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

[Ironkidz]

mine was about $5800.00 custom built gaming rig

Water Cooled Core i7 running at 4.3 GHZ
2 water cooled 295 gtx cards
12gbs corsair dominator gt ram 1866
Water Cooled EVGA X58 classified
Coolermaster ATCS 840
Danger Den Pump and Reservior
240 XSPC Radiator and 360 XPSC Radiator (Dual Loops)
Silver Stone 1000W PSU
2 Velociraptor 10k Harddrives 1 WD 640 gb Caviar (backup)
1 DVD burner and 1 LG Super Multi Blue Ray Burner
8 Cooler Master Fans to cool the whole thing

 

[blai4754]

$3000 including 24" Asus monitor and Z-5500 speakers, G9 gaming mice, G15 gaming keyboard

PC ($2000):
Asus P5Q Pro P45
Intel Q9550 (overclocked to 3.91ghz)
Sapphire HD 4850X2
60 GB OCZ Vertex SSD
1.5 TB Barracudas
1 TB WD Black Caviar
8 GB Mushkin Ram
750W Corsair PSU
Custom Cooling
DVD Drive

Any premium self-built rig would beat those ridiculously overpriced Apple computers.

 

[destro]

I built my current PC back in April. Its cost me $1150. Its a steal I tell ya!!!!!!!

PC

Antec P182
MSI X58 Pro
Intel Core i7 920
HIS 4670 /w Isilence
6 GB of Corsair DDR3 - 1333
WD 640GB Caviar Black
Corsair 650 Watt PSU
Samsung DVD Burner
+ Wireless Keyboard & Track Ball

About $1150

In addition I had some parts already to complete the build:

2 - 18inch NEC monitors
3 - 160GB HDD
1 - 250 GB external HDD
Vista 64 & XP 64..............Which I barely used because of Windows 7 RC 64. More reliable than any machine I've had in my lifetime and don't think I can buy one in a store with this much quality at ever component. Another $300 in upgrades for 2 more HDDs & another 6GB of ram. At which point I'll strip it of the 160GB HDDs and save those for my next build, a Phenom II box, which will run me about $700 - $800.

 

[ginnai]

I am surprised by the number, I know Universities and research institutes only used Macs for a long time... but with more high end science equipment becoming Windows compatible, I wonder how many will switch to Windows. I would still say most of that 91% is people who like how a Mac looks vs people who are really just Mac "power users"... is anyone a Mac power user?

Ah well, I am pretty content with my rig, which set me back about $650.

AMD Phenom 7750 Black (OC`ed to 3.0, a modest oc.)
Gigabyte 790X-UD4P
XFX GTS 250
Corsair 550W
4 gigs G-skill
WD Caviar Black 500 gig
Antec 300
Xigmatek Riflecooler 120mm (a fantastic cooler btw)

 

[shmallhorse]

I budget between 1000 and 1500 USD depending on if I can reuse things like HDDs (my 2 raptors have been in 3 different towers at this point).

 

[MikeJRamsey]

$2,000 because that is what my wife let me spend.

Mobo: EVGA 121-BL-E756-TR (X58 SLI Micro)
Processor: Intel Core i7 920
Memory: OCZ OCZ3P1333LV6GK DDR3 PC3-10666 1333 MHz 6GB Platinum XTC Triple Channel Kit
CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems
Video Card: BFG Tech BFGEGTS2501024OCE GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power
SATA drives:
- WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II 3.5"
- OCZ Vertex Turbo Series 2.5" 30GB SATA II MLC Internal SSSD
Optical: LG 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 6X BD-ROM 2MB Cache Blu-ray Burner Model BH08LS20

External IDE: VANTEC Nexstar 3 NST-360U2-RD Aluminum 3.5" USB 2.0 External Enclosure
Wireless: linksys wmp54g wireless-g pci adapter
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932
5 X COOLER MASTER R4-L2R-20AC-GP 120mm Blue LED Case Fans
Keyboard-mouse combo: Cordless Desktop® Comfort Laser
Monitor: Viewsonic 24" HD/DVI Display
Fan controller/themeral sensors: AeroCool Modern - V Controller

Arctic Silver CMQ-22G The high-density, ceramic-based thermal compound
7 X MC-MICROSINK-BK Microcool Passive Heatsink Microsink Chipsink - Black
1 X MC-MOSFET-BK Microcool Passive Heatsink MOSFET Chipsink - Black

 

[awaken688]

The 1000+ isn't really fair for actual desktops since iMac's include the monitors every time you purchase. If I include a 24" monitor with every purchase, then yeah, all my desktops break $1000.

To answer the QOTD, desktops - no, work laptops - yes. The internet laptop i'm on now - no.

 

[FSXFan]

It's kinda hard to put an exact price on my rig since it's been through so many parts, but if I added up the prices for the things in it now (at the time they were bought) and all the peripherals connected it would easily top $1500.

My wife gets my old hardware so hers cost a case and peripherals and she still has a nice computer for under $200. My girls have a free tower assembled from leftover parts from years of working on other peoples' PC's. I spent more money on painting it pink than for hardware, except maybe the mouse to match. I won't try painting a keyboard again though.

 

[buzznut]

hahha. I thought of painting my daughter's keyboard pink, I'm glad I opted for the Pink Saitek instead. Although she finally tired of it and is using a wireless logitech black keyboard now.

Still has a nice pink O2 tower tho. I actually realy enjoyed working with that case.

I too have built a server and several other pc's over the last couple years. All of this, I can only estimate- maybe $3500-$4000 over 3 years?

 

[Guest]

$2500
sony tz150n

replaced an inspiron 1501 (+-$680)

 

[tipoo]

My Dell Studio 1555 laptop cost a bit above 1200 dollars, with the three year warrenty and taxes.

 

[thiswillkillthat]

Something is stunningly clear.

Mac users may be snobs, but PC users are assholes.

13 negative votes just for answering the fucking question?

 

[tayb]

$1300 for the Macbook Pro. $1100 for the thinkpad. $600 for the custom built desktop.

 

[JTP709]

~$1100 for the tower. AMD x4 955 and ATI 4890.

Still using my older logitech g15 keyboard, razor diamondback mouse, and gatewary 22" lcd. Did buy some new Razor headphones though, ~$55.

 

[KyleSTL]

So every person who mentions a Mac gets voted down? While I don't own one I would never down-grade a persons post because it's a Mac. The people who -1 mac posts are biggots, plain and simple. I'm starting to believe that PC people (mind you I am one) are more closed-minded than Mac people, despite the fact that PC people use close-mindedness as an argument against Mac people.

 

[kayvonjoon]

I update regularely so a total of 3~4 thousand $
800$ for the i7 upgrade.

 

[fugfar]

last build- without monitor, mouse, kb, $680.00 us,
lg burner, 4gb crucial ram, asus mobo, amd quad core, xfx 4850, pc power and cooling 500w ps, antec 300 case, oem vista home premium.
all parts free shipping off newegg.

 

[fugfar]

oops, also a wd caviar 320gig hd.

also thanks to toms budget builder articles, i was able to get a good idea of what i could squeeze into a 6-700.00 budget.
so thanks guys

 

[codaman]

Broadway Com Corp R-310 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Rosewill RG530-2 530W 80Plus Certified, ATX12V v2.3/EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 HDS721680PLA380 (0A32727) 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
ASRock A780GXE/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G ATX AMD Motherboard
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 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model GH22LS30with
With XP Pro/sp3
379.75

 

[Zetto]

X-41 tablet $2300 (2006)
E6600-gamer $2400 (2007)
E4500-media $569 (2008)

 

[alaskan_handyman]

I believe that you get what you pay for and I am using a MacBook Pro 17" that has max RAM, I bought it two years ago and have upgraded the hard drive recently to a seagate 500GB 7200 RPM, I think that I have Just over $3000 invested in this machine and I will probably replace it with something newer and faster for about the same amount of money in another two years or so.

 

[baddad]

Thermaltake Tower Case Armor+ $239.99
Thermaltake 1000W PSU 291.99
ASUS Striker II Extreme 449.99
Intel CD2 Q9450 2.66GHz 299.99
Corsair 2x2GB 1600 DDR3 339.00
EVGA 8800GTX 768MB 649.99
EVGA 8800GTX 768MB 559.99
EVGA 8800GTX 768MB 459.99
Acer 24” AL2416WD TFT LCD 639.46
8 Seagate 250GB 32MB Cache 7200 RPM S-ATA Drives 639.92
LITE-ON IDE DVD-CD Burner 43.00
Koolance CPU-330 49.99
3 Koolance VID-282-V10 GeForrce 8800GTX water blocks 299.76
Koolance 1000-SL 294.99
Koolance Tubing, Nozzles, Water, Hardware 152.25
12 Foot DVI Cable 93.99
Shipping 237.43
Vista Home Premium 64 bit 139.00
Gyration Ultra Cordless RF Mouse and Keyboard 133.00
Turtle Beach Headset 72.99
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB 144.99
Thermaltake eSATA External Enclosure 46.58
__________
$6278.19

 

[destro]

In April I built my audio workstation...Paid about $1150 for everything

PC
Antec P182
MSi X58 Pro
Intel Core i7 920
WD 640GB Caviar Black
6 GB DDR3 1333
650 Watt PSU
Samsung DVD-Burner
HIS 4670 /w Isilence
Noctua U12P SE

In addition I these extra parts:

3 80 HDD
1 250 External HDD
2 NEC 1850X Monitors

This help transform it into a video game rig, until I buy some audio workstation software and sound card. Otherwise, the additional monitors would cost me about $400 and upgrades to 2 extra TB HDD and another 6 gig of Ram would cost $300....Which would let me remove my 3 80 gig HDD and put them into a Phenom II box I'm building for another $800. I love PCs!!

 

[mickey21]

Much much more than 1000... Not about to try to narrow that down to an actual number...

 

[razzb3d]

a LOT. my main computer (intel i7) cost ~ 2200$ (just the tower, no accesories ), my "portable 😀 " computer cost around 1300$ (A+ blockbuster and DFI Lanparty p45-JR / C2Q 9550)... 2 22" LG LCDs that's ~ 600$... i guess these are the only ones worth mentioning...