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

[douken]

AM2 Mobo - $75
X2 4000+ - $70

 

[douken]

AM2 Mobo - $75
X2 4000+ - $70

 

[cream]

just before xmas built asus m/b deluxe 1666 3 gb cpu i7 2.66 with 4850x2 2gb graphics card total around 3000ollars

 

[agawtrip]

mine's very cheap

athlon x2 5000+ = $63
asus m2n68-cm = $53
kingston 2GB ddr2-800 = $23
seagate 320GB sata = $53
lite-on dvd writer = $28
old casing and monitor

$220 all
waiting for radeon 5xxx series $100

 

[mmarzett]

Intel DP45SG Mobo
Core 2 Quad Q 9300 Processor
4GB Kingston DDR3 RAM
GTS 250 Graphics Card
Antec 900 Case
650 Watt Ultra PS
22" LG monitor

Put together over about a three/four month period.
Cost me around $900 about 9 months ago. (there were some serious discounts because of where I work though)

 

[tayb]

[citation][nom]KyleSTL[/nom]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.[/citation]

Yeah. It is pretty funny. I have a Macbook Pro that I develop iPhone and iPod touch apps with to make a little money plus the machine is really nice. People can whine and moan all they want about the OS and OS X isn't my OS of choice but the machine is built very very well. I also have a thinkpad where most of my work and time is spent and a custom built desktop but just the simple fact that I mentioned owning a Mac is an immediate "vote down" on this site. Talking positive about the iPhone will also get you a vote down. Pretty ridiculous.

 

[2shea]

my pc is pretty old now but can keep up with most games on 1680 x 1050.
In the time that initial build cost about € 1200 ($1,600) and the addons were about €500 ($800).
I will buy a new samsung led tv and when the i5 is out upgrade my pc to that with a quadcore ddr3 ram 2 hdds 1tb, new vidcard (ati dx11), and maybe a second 30" monitor. The old system will become a htpc to go with my new tv

But most times I don't buy a whole pc but upgrade parts or the mobo + cpu. on average a pc lasts 2- 2,5 years and costs me €2000 ($2,500) per pc until I have a whole new system.

 

[Guest]

I'm getting along just fine on an IBM ThinkPad T42 I bought used for $300 in January. I've also got an aging desktop probably worth about the same now.

 

[hamsterspam]

HP A6400f w/ E2200, 3GB Ram, $220 - Ebay
GeForce 9800 GT $70 - Ebay
19-in Dell Monitor Free - My boss said it was broken. Just needed TLC.
Latitude D600 $80 - From craigslist as "crashed" computer!

 

[powerbaselx]

I did an upgrade in january and bought:
Intel i7 920
Asus P5T
6GB DDR3-1333 Triple Channel Kit
Nox PSIU 650 Watt

That costed me less than 600 euros (about 500 US dollars)

 

[soky602]

$2500 easy

GA-X48-DS5
Q9550 mild OC 3.13Ghz using arctic silver paste on stock fan
8GB DDR2 1333Mhz Corsair Ram
Radeon HD 4870 1GB
300GB WD Raptor (OS - Vista Ultimate 64bit)
200GB WD (2nd OS XP)
500GB WD (Games, Software, & Music)
1TB WD (HD movies)
2 LG 6X Blu-Ray burner
850w power supply
All in a full tower case
20" Samsung main monitor
47" Phillips TV

 

[warezme]

$3500+, for Evga X58SLI, 12GB Dominator DDR3, Dual 295GTX's, Lian Li P80 tower case, i7 920 Oc'ed with Monsoon III. I already had dual raptor drives and added 4 1TB HD for storage. I will eventually add one or two SSD's once the price/Gigabyte go down to proper levels. Lots of other extras, like XiFi audio, HD capture card, etc....

 

[rockstone1]

Hmm...

Slightly less than $800 for: Phenom II 940, 750 GB hard drive, GTX 260, and 4gb of RAM.

For a weaker machine, Dell wanted $1500.

 

[Jack64]

Back when I built mine I spent close to 2000. But it still screams!!
Specs::
CM HAF 932 case
Asus P6T Deluxe
Core I7 920
6 Gig Dominator
WD 1TB caviar
WD 640 GB Black
LG 22X dvd
True 120 Extreme
Thermaltake toughpower 1000W modular
EVGA GTX 295
Samsung 2493 HM monitor (24")
Logitech G-15 keyboard
Logitech MX gaming mouse

 

[nukemaster]

Funny to look at how the prices have changed.

in 2006 when i got my E6600 system, Found the receipt when cleaning

OCZ Platinum PC 6400 $248.99 CAD
Core2 E6600 $419.99 CAD
ATI X1900XT $391.99 CAD
Asus P5W DH $285.00 CAD
CPU Cooler $60.63 CAD
Seagate 320GB hard drives x 2 $227.98 CAD
Total after tax and shipping $1786.74 CAD

Thats without a case, psu, os, dvd burner, speakers. I had all those already. Funny to think how much less my Q6600 system cost.

I guess its a "Premium" system

 

[xsamitt]

Well I've been putting off a new system for quite some time as I am an audiophile,believe me that can get very expensive too.
I will build a new system when Direct 11 and windows 7 hits the streets.Thinking Very early December and in the neighborhood of 3 to 4k.
I already have a Antec 850 watt signature power supply and logitech gaming mouse waiting.

 

[Nik_I]

with upgrades, ~$750. i started off with a very low-budget computer, and then added a video card and better power supply. I then later upgraded the cpu to a tri-core from a dual core. If you count my monitor upgrade (from 20" to 24") then the total comes up to ~$1100.

 

[LATTEH]

my current computer cost me about less then 400

 

[Guest]

I have upgraded 3 times over the past 5 years and have spent less than $500 every time and still have the ability to play any game I want to without any lag to this day.

 

[blarneypete]

My wife's computer cost me $298 + tax. Got her the Wal-Mart special. Good deal.

 

[hercules]

2800 on the rig 600 on a few monitors and 200 on mouse keyboard. I am set for lets say the next few weeks?

 

[Guest]

$1067
Intel i7 920
DX58SO Mobo
6 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
2x 1tb Maxtor HDDs, 32 mb cache each, SATA 3.0gb in RAID0 to increase performance (O/S programs will later be loaded on a SSD for even better performance when they become more affordable)
24" dell widescreen monitor
LG supermulti SATA 3.0 gb drive
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890
Control Panel for front USB ports
Rosewill 750W, modular PSU w/ blue led
Clear acrylic case with 5 purple led fans
Vista 64 bit w/ windows 7 upgrade coming

I've noticed retail somewhat equivalents somewhere between the range of 2500-3500. I bought almost everything below cost/discount or slightly above cost so now was the right time to make a new computer.

 

[wingnuta72]

I spent about $5000 in Australian Dollars earlier this year. Plan to upgrade with Windows 7 and new GPU early next year. Very Happy with my Rig. It’s a little over the top but its great for Gaming and Video / Audio editing.

Intel i7 965
Asus P6T
6 GB Corsair DDR3
950 750 Watt PSU
4870 X2
X-fi soundcard
1 x 300GB Raptor
3 x 1.5 TB
Custom Built Liquid cooling setup
Vista 64bit
27” Asus Monitor

 

[gs274]

I usually build a whole new rig when the new toys come out, x58, i7 920 and 12gb of ddr3-1600 the 1st month it was out set me back 1100-1200 then add in all the other goodies...$3500 or so.

 

[xyster]

Lenovo T400 for $1200, via EPP

desktop: LCD $900, $250 video card, $450 CPU/RAM/MB, $80 PSU, used case, $300 in HDD, hundreds more in accessories/misc