hard drives and dvd drive)
AMD Athlon X2 6000+
Biostar TA770
ATI HD4850 512mb
4gb G.Skill DDR2 800
WD 200gb + WD 500gb HDDs
Belkin PCI Wireless G card

Then bought my Fujitsu T4010D tablet used on ebay for $220 and spent $40 to upgrade the ram to 1.5gb....

 

[Guest]

Cost $850 for custom built about a year and a half ago. Still haven't needed any upgrades.

22 inch HD monitor cost me about $350 3 years ago.

 

[OrderChaos]

Let's see...
$80 G15 Keyboard
$50 G5 Mouse
$239 24" Sceptre Monitor
$1100 For Tower--The heart being an intel core i7 920 and (One) gtx 260 (I know I need another one)...oh and 3TB of storage (I'm only using half of it right now)

 

[maigo]

It stands at $1500 when everything was new. Constant upgrading so it didn't happen all at once, but hard drives used to cost a lot and that's like $400 right there, monitors are another 4-500.

 

[xaira]

my gaming bahemoth cost $450.00

i can get 15fps playing crysis on lowest settings

 

[shadowryche]

About $2,000 total. Phenom II 940 BE, ASUS M3A78-T Deluxe, Pair of Radeon HD 4870 1024mb video cards, 4x2gb PC 1033 Corsair RAM that I'll never buy again, 2x 64gb SSD's, 2x 750gb WD 7200rpm SATA II drives, in a NZXT Tempest Tower, powered by ThermalTake PSU. Can't forget the bluray burner and DVD Burner. All this was bought in November except the Phenom II, had a 9950 when I first built it. Now I could build a simular system for almost half that.

 

[one-shot]

~$1850 and some parts were on sale.

24" Monitor
I7 920
Asus P6T
2x3GB OCZ Plat DDR3
GTX 260 C 216
650Watt PSU
Antec P182
3 WD HDDs
Fan controller and fans and optical drive
Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Vista X64

It's a lot when you add it all up.

 

[rcmaniac25]

Pre or Post upgrades? Pre upgrades I built mine for about $900. I have been keeping it running top of the line for about around $500 (More memory and a new Graphics card). $300 more and I can update the MB and CPU, so for a total of $1700 I still beat most of Apple's PCs in performance well still having control of my computer.