How much have you spent on building your whole computer

Techguystu · 26 Apr 2010

Hi just wondering how much have you spent on building your computer setup...

here is mine

my case was £5 from the recycling centre
motherboard was free with processer and psu and ram
g force 7600 gs 256 mb ram free from the man over the road

seagate 160 gb sata hdd free from my father
40 gb ide wester digital £10 junk shop

green led cpu cooler £5.99 from :

Maplin Electronics ? Website- 1.5TB Seagate External Hard Drive Free Delivery

white cold cathode neon free out of an old scanner

antec fan and 4 other fans came with the case

dvd dual layer free from dads old pc

i think my computer has done really well consider i spent ... like £22 on it

:) stu

z3r010 · 26 Apr 2010

I think I'm better not even trying to work out what mine cost

tw33k · 26 Apr 2010

Just over $AU2500

mpcrsc562 · 26 Apr 2010

I can't tell.
My wife might see the thread (over my shoulder) and I'll get in trouble.

johnwillyums · 26 Apr 2010

I really dread to think. I currently have two pcs, the recent one cost twice as much as the previous one and I bet I really couldn't tell much difference in ordinary use.
In 5 years I've had 5 keyboards and several mice, a couple of heat sink fans etc
It's an obsession.

pparks1 · 26 Apr 2010

My current build wasn't too bad at all.
$1192 for my box, cpu, mobo, case, power supply, mechanical hard drive, OS, DVD Buner

$289 for the Intel X25-M Gen 2 SSD drive that I added to it

$165 for the Acer monitor that I am currently using

$50 for my mechanical keyboard
$35 for my Logitech G9 laser mouse

So, $1,731 give or take.

I am looking to replace my monitor with a 24" Dell U2410 ($539) and am looking at the Sapphire Radeon 5850 video card (~$290). But both of those are going to have to wait a while.

whs · 26 Apr 2010

I am looking to replace my monitor with a 24" Dell U2410 ($539)

Have a look at the 24" HP too. They are really nice also - and a bit cheaper.

pparks1 · 26 Apr 2010

whs said:

I am looking to replace my monitor with a 24" Dell U2410 ($539)

Have a look at the 24" HP too. They are really nice also - and a bit cheaper.

Which HP monitor in particular?? I'm really looking for an IPS based flat panel (not another TN panel) and I'd like to get one which rotates, swivels, etc.

whs · 26 Apr 2010

pparks1 said:

whs said:

I am looking to replace my monitor with a 24" Dell U2410 ($539)

Have a look at the 24" HP too. They are really nice also - and a bit cheaper.

Which HP monitor in particular?? I'm really looking for an IPS based flat panel (not another TN panel) and I'd like to get one which rotates, swivels, etc.

I was actually thinking of this one (which is 25" now). Check the reviews. But it does not rotate/swivel.

smarteyeball · 26 Apr 2010

Techguystu said:

i think my computer has done really well consider i spent ... like £22 on it

More than that.

z3r010 said:

I think I'm better not even trying to work out what mine cost

Ditto.

whs said:

I am looking to replace my monitor with a 24" Dell U2410 ($539)

Have a look at the 24" HP too. They are really nice also - and a bit cheaper.

The HP LP2475w and the U2410 use essentially the same H-IPS panel (HP-8bit, Dell newer revision 12-bit)

Both are good, to a large degree the same, so nab whichever is cheaper.

(Make sure the Dell is at least a A01 revision. Also, Dell's quality is hit and miss. When it's a good one, it's very good - when it's dodgy - they can be shockers)