how much cash do u spend on ur pc??

[little geek]

im wondering what most u spend on ur pc in a year?
i would spend no more than £50 :ohwell:

[b1lk1]

lol, I spend more than that a month. I'd guess I spend $1500US a year on PC stuff.

[little geek]

u do have to take into consideration that i dont have a job

[djbbenn]

I just spent 480 on a new video card, 400 on a new monitor, 80 on a HDD, and 90 on a new keyboard and mouse. Ohh and 45 bucks on shipping for RMA's. I basically spent all the money I've earned in the past two months. I don't think I'll be spending anymore for a while... :D

I never use to spend that much... But as you said little geek, taking a job into consideration tends to give you the opportunity to spend more.

-Dan

[little geek]

look at my specs and guess how much i payed for my pc ??nothing only £30 for my video card and £20 for my old one

[DR.Death]

hummm in the last year i spent 1586 ... thats what i can think of i know i am forgeting somthing... i dont have a job eather

[little geek]

I AM JEALOUS!!! lol it seems like im the only person who doesn't buy most they're parts, or steal them ;)

[JC316]

Well, you see, I play the upgrade game. I wait until I find a good bargin and then I spend a chunk of cash, then I will buy something else in a few months and sell my old hardware, so each upgrade only costs me 40-50 bucks. Maybe $200 a year.

[little geek]

:wtf: why didnt i think of that? lol

[wazzledoozle]

I AM JEALOUS!!! lol it seems like im the only person who doesn't buy most they're parts, or steal them ;)

My ex-friend tried to steal my ram, swapped it out for some shitty stuff at a lan. Once I saw my ram was in his PC, I broke his arm and threw him out.

[Chewy]

My ex-friend tried to steal my ram, swapped it out for some shitty stuff at a lan. Once I saw my ram was in his PC, I broke his arm and threw him out.


Friggin right he deserves more than a broken arm aswell, he should concider himself lucky to not have a totally broken face aswell, did you get his computing arm lol.

Oh and I been into buying computer stuff for 2 years now, so including this comupter I bought, 3games 200dvds, I would say I spent 3-4 grand, and I buy most things on sale besides the computer itself and I got ripped on a 512 stick of ram for 90$.

[Frick]

My ex-friend tried to steal my ram, swapped it out for some shitty stuff at a lan. Once I saw my ram was in his PC, I broke his arm and threw him out.

Vicious. :p

Anyway, I don't spend that much.. Since my first computer-related bargain (7 years ago) I've spent like .. $2000. That's like $24/month. Pretty accurate, I think.

[KennyT772]

$800 if how much mine cost. thats about $300 a year over the past 3 years with some parts i also replaced..

[Corrosion]

None, My parents buy it all.

[Protius]

is spent about 1,000 upgrading over the summer cuz i finally got a job

[ktr]

for me...100-150 bucks an year

[Agility]

All my money on computer. That's for sure.

[AthlonX2]

payed 500 for prebuilt gateway

HyperX 2x512= 105
Armor Jr w/BTX SRM = 130
7600GT=150
Theater 550=100
Audigy 2=40
Ultra Xfinity 500w=60
21 Inch widescreen HD monitor=600
wd raptor=170

so roughly 1900$

[technicks]

In the last two years about 2000 euro's. That is including the costs to build my new case.

[Alec§taar]

Once every 4 years on average, I will put out up to $2500 for an "absolutely state-of-the-art" machine (or, as close as I can afford to come to doing that)...

Then, in the intervening timeframe (in that 4 yr. period) I would say I put in about $100-$150 U.S. Dollars a year into said machine for various parts (usually updates/upgrades), so roughly another $400/$500 U.S. dollars & usually for a MAJOR part (usually a better videocard).

So I guess, when ALL is "said & done"? On average, probably $775 a year... about what folks payout for those "HP $500 home use systems" when all is said & done, BUT, I get a system FAR in advance of those, performance-wise.

APK

[Ketxxx]

personally, about £400 a year. Stuff im sent for testing means? a lot :D

[little geek]

i cant wait to get a job that way i will live off my mum for food and stuff then my whole wage goes towards my pc for 2monthes

[Ketxxx]

jobs arent all that fun ;) unless your doing something you like doing :D

[Canuto]

Your case i suppose :p

[little geek]

i kno im 15 yers old and i was earning £20 an hour but then my boss let me go couse the business went down couse he didnt bother droppings peoples pc's off wen they paid 4 them =(

[Frick]

i kno im 15 yers old and i was earning £20 an hour but then my boss let me go couse the business went down couse he didnt bother droppings peoples pc's off wen they paid 4 them =(

I've made a life-plan for you: You upgrade your PC to a mean machine. Then you save tons of money and when you graduate (or whatever you do in the UK :p) you travel. A lot. But then, I much rather spend cash on travels than computers. ;)

[little geek]

i would be the other way round more money on computers than travelling;)
unless i get the bits cheaper by travelling

[DanTheBanjoman]

I just wasted $900 or so on CPU+RAM+mobo, still need a videocard as well. Then agian I don't plan to upgrade the mobo for 3 years or so. I will however upgrade CPU in half a year or so.

[Slater]

I spent over 2k US $ this year, just spent 736 dollars on a conroe system :)

[Canuto]

This year i spent 1000€ on PC stuff.

[Slater]

This is the website that got me to start spending mucho cash on my puter.

[wtf8269]

I haven't spent too much on my PC this year, it'd probably add up to like $400-$500. This is because I didn't buy any actual hardware this year, it was around this time last year that I built this system. That cost me a pretty penny:

CPU: $189
Mobo: $115
RAM: $315
GPU: $700
THat's about all I got then, the rest of the system I already had.

[Namslas90]

I buy a new system about every two years for the past 25 years or so, prices ranged from $199 to $1200. Spend about another $800 to $1000 on accessories, cables, peripherals, compenents, memory Etc. Do a lot of trading with the locals, and donate a lot of parts, repaire time, etc to local schools. Poor Kids these days aer still running Windows 3.1 and 95 in HIGH SCHOOL!!! Damn politicians!!!

[Demon_82]

An average of 150€/year from 1998 to 2004, and last two years about 600€/year... yes, I got paid lately XD

[cdawall]

well this is my 1st true full system upgrade since my athlon xp 2000+ died so this year is alot more than the $0 i spend most of the time and even now i think i will only spend ~$400 for a whole new system

[DaMulta]

I've spent 700 or so this year, replacing things I fried....Not including games.

[giorgos th.]

879$ for cpu-mobo-ram a week ago.

[Frogger]

:D don't buy mb or cpu's mostly get them out of pcs that i rebuild for other people [they don't want/need any more] this year on ram about 250 cdn$, 1200 for 32in lcd,1800 for 42in plasma, and somewhere around 500 for routers,watercooling,assorted fans, cables,scanner,printer ect....oh! 200 for vid card...will have to bite the bullet next year for a DX10 rig i quess :cry:

[aximbigfan]

too much.... wayyyy too much.... prolly around $200 week...


chris

[Slater]

riiiiiight......


And what do your sys specs say?

[aximbigfan]

riiiiiight......


And what do your sys specs say?

well this rig is brand new, lets see

week one
256mb ram 50$
2 antec case fans and psu 150$

week 2
wd hdd 100$
radeon 9550 $90
floppy drive $20

week 3 i just tested everything like crazy

week 4
still testing, bought about 50$ worth of assorted stuff...


chris

[Frick]

Ahh, you mean just recently. I was quite shocked when you said you spend $200/week. :p
I don't think there's any reason to spend that much on a PC unless you're a server and need space.

[regg187]

This year 400+.I bought a x2 4200 and an x800xl and a cool drive 4. I think that amount is also good for last year too a xp3200 plus some corsair 512's then a 64 bit xp3200 and a mobo. Some of my friends think I spend too much on this PC, but their socket A comp is down as they search for a 300w psu (used of course). During the last 3 weeks, I had to spend 250 on my quad. A new flywheel 125, a new CDI 100 and change, and a coil (used) 25 If it's not one thing it's another!!!!!!!!!

[aximbigfan]

Ahh, you mean just recently. I was quite shocked when you said you spend $200/week. :p
I don't think there's any reason to spend that much on a PC unless you're a server and need space.

yeah, it has slowed down a bit now, but a new monitor, new video card (the r 9550 was only to get me over the inital "hump", new ram (using mixed sticks of value ram) and replace all of the bulky ide cable with a new round one are still on my list...


chris

[xylomn]

After my general living costs, university books/equipment/etc, and going out... everything else I have gets put into my computer.

In the past 12 months I've bought:

Core2Duo E6600, ASUS P5W DH Deluxe, 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400 C4, ATi X1900XT 512Mb, OCZ GameXStream 700W, Aerocool Coolview, 2 DVD+/-RW, Zalman Reserator 1 Plus, Swiftech Apex Ultra, X-Fi, Xtreme Music, 2x 250GB WD HDDs, 2x Samsung 19" monitors, Nvidia GeForce 6800, Maxtor 300GB HDD, 2x Nforce 4 mobos

and a whole lot of other stuff I'm forgetting probibly

[3991vhtes]

Wow, this thread is quite old :D. I think I'll bring it back. I usually spend about $300a year on computer stuff. This year I have bought:

Prebuilt Custom Comp - $110

AMD K6-II CPU (for my first comp that died :() - $5

ASUS A7V-VM Mobo (socket A) - $20

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ $25 (killer deal) Got it from PC shop. you won't find this processor that cheap anywhere online :nutkick:

512MB PC100 SDRAM $30

Yamaha DS1x Sound card 6 channel - $20

Western Digital 80GB Hard Drive + IDE Cables - $35

300 watt Allied PSU + Y Splitter Cable - $35

But this year I have spent $280 on PC crap. and my parents hate my PC hardware buying :ohwell:

:toast:

[von kain]

where in name of lord you find the amd k6 II?
i was have a 450mhz before 2000 a friend of mine still haves one with 2 voodoo 2 in sli 256 mb sdram a 8gb disk and a pci nvidia tnt 2!!!!

this is a quite old pc there

i wonder if the first hyperthreting cpu's are out there the athlon mp

[3991vhtes]

where in name of lord you find the amd k6 II?

http://www.compuvest.com/Items.jsp?cid=1&sid=307 :toast:

K6-II Goldmine!!

[Ben Clarke]

I don't have anything to spend, which is why I'm taking up system building and comic selling as my job.

[Chewy]

in the last 6 moths I spent another $1500 :P but now Im doing ok! chilling lol... well I could use a gaming keyboard by years end and hopefully a 8900gts or x.

last 6 months Ive bought:
Samsung 226 was $460
some good fans $60
second dvd burner
new mouse/pad (Ice Mat 2 & the Razor DeathAdder) $120
500gb seagate HD $130
Headset like $40
Sound card $150 @ future shop lol
Ram patriot 8500 $260! still no MIR

Ohya I bought my second 320gb hd this year too alnog with my montior useing my tax return $$.
All this stuff bought on sale in Canadian currency.. oh most fans were reg price. AND IM TRYING TO SAVE $$$ lol.. it could be worst !

[3991vhtes]

Oh, and I forgot my $7 keyboard + $14 dollar shipping! (http://www.cpumall.com/able/details.asp?item=AO22006BK) = $21 total and my Logitech USB mouse from Wal-Mart for $15

and now the grand total is $316 USD :(

*EDIT - and the year isn't over yet :cry:

[theonetruewill]

Well since late March let me see;

- Finally built my desktop - £356
- 19" Widescreen - £135
- Keyboard Mouse etc - £20
- Sold my 7600GT - +£45
- Bought X1900GT - £82.50
- Bought more RAM - £30
- Bought another PSU - £50
- Selling my old PSU - £20

Total amount that I used: £608.50
Yeah, I'm broke now:p

[Chewy]

ops my noob ass for got to add the nice desk I just bought very spacious only $227 taxes in.. I knew I spent 1k without counting my monitor :P.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8539/picture9wq7.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture9wq7.jpg)

Edit: I bought that chiar recently too lol. Thats everything I think!

Edit 2: yep lol I could add my my current webcam lol got it on a 1/2price sale at fultureshop for $70+ taxes.. logitech vision cam. That covers everything!

Soon I'll have everything I need for my computer and wont have to really buy anything for a year or 2.. I hope the second gen dx10 cards really pwn for a couple years after thier release... cause this time nexted year the only thing I want to "concider" upgrading is my cpu.

[3991vhtes]

gotta look thru all my invoices...I know Im forgetting something!! :p

[Frick]

Not that much.. The stuff you see to your left costed me like .. 8000SEK (which is about $1200, also, the monitor was both good and expensive when I bought it). Seems alot, but in Sweden it's not (~25% sales tax is teh sh1t :rockout:).

[Darknova]

Well on Saturday I spent £200 on new stuff for my PC. As well as £110 on memory this morning (arriving in 2 days ^_^).

A few weeks ago I paid £20 for my new CPU, as well as £130 for my 1950XT (although it was a present so it doesn't really count).

A few months ago I got a new case for £60.

In a few weeks I intend to spend about £150 on a new monitor :)

[m3lisk]

My ex-friend tried to steal my ram, swapped it out for some shitty stuff at a lan. Once I saw my ram was in his PC, I broke his arm and threw him out.

:toast:

Uhh lets see, $120 for RAM, $175 for CPU, $20 for speakers, $250 on LCD, $310 for vid card, $50 for old vid card, $40 for range booster, $70 for PSU, hell and I have $250 cash on me right now. I love working ^_^

[SK-1]

Well for me it is hard to calculate. I will buy a component, use it for a while and sell it on Ebay,
at times, I will sell an item for more than I paid for it.(gotta LUV Ebay!!)I then use the revinue from the sale for my new upgrade.In the end I would guess,....around 100 to 200 dollars a year.

[ownage]

bought in 2007:
-wd raptor 74gb
-20inch widescreen, samsung 205bw
-new server, amd 5600+ 2gb ram, new case
-badass watercooling w00t
-yesterday i bought a 40inch LCD-TV, to watch tv, and connect to my pimprig.

so i think i bought for around 1500 euro.
In september i bought a conroe upgrade, which was around 1000 euro.

I waste 1000 euro per year on my main pimprig. And maybe 100 euro on my server. Once in 2 years a new laptop, just sold my old one.

So WAAAAY to much LOL

[little geek]

lol mines just changed from £50 i now spend £200 a year, got sick of my pentium4 and agp slot

[Live OR Die]

sent $2000 aus on mine and still upgrading every week bit by bit

[Refuse]

A big chunk of my pay packet. More than I should...But oh well. Everybody needs a little project to pour their money into. I use my computer about 5 hours a day so I might as well get something top of the line. Building it is just fun :D

[mandelore]

far too much...

spent about the equivalent of $1700 over the last few months,

thats on new sata drive, fans, water cooling setup inc block/rads and a 1gb 2900, oh and also a new pcie2 psu

thats excluding what im gonna spend near the end of the year on an am3 mobo, phenom processor, ram... may be able to claw some back from flogging my current setup tho

[ex_reven]

$2215 on equipment since around Christmas 2006 for my new build.

Now im looking for a 24" LCD :D

[HookeyStreet]

Too much :roll:

[rick22]

to much i know that..lol..i used to spend 2 -300 a month playing golf.a month...now i have ea tiger woods 07 and it's free....so the rest goes to my computer...lol

[spud107]

last pc was 75 quid, upgraded nearly every part lol

this one so far. prices included shipping.
mb - 40
cpu - 30
evo33 - 15
vf900 - 27
psu - 22
ram - 2x 60
gfx - 150
hd - 25
monitor - 0
600w sub - 0

[Easy Rhino]

ops my noob ass for got to add the nice desk I just bought very spacious only $227 taxes in.. I knew I spent 1k without counting my monitor :P.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8539/picture9wq7.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture9wq7.jpg)



those speakers are supposed to surround you, hence 'surround sound.' just fyi :laugh:

[Mediocre]

this is just getting too evil i gotta add on...

A year, thats since 06....pulling up newegg...14 invoices lol. Thats between building my pc, and upkeep on the wife's, the kids (skt 939 btw :rockout:), and moms (skt 754 :laugh:).

I copied & pasted as much as I could from newegg....gonna run the calc ONE more time...

My PC: I did win ~$1500 @ the casino, but GOOD GOD: $3174.96 with monitors
4 Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $171.96 - Using 3
APEVIA CF4SL-UBL-LED 80mm Blue LED Case Fan - $5.99
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $219.99
^^ Doesn't boot :( Can't warranty cuz I destroyed heatpipes for liquid cooling:rolleyes:
Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Platinum 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail - $178.99
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ2P10002GK - $374.99 - Sold on eBay - $60 & - $280 (after fees)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail - $315.00 :rockout:
Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker - $86.99
SAMSUNG 204B-BK Black 20.1" 5ms DVI LCD Monitor - $349.99 - Now Secondary monitor lol
CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D - Retail - $388.00 (10/31/06)
i-inc Black 32" 16:9 12ms LCD HDTV w/ Tuner Inside Model IN01-32U1B - Retail -$499.99 - Returned - full refund & shipping
Rosewill RCW-909 10ft. /HDMI To DVI Cable V1.2 /Black - Retail - $13.99
SCEPTRE Black 37" 16:9 8ms 1080p LCD HDTV w/ Built-in ATSC Tuner & HDMI Model X37SV-Naga - Retail - $999.99 LOOOOVE it
Swiftech MCW30 Chipset Cooling Water-block - Retail - $19.99
Swiftech Apogee GTX (frozen cpu) - ~$75 + tax
Fluid (frozen cpu) - ~$50 + tax (bought 3)
Swiftech MCP-1000? res./pump in 5 1/4 bay (random website) - ~$90
ASUS P5K LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $149.99
MASSCOOL FDC08025S1M 80mm Case Fan - Retail - 5 = $11.45
AMC 36" IDE Cable Model CATA100-363 - $2.99 - Mobo header @ bottom :(
PPA 3.28 ft. SATA to eSATA Cable Model 3848 - $5.99
KINAMAX AD-A888 eSATA Female to SATA Female Bridge Adapter - $7.99


Wife's PC (most parts purchased 1 1/2 ago): - $261.82
LOGISYS Computer CCF120BL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan - $8.99
SAMSUNG Combo Drive Black IDE Model SH-M522C/BEBN $22.39
AeroCool XtremeTurbine-Black 120mm Case Fan - $14.99 - Traded for a 1000lb gvw trailer ;)
Cyber Acoustics A-3640rb 110 watts 2.1 Speaker - $59.99
SONY 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model DRU120C - $42.99
ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler - $31.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $69.99
Transcend 1GB MicroSD Flash Card Model TS1GUSD - Retail $10.49


The 4 yr olds: - $322.93
APEVIA CF3S 80mm Case Fan - Retail - 2 x $5.00
Microsoft Wireless Optical K80-00038 Steel Blue 3 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Optical Mouse - $29.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home Sp2b 1pk - $89.99
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM - $7.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD400JD 40GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - $41.99
Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - $69.99
BUFFALO Select 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Model DD4002-KS1G/BR - $69.99
ASUS K8A1-8SB3 80mm SuperFlo CPU Cooler - $7.99


Mother & Misc (pre-existing): - $81.15
Rosewill R6422-P BK Black SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $15.99
Rosewill R604TSB-N 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case+450W Power Supply - $39.99
IOGEAR GCS62 2-Port PS/2 KVM switch with built-in cables - $19.99
Spire CF401G 80mm PCI Slot Case Cooler - 2 x $5.18

Shipping: 10.31 + 46.22 + 0 + 25.95 + 14.79 + 4.99 + 6.29 + 29.48 + 4.99 + 4.99 + 18.76 + 8.19 = $174.96


Parts: $3840.86
Shipping: $174.96

Total:
$4015.82 ouch :twitch:

[hat]

I spent $120 for the whole system in my specs :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[kwchang007]

Ummmm not nearly enough. Actually this year-nothing :o. Something about laptops and their upgradability. Anyways, I don't expect to be spending much on pcs, kinda getting ready for the insurance hit when I can drive. :banghead:

[Hawk1]

About $4k Canadian.

Bought my system in September 06 - $3k right there (conroe was new, 1950xtx just came out etc.) but I figured I deserved it - my old pc was a PII 233Mhz from 1998 with a 14" CRT from the early '90's so a slight upgrade was in order.:)

Since then, added X-fi, CNPS9700, TR HR-03, HD595 'phones, 2nd HDD, TT side panel w/250mm fan, fan controller, OCZ memory cooler etc etc etc. I spent about $100 per month after the initial system.

I think I'm done for a while though. Will probably wait until next year to move to Vista (once SP1 comes out) and get a gen2 or 3 DX10 VGA card.