Weekend Open Forum: How much have you spent on your PC?

[Railman]

If I'm not mistaken, the only pc parts I bought:
1. this year is a 1tb Toshiba hdd to replace my dead two 3tb Seagate hdd.

.............

Is that the right way round? I would hardly consider a 1tb drive a replacement for two 3tb drives.

 

[Egon Spengler]

I'm a gamer/flight simmer but not really a PC-enthusiast, meaning I don't extreme overclock or use multiple GPUs, but I like to have enough gaming power. Also I recycle some parts like HDs, SSDs and graphics cards from one build to the next so it's hard to tell exactly the total cost. My current machine is a 2600k/GTX780 which I estimate at ~$1500. I'm very tempted to move to Haswell-E but keep the GTX780.

 

[Guest]

Because I am a movie fan and don't trust Nas devices

CPU: i5-4570s

MB: Msi

Memory: 4x4Gb Kingston hyperx 2133mhz

Graphics: MSI NVidia GTX 770

Storage: Ssd Ocz Vertex 4 256Gb
5 x Toshiba 3TB in Raid 5 controller Adaptec 3805

Case: Fractal Design Define R4

Lot of coolers set to minimum to keep the system silent

Wireless: Intel 450Mbps dual band

OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

 

[Guest]

440 euros, I3, Asrock 7? motherboard, amd 6850 (80 euros online) and 8GB GSkill ram

 

[Guest]

Cant remember prices but here is my current build
case: Cooler master haf 932
PS: Rosewill lightning 800
Mb: Asus z87 plus
CPU: 4670k at 4.5ghz
cooler: Noctua dh14
ram: G skill 8gb 2133mhz cas9
video: His r9 280x at 1150 mhz
ssd: Samsung 840 evo 250gb
had: Seagate 2tb Toshiba 1tb western digital 500gb and USB 3.0 western digital 1tb
DVD drive idk barely use it

 

[DjKraid]

NOTHING - I got my main computer from a partner...then I got the current rig from a family who sold a cat climbing tree to us. The current computer was thought to be broken, but it wasn't. I got a SSD for a present card which I got from my job as a present for doing a good job.
Pretty lucky tbh, the "old" rig would have gone for around 800€ and the current one would go for around 1200€.

 

[veLa]

Probably be around $1200 including all the extra fans and peripherals and having to replace the motherboard one day. I was running a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 but it burnt out so I'm running the slighter lower spec'd Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 right now even though I already have my Gigabyte board replaced/repaired via RMA. Maybe around Black Friday or Christmas time I'll order an FX-8370 and then put my current FX-8320 and the Asus board plus some other hardware into a back-up rig.

CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera @ 4GHz
MB: Asus M5A99X EVO R.20
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 16GB DDR3-1866
Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 2GB
Monitor: Acer S231HL LED-LCD
Storage: Western Digital Black 2TB SATA-III HDD
Case: Antec 1100 Illusion
PSU: Antec HCG-850W Modular
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Wireless: Linksys WMP300N
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

 

[Gadiguy1]

System Information
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
System Manufacturer: Supermicro
System Model: X8DTG-QF
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz (12 CPUs), Overclocked to ~3.9GHz
Memory: 49152MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
GPU: 3 Way AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHZ Edition CrossFireX with 12Gb GDDR5
Monitor: 1920 x 1080 W2243 + W2243T-X2 in Eyefinity Mode
Keyboard: Cooler Master MECH
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 7 ALBINO EDITION
CPU colling: 2x Thermaltake Frioak
System drive: OCZ revodrive X3 2 240Gb
PSU: Pc Power and cooling Max Power 1200W + Supermicro Server PSU 1200W
Case: Enermax Fulmo GT

About 13000$ ^_^

 

[at0mic_Mike]

It's been ongoing for a while. I'm still running a Q6600 o/c @ 3.33ghz. My last purchase was a watercooler and software. I'm up around $2,000.

 

[GhostRyder]

Lets see because thats a tough one...Let me go through the updated list:

i7 5930K $589
MSI X99S Gaming 9 AC $428
Gskill DDR4 2133 16gb $259
3x R9 290X PowerColor $520x3 or $1560
Rosewill Lightning 1300 Watt Gold $219
Corsair Obsidian 800D $250 ish (Had some deal cannot remember exact price)
LG Blu-Ray Drive $30
Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD $350
Seagate Barracuda 1tb $65
XSPC Raystorm Block and whole RX 360 + 140mm Liquid cooling system including 3 water blocks ~$1100

So minus the little touches I added like the Metal cut out for the top grill, lighting, and such its about $4850 give or take. I also bundled alot of stuff and got things at a discount at times so its hard to say exact because I do not have some of the transactions around anymore. Oh course that also does not include my monitor, keyboard, and mouse but that would make it above 5K at that point.

In short too much, but with the recent purchases (Haswell-E) that is not getting changed for 3+ years minimum. I may swap GPU's 2 times (I skip a generation with GPU purchases) minimum so I may keep it for a very long time as long as it keeps running strong.

 

[LuckyBoy]

- CPU: i7 4930 K - 562,5271 euro
- CPU cooler: Corsair H100i - 100 euro
- CPU paste: Coollaboratory Liquid – 12 euro
- Motherboards : ASUS X79-DELUXE, socket 2011 – 323 euro
- RAM: 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 MHz, cl 10 - 528,192 euro
- Graphic Card: SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 VAPOR-X – 380 euro
- Sound card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX II - 219,0713 euro
- SSD for system: Samsung 840 pro 256 GB – 232 euro
- HDD for storage: WD Black Caviar FZEX 3 TB – 200 euro
- HDD extern for backup: WD My Cloud 4 TB - 197,0502 euro
- Power supply: SeaSonic G Series 550 W GOLD – 88.5 euro
- Case: LC Power Pro 918B JUPITER_X – 57 euro
- Case cooler: Noiseblocker eLoop B12-4 - 19,2701 euro
- Monitor: Eizo Foris FS2333 - 335,6482 euro
- Mouse: Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse - 100 euro
- Mousepad: Razer Goliatus - 14 euro
- Keyboard: Logitech Internet 350 Keyboard – 14 euro
- Video camera: Logitech C270 - 23,0036 euro
- WLAN Router with WPA2 encryption: ASUS DSL-N66U N900 VDSL - 165,0207 euro
- Hama USB3.0 Multi-Kartenleser Slim - 14,2004 euro
- DVD RW: Samsung - 16 euro
Total sum: 3600,4836 euro

 

[Tokido]

- i7 4930k
- Asus Rampage IV Black Edition Mobo
- 2x EVGA GTX 780 Ti Dual Classified
- 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400Mhz RAM
- 2x 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
- Corsair AX1200i PSU
- Caselab's SMA8 case
- Custom liquid cooling (Bitspower True Silver compression fittings, 2x Swiftech D5 pump, 2x EK X3 400 reservoir, Primoflex 3/8 ID X 5/8 OD clear tubing, EK Supremacy CPU block, 2x EVGA Hydro Copper full cover GPU block + backplate, EK blood red coolant,Alphacool NexXxos Monsta Quad 140mm Radiator
Alphacool NexXxos UT Full Copper Quad 120mm Radiator

 

[rub900]

1100. Case and all. Reused my ram and dvd drive from my old build. I7- 4790. Asrock extreme 6. New hard drive. I see no reason to use a dedicated sound board. Oh and using old school 620 gtx. And for the haters. I didn't build it for you. So go comment on some one else's build.

 

[VitalyT]

How much have you spent on your PC?

Ask these guys

 

[LNCPapa]

Not much of anything this year - probably the only things I've purchased this year are my OR DK2 and a second RAID controller + BBU + 2GB Cache Module + RAID LCD display. Been a while since I've done a full build and no way I can add up the value of all the machines I've had. I currently have a dozen or so still running machines but none of those were purchased this year.

 

[red1776]

A dollar three ninety eight.

 

[Experimentongod]

I've been upgrading my PC progressively so it has been evolving since 1999!, never spent more than 563,30€ ($739.83) in one go. It would be fun to try and investigate how much I have spent on my current setup. I'll try to make some calculations when I get back from work. My longest used components were/are: Samsung floppy drive (1999-2008, unused for several years until finally removed when I updated my case), Func 1030 mousepad (2004-present, a little worn out but functional) and Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro soundcard (2006-present, will replace it next week with a Creative SoundBlaster ZxR due to an insanely good deal from Amazon.es).

EDIT: Finally went ahead and crunched some numbers:

PC:
Case: Antec One 50.30€
Motherboard: Asus P7P55 LX 91€
PSU: Corsair VX550 78€
CPU: Core i5-760 2,80Ghz 173€
Cooling: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 + Noctua NF-S12B ULN 70€
RAM: Kingston 8GB 29+27€
VGA: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 SC 245€
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB 80.25€
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 80€
Blu-ray Burner: LG BH12LS38 70€
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 270€

Peripherals:
Monitor: Dell U2312HM 393.24€
Mouse: Roccat Kone Pure 58.46€
Keyboard: CM Storm Quickfire Pro RED 65€
Webcam: Logitech Webcam C200 20€
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 299€
Headphones: Sennheiser HD595 137€
Gamepad: Xbox 360™ Controller 30€
Mousepad: Func 1030 25€

Grand total: 2.211€ // $2,901.41

 

[Prosercunus]

I usually keep it around the 1k area for a new build. Most of that going toward the video card. I am still running an i5-2500k, 8GB, and a GTX580 in which I cannibalized from my previous build (computer case, HDDs, dvdrom, power supply, etc)

 

[dividebyzero]

Not a lot thanks to a country with exorbitant import tax and an almost complete lack of enthusiast hardware outlets ( I think there is ONE store in the entire country that stocks watercooling gear)...so I import at wholesale prices and sell locally at retail (helps to offset the only locally sources items too expensive to ship -chassis, PSU). The only thing I tend to keep a record of is watercooling parts -which for some inexplicable reason I seem to hoard, and graphics cards which owe me about $NZ500 (~$US400) in the last 10 years or so (Nvidia NV35/ATI R360 to current GTX 780 SLI).

 

[cliffordcooley]

I recall spending $190 for 4 mb ram to play Doom..so take it from there.

That was my justification for buying 4MB of RAM as well. lol
What year was it? (93, 94)

 

[red1776]

Not a lot thanks to a country with exorbitant import tax and an almost complete lack of enthusiast hardware outlets ( I think there is ONE store in the entire country that stocks watercooling gear)...so I import at wholesale prices and sell locally at retail (helps to offset the only locally sources items too expensive to ship -chassis, PSU). The only thing I tend to keep a record of is watercooling parts -which for some inexplicable reason I seem to hoard, and graphics cards which owe me about $NZ500 (~$US400) in the last 10 years or so (Nvidia NV35/ATI R360 to current GTX 780 SLI).

I don't get hosed on import/VAT like you do and I just added up my cooling system at $2200 without fans. Wonder what that would be with NZ's import taxes....yikes

 

[infiltrator]

A couple of months ago, I built a complete new system that cost me around $6000 dollars.

 

[dividebyzero]

I don't get hosed on import/VAT like you do and I just added up my cooling system at $2200 without fans. Wonder what that would be with NZ's import taxes....yikes

$US170 for a EK 290X FCWB, bog standard Primochill LRT @ $US3.34/ft (Tygon E-3603 is 3x the price and my preferred 2475IB is close to $20/ft) , Bitspower 1/2ID-3/4OD compression fittings $US18.40 each, a bare D5 PWM at $US117.
Thankfully the guys at Performance PCs, Hellfire Toyz, and Bitspower make shopping locally a rare occurrence.
If you need a replacement 290X give me a yell. We have sweet deals for reference models starting at $US 670 !

 

[Snowden]

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209 bitcoins

 

[dividebyzero]

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209 bitcoins

Easy as pi(e)

 

[Khanonate]

If I'm not mistaken, the only pc parts I bought:
1. this year is a 1tb Toshiba hdd to replace my dead two 3tb Seagate hdd.
2. last year is an asus gtx650.

...have yet to buy Samsung series 3 gaming monitor 23" full hd, 2ms, now available at local store.

Samsung series 5 gaming monitor 24" full hd, 2ms is out now...