How much have you put into your current?

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I'm just wondering how much money you hardcore guys put into your machines. The current machine I'm running on, even though it's 4 years old, I have put around 6 grand (scratch that wasn't thinking properly, probably about) 4g actually into my actual PC. Now I'm about to turn around and drop $1500 on a newer computer, and within 2 years of it's purchase probably drop an extra 3k to make it nice and pretty :D.

If you don't mind include in your post your setup (even if you have it in your sig). I don't care what you've spent money on, I've replaced 3 video cards on this pc and thats where most the money went lol. Just curious as to what you're running now.

Initial I spent about 2400 on my computer.

AMD 4200x2
corsiar 1gig 2x512mb corsair ddr pc3200 (added another gig very shortly due to BF2 performance sucking)
went through 3 video cards, 6600 dual gpu, 7800gtx, 8800gtx (still have all the cards in my closet :'( ) lol
2 10krpm 37gb HDDS, 1 160gb HDD, 1 45gb HDD
X-Fi Fata1ity platinum or whatever they call it with the drive bay!
And I've gone through like 3 DVD burners.
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 ultra (originally had a giga-byte board but the sata controllers were having some problems, rmad and got a new one sitting in closet)
Thermaltake 460w PSU
Thermaltake Shark Tower
Click to expand...

(little outdated, will be building a newer for gaming soon and using old for general desktop usage. Webdesign, surfing, etc.)

Oh, and one more thing, I know there are threads like this already, but out of all your hardware purchased, what do you feel was the most useless?
 
I have less then $1000 in my 4 year old computer. The 8800GT and Corsair PSU are new, within the last 3 weeks, and will go into my new computer I'm building.


DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+
OCZ PC3200 1024X2 EL Dual CH Platinum 2-3-2-5
EVGA 8800GT KO 512MB
Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
Arctic 64 Freezer Pro Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Thermalright HR-05-SLI Chipset Heatpipe
Hiitachi 160GB SATA II
Corsair HX520W Modular
 
I just read over my post and I said 6 grand into my current pc, thats wrong. I'd say probably 3, the rest has been in other accessories such as mouse, monitors, etc. My mistake. Scratch that :D.. Little tired.
 
Simple. I still use my x-fi and I think it was a pretty useless buy. I mean I use it all the time, and I enjoy it, but it wasn't needed at all. One example I guess would be if I were to buy one of those 'bigfoot lan cards' or whatever. I mean, I get avg of 50pings on most servers I play using onboard ports. I dunno, you think about it! I don't recall saying you HAD to use it :p
 
I honestly have no idea how much I have invested in my computer... it's like a never ending upgrade process, almost as if it's never really been "new"... just upgraded over the years....

But, the absolute most useless part I ever bought was a Cooler Master Cool Drive 6 hard drive enclosure... I actually bought two of them...if I remember correctly, I paid about six bucks for both of them, so no big loss....
 
My main one that I use when I bought it it cost £2700, I then bought a stupid Physx card for £220 and then a 8800gtx for £445, also a xfi platinum box which cost £70, a usb tv tuner as I have no spare pci ports which cost £70, a 28 in 1 media card R/W £30 odd, Headset which cost £45 and my latest buy was a microsoft wireless receiver for the pc so that I can use my xbox 360 wireless controller for racing games on the pc, that cost £15.

All told I have spent:

£2700
£0445
£0220
£0070
£0070
£0045
£0030
£0015

= £3595 and thats just the stuff that I can remember, their is odd and ends thta I have bought but dont use that I have left out of the list and also software is missing, so yea it does become an expensive hobby, but I do have 3 hardly used 7800gtx's for sale if anyone would kindly like to make me an offer :) and help me recoup some cash.
 
I've spent way to much on my rig...

I'm sure I've spent around $4000 over the last 2-3 years.
 
The PC in my sig ran about $1650. If you include the LCD, audio equipment, mouse, keyboard and laptop the total closes in on $3000. The only future upgrades I'll do are the video card and a bigger LCD, then I'm done!!
 
Well considering that I barely built my current rig around April this year, not that much:

$32.46 Kensington Slim Keyboard
$148.71 Westinghouse 19” Wide Screen Monitor
$17.91 6 x Yate Loon 120mm Case Fans
$29.06 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro HSF
$19.35 Scythe SFF12E 120MM Case Fan
$120.00 EVGA 7900GS 256MB PCI-E Video Card
$113.69 Corsair 520HX 520W PSU
$110.00 Gigabyte GA-965-DS3 Motherboard w/ Thermalright HR-05
$284.16 G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 RAM, Seagate 7200.9 160GB SATA HD, Arctic Silver
$190.00 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU
$86.59 Antec P180 ATX Case
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Total: $1,151.93

And around Christmas, I'm getting a new video card. Can't wait!
 
purchased my first custom computer back in June 2005

K8N Neo4 SLI
3700+
Corsair XMS 512x2
MSI 6800GT
200GB HDD
Ernmax 535w
lian li PC65b
viewsonic 19" CRT
mouse/kb/opticaldrive/OS
TOTAL 1870$

then...

7800GTX 600$
OCZ 2GB 270$
xfi extremegamer 120$
Raptor 150GB 275$
Sony FW900 375$ ebay
logitech Z5500 200$
500GB HDD 150$
Westy 37" 1200$

lianli A05b 90$
Gigabyte DS3 110$
Q6600 300$
gskill 2x1gb 90$
corsair 620HX 150$
8800GT 270$
patriot 2x2gb 90$

= 6160$
and then their is shipping on all that.. lol

i guess its 2 computers.. but i havnt gotten a full new comp since june05

6grand in 2 1/2 years! still have everything.
 
I'd say about $3000

8800GTS 640
Q6600, E6600
Abit IP35 Pro, DS3, Badaxe2
2x1gb buffalo firestix 800, 2x1gb crucial ballistix tracer 800, 2x1gb ocz platinum 1066
Ocz gamexstream 600w, Fortron 760w, Ultra 800w
X-Fi Fatal1ty, X-Fi XtremeMusic
Razer Deathadder (x1) Logitech G5 (x5) Logitech MX518 (x3)
Steelpad 5L
Samsung 206BW
Saitek Eclipse 2
Steelsound 5H
 
My latest build for myself wasn't too bad...

$200 - Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 3.8Ghz
$105 - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
$80 - 2GB DDR2-800 Ballistix @ DDR2-950
$60 - 2GB DDR2-800 Ballistix @ DDR2-950
$85 - 8600GT (yes, thats a "6")
$60 - 300GB x2 in RAID0 ($120 total)
$60 - 320GB storage
$30 - Samsung DVDRW SATA
$25 - CM Centurion 532
$45 - Ultima90
$3 - Panaflo FBA09A12M
$3 - Yate Loon 120mm
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$816, probably around $900 including tax/shipping/rebates (all rebates have been received already)

I still game on a CRT, so the 8600GT is fine for me, lol. I also don't game much anymore. :( When I start playin more games I'll probably pickup the 8800GT.
 
Machine is 3 years old and I have put about $3K in her.
I still have my Amiga 3000T with the Video Toaster 4000 card that I bought in Oct of 1993. That machine was $7500. I can't believe I spent that much just to get Lightwave 3D.
 
I'm a pro at finding good deals so I didn't spend too much (Hopefully the 8800gt will come soon!)

All prices include shipping!

Abit IP35 Pro- $135
C2D E6750- $189
2gb Ballistix Tracer Ram- $50
Lian Li V2000 Black- $150
EVGA 7900 GS KO w/ Zalman VF700-AlCu- $95
Seagate SATA 300gb HD- $45
Ultra X2-550w PSU- $50
Water cooling parts- $150
DVD burner- $20
19" LCD- $100
X-230 speakers- $20
Total- $1004. Add about $120 for the 8800gt (since I'm gonna sell my other video card)

I think I did pretty good for a machine of this caliber. :)
 
I spent too much for the cpu on this. $635 on an Athlon64 X2 4400+ S939 when it first came out in 05 :eek

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2Ghz S939 Stock HSF
MSI Nforce4 Ultra board
2GB (1GB X 2) Crucial DDR PC3200 400Mhz
250GB Maxtor SATA 3G 16MB Cache
120GB Seagate SATA 8 Cache (for backup)
MSI Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCIe
Creative Audigy 2ZS
Samsung Combo Drive 16X DVDRW 52X CDRW IDE
Liteon 16X DVDRW IDE
16 in 1 CardReader
Enermax Noisetaker 485watt PSU
Cheapass case with 2 80MM fans installed
Logitech MX 510 Mouse
Logitech Internet Pro keyboard
Dell Ultrasharp 1905 19" monitor
 
2.2k (new zealand dollars) for my initial rig

amd 3500+ 939
1gb ddr
leadtek 6600gt
viewsonic 19" crt e90f+ i think
nforce 4 mobo
case
JUMBOFAN (lol) 500w psu
and windows xp

new rig

e6850
2gb ddr2 dual channel
enermax chakra
xfx 8800gts 320
samsung 226bw (omg its sex in visual display form)

think i spent just on 2k (nz) again on this

and im gonna drop another 500 on a new gts in the new year, i find that the 320 gts isnt the greatest for the 226bw's native res
 
I think my upgrade differential's around -$300 or so for the following setup:

BEFORE:
x2 3800+ Manchester
Abit AN8-32X SLI
2GB OCZ Gold DDR-3200
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
FSP Epsilon 700w
TT Armor Jr.

AFTER = in sig.

I try, whenever possible, to sell high and buy low.
 
hehe, I try just buy and not worry about selling, I can't help but keep old parts that I might be able to use incase something happens.
 
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