How much are you willing?

[OubliezJe]

How much are you willing to spend on a computer?

 

[Super Bolt V2]

I would spend $500 less and build on that buying new parts now and then

 

[Iyce Da Kidd]

well i spent 1200 for mines. so i choose the "over 1000" option

 

[OubliezJe]

Ya, i guessthat would be better, jsut incase what your buying you could get for cheapre if you bought the parts yourself....hmmm...

 

[Enix]

hmm...i spent a total of $49 for mine I just had to pay for the case and the ram. the rest of the parts where shipped to me from a friend.i think i got the least expensive computer on the forums, but it sure isnt slow.

 

[Suicider]

if i would have the money, i would spend on computer parts unlimited

 

[Synth]

If I had it my way... I would get the most expensive and best graphicly supported computer currently in public purchase and access. But, reality forces me to stay in the 500 to 1000 range

 

[DiebytheSword]

I have spent $4000 in the past for a PC.

$3000 for my 80386DX2 rig. (Woot 1993)
$4000 for my CX486DX2 rig. (Woot 1994)
$1600 for my Pentium 1 rig. (YAY COLLEGE! 1996)
$200 for my Pentium 2 rig. ( Yay for being poor! 1999 )
$600 for my current Nforce2 AthlonXP Barton core . . .

I made the last two by myself, did the PII for a freind who later broke it, then I bought it off of him and got it running in about 10 minutes

This current machine is a WIP, I still need to add a killer video card.


Building your own is not neccisarily cheaper, I reused alot of parts to come in under my original $350 budget. I've built upon that for the last year, adding a faster and bigger HD and more ram.

 

[Kurt`]

First computer I bought was in the $1,000+ range.

The computer I'm on now I custom built this summer for about $500..

new case
new mobo (ABit KD7-Raid)
Athlon 2200+ XP
512 megs DDR Ram (400mhz)
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra (256 meg model)

I was able to save some money, because I had my existing 17" monitor and 120 gig hard drive (although I had to buy another 120 gig drive recently due to anime taking over my other one -_-)

It's fast enough for most of the stuff I do (casual gaming, web/c++ programming, video editing, running zillions of anime torrents), so I'm happy with it.

But to answer the question, it would depend on what I was buying the system for. If it was for gaming, I would go for the $1,500+ range.

If it was for more casual things, I would stay in the $1,000- range.

 

[TwisteR]

well mine cost 1000+, but i wouldnt spend too much over that. anything extra that i would need i would buy separate.

 

[SoulStriker]

I would spend as much as it takes to get the system I want.
I of course would take it into consideration, but most times when I buy my PC's (in my life i'v bought 2) they usually cost about $4000+ (keeping in mind I bought this PC like 4 years ago or so). The laptop I designed for myself will cost me about $1600, etc.

Whatever it takes to get the system I want

 

[Judge]

well at home my parents etc, spend aprox 2000 euro on a PC. but I think these days we would spend around 1500 dollar I guess.

 

[Devion]

Almost every year I spend about 300 euro at upgrading my pc :x.

That's enough for me.

 

[Big VEE]

Money...Got none.

Too Lazy, job-less, family-less, and too 15 to care about getting a computer...

I typed all this becuase I have a good family, I care, I'm 17, very active and have alot of money with a good job...(hypocracy is fun..Yes?)..

I can respond to posts here and get on the internet using my "Krazy Psycic powers"...and us school computers too

-Blue on Black

 

[Korgan]

I would spend as much as it takes to get the system I want

Same here!

im british so if i convert the one im getting in a few months will cost about $5000 - $6000

gettin the best of everything thats out at the time! with about 10 drives all with 120 gig on them!

 

[Son Asid]

well i am from denmark so i buy for DANISH Kroner 1 dollar = 7 kroner or something like that.. i have spent like 22.000 kroner on my computer that i have earned myself.. and i am 16 years old so i think i have used, well... to much on my computer i have upgraded it like every month in a year now or something like that but well... u can say i use HUGE amounts of money on my pc...

 

[GhostBoi]

Well I think I'd spend about less than $500 on my base comp. but then later ill upgrade.

The one I'm eyeing right now:
Athlon 2600+ XP
512 mb RAM
128 Radeon 9200
120 Gig HD

P.S. go to Tiger Direct if you want a cheap one.

 

[Gonadz]

with about 10 drives all with 120 gig on them!

Eehm lol? 10 drives? wtf? Anyway i spend about 600 bucks on this one and its still running smooth even though its not top of the line. I'm really suppised about the number of no crashes i've had. I mean thees are my specs:

Asus motherboard (no idea about the type)
P4 2.4 ghz
512 mb 333 mhz ddr ram
GF 4 Ti 4200 64 mb (AGP8X)

Now thats not top of the line and i'm planing on getting a new state of the art vid card soon. But it runs so damn smooth. I mean my boot time is seriously 7 seconds. its crasy.

 

[DR.D]

with mine i got for like 1000 then upgraded it again and again getting new cases L.E.D fans and stuff

 

[Hibiki]

1000 - infinity


seeing as computer is the most important and most used thing i own it needs to be as good as possible