How much have you spent on building your whole computer

[Techguystu]

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]

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

 

[tw33k]

Just over $AU2500

 

[mpcrsc562]

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

 

[johnwillyums]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

More than that.

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

Ditto.

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)

 

[Everlong]

Too much. I think most of my student loan has gone on upgrading my PC. As well as most of my wages from my part time job.

 

[pparks1]

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

Yeah, that's a standard type TN panel...which is essentially what I have. I've got a slightly cheaper 23" Acer at the present time.

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

Thanks for the information. I've always had good luck with my Dell monitors. I have a couple of them at home and that is what we pretty much use exclusively at work in the office.

I did read about the A01 revision or higher online...so that would be something that I would be looking at. I've got an 18.1 Dell UltraSharp on one of my older computers now and it's been a fantastic monitor. Everything between that one and now has been somewhat of a letdown. So, I'm really looking forward to getting a new "really nice" monitor. Considering you look at the monitor all day long, it should be one of those things we don't skimp out on...but many people do.

 

[johnwillyums]

Check this out: NEC MultiSync EA231WMi BK 23" Widescreen IPS Monitor Black

also rave review:Review - NEC MultiSync EA231WMi Review | bit-tech.net

 

[TheSchaft]

Back in the day (486, P-II, P-III) the sweet spot for a custom build was about $1500, and that was what I typically spent. Price stayed about the same as capability (HD, RAM, video) went up.

My last four cost < $700 each, not counting monitors - two laptops, two desktops bought over the last five years.

 

[Zepher]

$1300 on my hard drives alone.
$250 for my case
$200 for proc
$130 for mobo
$90 for KB
$60 for G13
$250 for 19" LCD
$150 for 20" LCD
$350 for Alesis M1 Active MK2 Speakers
$100 for 8GB of ram
$50 for my Sennhieser headset
$25 for DVD-RW
$360 for GTX285
$35 for cpu cooler
$80 for my MX1000 mouse (soon to be an MX1100 that Logitech is replacing it with)
$25 for a hub
$20 for card reader
$50 for Antec 650watt PSU ($129 one that was on sale )
$75 Promise SATA card

and that is about it for the current configuration.
I don't really want to add it up though.

 

[bjproc]

for my HTPC

Compucase 7K Series Desktop Micro ATX £40

ASUS M4A78-VM 780G £40

AMD Athlon X2 245 £40

2 X Crucial 1GB DDR2 800MHz £28

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB £28

Asus HD 4550 512MB DDR3 £25

Windows 7 £78

all prices excl. VAT

plus other bits & pieces

total = £370 inc VAT

 

[pacinitaly]

1999 dell laptop win98se $3400
2001 dell tower win2000 $1400
2002 gateway tower XPhome $1100
2004 gateway tower XPpro $1000
2007 dell tower vista HP $750
2008 gateway laptop vista HPsp1 $649
2010 gateway laptop win7 $679

+ around $600 in hardware(drives,ram,storage)
+ around $ 1000 in software (office 97buss,2000buss,2003pro,2007pro)

holy crapola, I can't belive it
$10,578

 

[loaba]

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

Good question - as my system is continually updated, it's a little tricky to add it all up.

I'd say I have spent, over a period of time, at least $1200.00 on this system.

 

[luigirez1]

About $380. (My specs are below)

 

[Billy]

I spent around $1250 (everything in the specs)