How much did you pay for your "rig"

ThatGuy16

ThatGuy16

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I'm bored and feel like starting a thread, so this is what i thought of..


This is not a contest, its only to make you think to yourself "why did i spend that much on a computer...?!"

current

CPU- $230
Mobo - $200
GFX- $250
HDD - $80
PSU- $120
Ram- $190
OD's- $70
Case- $80
HSF- $60
Fans- $30
OS- $115
Monitor- $300
Speakers- $75
Cathodes ect- $45
G5 mouse- $50

Total: $1,915


with old stuff

x2 5600+- $180
590sli mobo- $200
zalman 9500- $58
X800XL- $280 :eek:

total $2,633 :eek:
 
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Orginally my compuer was a crap Compaq computer.

COMPAQ PC - $350
CPU uprade - $90
RAM upgrade - $80
1st Optical Drive uprade - $35
2nd Optical Drive upgrade $30
1st Video Card upgrade - $180
2nd Video Card upgrade - $250
Sound Card upgrade - $30
Monitor - $170
Speakers - $70
Case - $75
1st PSU upgrade - $25 (imagine what a piece of crap it was :D)
2nd PSU upgrade - $40
3rd PSU upgrade - $55
Fans, leds + other - $15

TOTAL: $1495 :eek:

Sometimes I regret of having bought a prebuilt (Compaq) comp, instead of having built my own... :rolleyes: Look at Corey's rig ^ up there, his is just $400 more than mine total but I bet is way better just because his was 100% custom built!
 
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Its alot when you add it all up, isn't it? :P

I'm going to edit my post, good idea to include upgrades, but to the same pc
 
Case & PSU combo- $120
Mobo- $120 (ebay)
Processor- $145 (ebay)
Ram- $120 (4 gigs ebay)
HDD- (external and internal) $190
OS- $80 (Craigslist)
Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop- $40 (Black Friday Deal)
Monitor- $180 (Staples Clearance Item)
Graphics Card- $225
Saitek Av8R Joystick- $40
Kensington Mouse Works Trackball Pro- $100

Another $60 for shipping Im assuming
TOTAL= $1420

I think I did pretty good considering I didnt pay full price for hardly anything. :D
 
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^ So considering that's the rig in your sig, you bought an 8800GT for $125?? If so, where? That's an amazing deal! :eek:
 
Case: $30
PSU: $33
Mobo: $90
CPU: $60 (part of $120 combo deal with old MoBo, so cut in half)
HSF: $9 :)
HDD: $110 for both
Optical Drives: $60-ish for both
Video Card: $58
RAM: $40
Case Fans: $20-ish

Total: $510+shipping, and some of these parts I've had for a while.
 
ramodkk said:
Whoa! thats great! ;) I'm guessing the Blu-ray/HD-DVD drives took most of the price didn't they? But can you still burn CDs'/DVD's with those drives?



Haha I was about to get some $$ and buy one! :o ...(not really :D I have no money)
Click to expand...

No blueway;) I come from ireland so in uk we almost have double the price;)
 
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 [$100]
• Zalman CNPS 9500 Cpu Fan [$50]
• Asus P5K Deluxe Wi-Fi edition [$225]
• Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800 [$110]
• Evga 8600GT 256mb [$110]
• Dell E228WFP 22” widescreen LCD [$315]
• Western Digital 320GB [$100]
• NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A [$50]
• Windows XP Home Sp2b [$90]
• Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS [$160]
• Antec SmartPower 2.0 450watt [$60]
• Microsoft K8100004 2-Tone 3 Buttons mouse [$20]
• Logitech black keyboard [$20]

TOTAL = $1410
 
Case: 50
Cpu: 160
Mobo: 70
SoundCard: 40
ODD: 50
External hdd: 70
Spaeakers: 50
RAM: 60
OEM was accidently given: free

total: $800 including buying the comp...500 w/o buying the comp...man ima idiot.
*i dint include my internal hdd because i upgraded the sheeznits outta my compaq s4000nx...the internal hdd is the only part of the ol s4 i kept. the comp when bought was 300 usd

if math is wrong...my bad
 
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MOBO - 50
CPU - 60
Monitor - Free (20 inch crt)
Case - 22 (nice though, like it more than my bros $85)
Ram - 38
HDD - 40
Opt - Gift (runs like 35 tho)
Vid - (onboard now, plan on about ) 50
Psu - 30
mouse - gift (intellipoint 2.0 , wireless) like 30?
gen kb - 6
speakers - home audio, doesn't count ha, but like 300
vista - 70
about 300 total, but if no gifts/ free it'd be like 500, and w/ gfx l ike 550, still, cheap
 
Well, mine was a barebones from Tiger with a case (PowerUp w/ PSU), CPU (Athlon X2 3800+ S-939), mobo (MSNV-939), and 512MB(Crucial) of ram. That was about $255. I needed something fast to replace my aging Dimension 2100 I got from my grandparents when it died for them. The heatsink was about $15, new video card was $115, and other accessories with odd totals. My (rough) grand total is about $777.

I got a 22" widescreen viewsonic iPod monitor though for my birthday, which was about $325. (didn't count it in the grand total though)
 
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Original eMachines W2785: $499 (incl. keybd, 17"crt, speakers, XP restore discs)

XP OEM: $80
Compaq Pro Enhanced keyboard: $15 (definitely an upgrade over the standard eMachines keyboard)
ViewSonic LCD: $200
FX 5200 AGP video card: $60
Diamond soundcard: $20
512MB RAM: $45
Case and CPU fans: $20
Antec PSU: $50
Advent Powered Partners speakers: $20
Seagate 320GB PATA HDD: $80
Microsoft optical mouse: $40 (I'm on my second one; the eMachines mouse died after a year)

Total: $1129!

Yes, I could have built one for less.
 
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