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The maximum you would pay for...

Video Cad: $325 (but there has to be a MIR)
CPU: $300 (just spent this on my W3520)
Motherboard: $250
Monitor: Depends, but I'm thinking about $400 for a high quality panel monitor.

RAM: $115, though I may consider something a little more expensive if it overclocks higher
Hard Drive: $120
Sound Card: $100
Mouse: $50
Case: Anything around $225
Optical Drive: $25
 
Video Card? $150
CPU? $ 150
Motherboard? $150
Monitor? $350

prices drop so fast for computer hardware that $150 can buy you some pretty good stuff if you wait a bit.
 
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Video Card: $99 per 2 dvi ports. At the moment I want to go to 4 monitors but not sure if the 4850x2 works well with linux/xinerma or not.
Motherboard: $150'ish
CPU: $150'ish
Memory: $25/2G dimm.
Monitor: $150'ish.
 
Video Card? $350 (but I did buy one in 1994 for $2500, Video Toaster 4000 card for my Amiga 3000)
CPU? $250 (bought one in 1994 for $1400, a Warp Engine 68040 40mhz Accelerator card for my Amiga 3000)
Motherboard? $150
Monitor? $250

The two expensive items above were extreme cases. I doubt I will ever spend $8500 total on a PC again. $8500 was a shitload of money back then.
 
As little as possible for any of them....but if I want it, I get it......

I weigh it out in my head, and if I think its worth it, I buy it....

money is never an issue.
 
Video card: $150
Cpu: $150
Motherboard: $100
Monitor: $250

I'n my eyes anything more expensive for a personal rig is just getting into e-penis territory. But if I had the cash I would totally spend a couple thousand on the rig. Sadly I don't.
 
Video Card 120$
CPU 100$
Motherboard 100$
Monitor 200$

My build is slightly out of date.

It's currently

C2D E7200 3.1GHZ = $87
4x2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 = 40$
ASUS Extreme Striker I Bios 1603 = 70$
2x Galaxy GTS 250 = $120
500GB WD sata = $35
1TB hitachi sata = $80
Ancient Xoxide case modded too death! = free
OCZ 600w ModXtreme = $46
Sata DVD Burner = free
Soyo 24" LCD (blegh TN) = $199

I agree with one of the above posters with me its not really money it's just whatever comes my way on slickdeals. I'm a MIR machine. I'm been through probably 10 videocards in the past year. Just sell and upgrade whenever something better comes along. I guess my build sucks compared to most peoples here but whatever.
 
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Video Card?
$200 (no sense investing big on something only good for 12-18 months at best)
CPU?
$200 (mid range CPUs always the best bang for buck IMO)
Motherboard?
$250 (I hate needing to drop $200+ for any decent MB now though)
Monitor?
$400 (last longer than any other component and you spend all your time staring at it. It needs to be decent. I'm not some SIPS snob though, a good, big TN makes me happy)
 
Video Card? $500 (Shiny)
CPU? $300 (Changes alot, but some $$ for OC )
Motherboard? $400 (Everything goes in it :) )
Monitor? $2500 ( Hey it last the longest :) ) I am happy with mine.
 
SlingXShot said:
Video Card?
CPU?
Motherboard?
Monitor?
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Prices greatly depend on warranties too! I don't mind paying an extra $30 if it will come with a lifetime warranty.
Video Card - $75 (after rebates)
CPU - $70
Mobo - $80
Monitor - $170
 
I say whatever it takes to get what I need, or else I will just save up to get it.
 
exe163 said:
I say whatever it takes to get what I need, or else I will just save up to get it.
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QFT. I get w/e I need to get the things I need done. Im about to need a comp thats alot faster so I have been saving up for a year the next time I build I am going all out.
 
Video card: $300 unless it can play Crysis without SLI/Crossfire.
CPU: $200 unless there's a huge difference in higher price ones (i.e. significantly larger cache per core, processor speed, unlocked multipliers, etc.)
Mobo: $150
Monitor: $500, unless its truly mind-blowing amazing. Like 240Hz LED TV amazing.
PSU: Sky = limit. I learned my lesson in going cheap on a PSU a long time ago the hard way. Like sparks shooting out the back of my case hard. Unless a well established name maker makes a sub-$100 that is [H] Gold and JonnyGURU approved and it can handle what I'm throwing at it, its not going in my rig.
 
brokenarrow03 said:
$2700
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thebeephaha said:
Video Card? $800
CPU? $350
Motherboard? $400
Monitor? $750
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jhartono0002 said:
GPU = $250 x 2
CPU = $300
Mobo = $300
Monitor = $800
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pc1x1 said:
Video Card? $500 (Shiny)
CPU? $300 (Changes alot, but some $$ for OC )
Motherboard? $400 (Everything goes in it :) )
Monitor? $2500 ( Hey it last the longest :) ) I am happy with mine.
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Damn... I wish I had that kind of cash to spend on toys.

Me?? I do all my shopping in the bargain bins, clearance isles, and FS/FT threads! :rolleyes:
 
Video card: $1,500 (I normally buy two or more of them anyway.)
CPU: $600
Motherboard: $500
Monitor: $1,500
 
Video Card? $1,500
CPU? $1,500
Motherboard? $650
Monitor? $2,500
 
Crosshairs said:
As little as possible for any of them....but if I want it, I get it......

I weigh it out in my head, and if I think its worth it, I buy it....

money is never an issue.
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same here. Its hard to give an exact dollar amount, although if I feel that I can justifty the purchase, then I'll more than likely buy it.

I'll naturally always sway towards a lower price though :)
 
No set answer. Depends what it is, what I need it for, justification, etc.
 
Video Card? - 100 Shipped - I paid 75 for my 4870
CPU? 100 Shipped - I paid 100 for my e85
Motherboard? - 75 shipped - I paid 55 for my p5e
Monitor? 250 shipped - I paid 225 for my T240


I do all my shopping on forums and C-L.
 
Vid card = $150
CPU = $200
Motherboard = $300
Monitor = $300

I would spend more on the motherboard as a crappy motherboard can make your whole system run like dog crap. And random crashes on a new machine cause me to nerd rage [H]ard. I've found that $200 on a CPU will get you over 2 years of use easy, and video cards seem to have the shortest shelf life so why spend a ton of cash on something that just gonna get replaced in a year anyway.
 
Ok, I guess I'm the idiot here, as I'm going to post what I would pay >IN THE FUTURE< and what I HAVE paid for parts.... what's in parenthesis is what I HAVE paid in the past for one.... along with what it was, if I can remember precisely).

Video Card - $125 ($300- Number 9 32MB PCI video card, circa 1996).
CPU - $150 ($300 - Intel 80386DX-33Mhz, 1989 + $150 Intel 80387 Math Coprocessor, 1989 )
Motherboard - $150 ($200, SOYO K7-V Dragon+ (2 of them, one for me, one for my wife), 2001)
Case - $100 ($150, ATX case not long after they came out replacing old style AT cases, 2001?)
PSU - $99 ($99 a couple years ago for one of THREE Antec 550watt PSUs that died ugly, early deaths).
Memory - $20/GB and dropping fast ($300 for 16 MB of chips, 1991, used, added to 8 I had already procured for a smoking 24MB in 1991... SIZZLING with a 386DX-33!!)
HDD - $150 ($800 for a Seagate MFM 80 MB HDD, 1989, already had a 20MB and controller I'd paid $200 for 3 months earlier).
Printer - $200 for color laser, $40 for an inkjet ($1800 for an HP LaserJet IIP (1990), $100 for memory expansion to 16 MB (1993), $150 for lower letter tray (1997) for Monolaser, $800 Minolta QMS something 2002 for color laser, $150 for HP DeskJet Color circa 2000)
Keyboard - $100 but it better be very nice ($80 for a Logitech Wave Wireless, 2008).
Mouse - $50 but it better be good ($90 for a Logitech Mouse, circa 1990)
OS - $130 ($100 for Windows XP Pro OEM, 2002; my Vista Ultimate copies were free from MS)
Soundcard - would not buy anymore, onboard is good enough for me now ($200 for a Soundblaster Pro, 1990, Soundblaster 16 1994 (may not have paid that much for the 16))
Joystick - $50 ($70 for a Microsoft Sidewinder (original) 2x 1995, 1997... this helped me win my wife, btw as I also bought Master of Magic (for her) at the same time as I bought this with Mechwarrior II; she thought it was so cool that I considered her while buying stuff for me that she realized a gameplayer can be a good boyfriend! Second was for her)
CRT - Would not buy anymore, LCD instead ($500 for an NEC Multisync 15", 1996 (actually, my by then fiancee bought if for me as a Grad present when I finished my masters; went with the Number 9 video card and my very first Pentium class CPU, a P-133, as my graduation indulgence)).
LCD - for ME, $230. For my WIFE, $450 (I've paid $180, $175, $170 and $189 for every LCD except my wifes... I paid $450 for hers a year and a half ago, big old 24" 1080P compatible 1920x1600 Dell monitor she uses for her Web Design Business, as well).
Modem - Obviously, who buys modems now? Couldn't even put one in the last build as I didn't have a free PCI slot... ($100 multiple times, first in 1983 for an accoustic coupler that was 300 Baud, then in 1988 for a 2400 baud internal, then in 1993 for a 28800 Winmodem that was software upgraded to 33.6 (was using when I met my wife online), then for the 56K Winmodem we got in 1996. Since then, they've gotten a lot cheaper, but we've only bought three others over the years).
 
RGMBill said:
Ok, I guess I'm the idiot here, as I'm going to post what I would pay >IN THE FUTURE< and what I HAVE paid for parts.... what's in parenthesis is what I HAVE paid in the past for one.... along with what it was, if I can remember precisely).

Video Card - $125 ($300- Number 9 32MB PCI video card, circa 1996).
CPU - $150 ($300 - Intel 80386DX-33Mhz, 1989 + $150 Intel 80387 Math Coprocessor, 1989 )
Motherboard - $150 ($200, SOYO K7-V Dragon+ (2 of them, one for me, one for my wife), 2001)
Case - $100 ($150, ATX case not long after they came out replacing old style AT cases, 2001?)
PSU - $99 ($99 a couple years ago for one of THREE Antec 550watt PSUs that died ugly, early deaths).
Memory - $20/GB and dropping fast ($300 for 16 MB of chips, 1991, used, added to 8 I had already procured for a smoking 24MB in 1991... SIZZLING with a 386DX-33!!)
HDD - $150 ($800 for a Seagate MFM 80 MB HDD, 1989, already had a 20MB and controller I'd paid $200 for 3 months earlier).
Printer - $200 for color laser, $40 for an inkjet ($1800 for an HP LaserJet IIP (1990), $100 for memory expansion to 16 MB (1993), $150 for lower letter tray (1997) for Monolaser, $800 Minolta QMS something 2002 for color laser, $150 for HP DeskJet Color circa 2000)
Keyboard - $100 but it better be very nice ($80 for a Logitech Wave Wireless, 2008).
Mouse - $50 but it better be good ($90 for a Logitech Mouse, circa 1990)
OS - $130 ($100 for Windows XP Pro OEM, 2002; my Vista Ultimate copies were free from MS)
Soundcard - would not buy anymore, onboard is good enough for me now ($200 for a Soundblaster Pro, 1990, Soundblaster 16 1994 (may not have paid that much for the 16))
Joystick - $50 ($70 for a Microsoft Sidewinder (original) 2x 1995, 1997... this helped me win my wife, btw as I also bought Master of Magic (for her) at the same time as I bought this with Mechwarrior II; she thought it was so cool that I considered her while buying stuff for me that she realized a gameplayer can be a good boyfriend! Second was for her)
CRT - Would not buy anymore, LCD instead ($500 for an NEC Multisync 15", 1996 (actually, my by then fiancee bought if for me as a Grad present when I finished my masters; went with the Number 9 video card and my very first Pentium class CPU, a P-133, as my graduation indulgence)).
LCD - for ME, $230. For my WIFE, $450 (I've paid $180, $175, $170 and $189 for every LCD except my wifes... I paid $450 for hers a year and a half ago, big old 24" 1080P compatible 1920x1600 Dell monitor she uses for her Web Design Business, as well).
Modem - Obviously, who buys modems now? Couldn't even put one in the last build as I didn't have a free PCI slot... ($100 multiple times, first in 1983 for an accoustic coupler that was 300 Baud, then in 1988 for a 2400 baud internal, then in 1993 for a 28800 Winmodem that was software upgraded to 33.6 (was using when I met my wife online), then for the 56K Winmodem we got in 1996. Since then, they've gotten a lot cheaper, but we've only bought three others over the years).
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Wow nice post!

Microsoft Sidewinder, I miss that joystick.
 
video----- $300
cpu ------ $300
mobo---- $300
monitor- $3000
 
CPU $500
GPU $500
RAM $200
HDD $175
OPT $50
PSU $200
LCD $1200
OS $250
Case $350
Keyboard $120
Mouse $55
 
I like looking at what people say they would pay, then look at the sigs........
 
CPU $250
GPU $200
MOBO $150
RAM $50

I used to be okay spending $300 to $350 on a GPU, but there is so much performance now for $150 to $200 that I have a hard time justifying more. Had no probelm spending $325 for my e6600 CPU years back, but seems the new value price point is about $250 (eg, i7 920)
 
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