View Full Version : How much is your system worth?
PeterStoba
17-11-07, 12:29
How much have you spent on your current system(s)?
and, post a photo please, as this is the 'show us yours' section :)
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/1871/snv31393cf8.jpg
£300 on the internals, the case did cost £80 when it was brought. Psu was £80 when it was brought a while ago.
:O still using Factory fitted CPU fan!
get one of these, they increase the life of the processor
28756
Why spend £36 on a cpu fan that will not take off much more than the stock? The stock gives me temps of about 30-35 degrees, Hmm actually i might just get one...
I've spent £2000 on my PC. Picture will come soon.
EDIT: well infact more if your including monitor and speaker?
If i built my gaming pc from scratch today i probably wouldn't get much change from £1300. The case and psu £300+, £300ish for mobo and cpu, gfx £350ish, physx and sound card maybe £130, watercooling £150ish + drives and os etc.
The Architect
17-11-07, 15:22
LOL - my PC only cost about £300. It's got nothing special inside but it's extremely responsive and in no need of an upgrade. I suppose not being a gamer helps to keep the cost down!
Architect, you feel like giving away some free arctic freezer pro 7? coolers? :P
The Architect
17-11-07, 16:19
If I did that, everyone else would start asking for freebies :p
PeterStoba
17-11-07, 16:24
I mean everything, all components, keyboard, mouse, speakers, external hardrives, case, coooling
Okay a total:
£20 for keyboard
£20 for Saitek GS3200 lazer mouse
£80 for Chieftec case (purple)
£80 for Tagan 420w psu
£75 for E4500
£50 for 2GB OCZ platinum Rev2
£60 for EVGA 650i Ultra.
£30 for Samsung 160gb HD 8mb cache
£80 for 512mb x1950pro from Triplex.
£100 for Asus 19" widescreen monitor
£15 for s200 2.1 logitech speakers
Total: £530 (very rough estimate.
ok well iv spent around £2300 on my pc then.
Specs and pics Micky?
With monitor and other stuff mines probably nearer £1500, don't have a fancy monitor but my mouse was £50ish, iirc, Razer Copperhead
well that was the price i paid for when i bought it at the beginning of this year when everything only just came out like Core 2 DUO and 8800GTX.
Specs: (Taken from my PDF Aria Invoice)
Coolermaster Wavemaster Silver 70.00
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Retail 169.89
OCZ 700W SLI Ready GameXStream PSU 83.55
Asus P5W DH Deluxe i975X Socket 775 123.97
OCZ 2GB kit EL DDR2 PC2-6400 / 800 159.95
Gainward BLISS 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E 365.00
x 2 150GB WD Raptor 10K SATA 16MB 278.00
NEC AD-7170A-0S 18x DVDRW DL Silver 18.30
Coolwatch-SV 34.99
Scythe Ninja-PLUS Rev B CPU Cooler 22.95
x2 Akasa Crystal Blue LED Fan 12cm 15.00
2 Yr On-Site Warranty 74.95
**SYSTEM LABOUR CHARGE** 45.00
19" TFT Samsung Monitor £155
7.1 Neutac Speakers £35
G15 Keyboard £50
G7 Mouse £50
Logitech Gaming Headset £32
Saitek X-52 Flight Control System £55
Panasonic Bluetooth Headset £55
Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM £78.95
Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 £55.20
Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router £36.95
20m Standard UTP Net Cable RJ45 £4.50
Icy Box 138SK-S Full Alu Alloy Rack £15.20
COST: £2084.35
VAT: £364.76
Total: £2449.11
My Digital Camera Is Broke At The Moment, Ill See What I Can Do Guys
The Architect
18-11-07, 23:52
It's interesting that your graphics card alone costs more than my PC :P
lol i needed a code card though for gaming and i do Video Editing aswell so i needed it.
I love how you paid for labour for it to be made, your not a real techie unless youve stained you hand with thermal paste :P
no the only reason why i paid for it is because i didnt want to **** anything up after paying all that money and also because i paid for 2Yrs Warranty.
PeterStoba
19-11-07, 16:15
Case - £45
Keyboard - £15
Mouse - £10
Graphics Tablet - £40
Speakers - £50
External Hardrive 320GB - £90
2x IDE DVD-RW - £40
1 x IDE HD 40GB - £20
ASUS P4S800-MX - £50
512MB DDR2 400 RAM - £40
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU - £80
Dell 15" TFT Monitor - £120
Total : £600 (at the time - old machine)
Case - £45
Keyboard - £15
Mouse - £10
Graphics Tablet - £40
Speakers - £50
External Hardrive 320GB - £90
2x SATA DVD-RW - £35
2 x SATA HD 500GB - £140
Intel Quad Core 2.4GHz - £165
ASUS P5KPL-VM - £50
2GB OCZ DDR2 900 RAM - £40
ASUS 22" TFT Monitor - £175
Graphics Card - 9 Series, around £250-£300
TV Tuner - £45
Fans - £10
Sound Card - £25
Total : £935 without graphics card
My PC is plugged into my £7000 HiFi - does that count too?
My machine
gigabyte 3d aurora black - £76
msi neo platinum - £96
Amd64 4000 - £80
arctic cooler 64 - £15
corsair 2gb xms platinum - £130
x1950 pro extreme - £120
creative Xfi - £50
320gb seagate - £60
250gb maxtor - £100
250gb maxtor - £50
500gb seagate - £60
pioneer dvd 112 - £20
sony dvd rom - £11
logitech media elite- £15
logitech mx 1000 - £46
LG 226LTQ - £190
creative 5.1 speakers - £32
corepad mouse mat :) - £15
About £1200
Come on people we need more piccies in the piccy thread!!!
omg why the hell would you pay £7,000 for a HIFI?
Quite easily i'd imagine, specially if you are into vinyl.
omg why the hell would you pay £7,000 for a HIFI?
Cos he likes music and good stuff costs good money!? My speakers were worth £800 when I got them a coupla years ago, and I think they sound awesome - they are noticabley better than the £300 ones I had before. The rest of the system is good, but not up to the same standard as the speakers - its probably worth £2k in total - and it does show that the speakers are the best bit. I would imagine with a £7k rig, the audio would be great :D
yea, well for the price he paid should be.
no the only reason why i paid for it is because i didnt want to **** anything up after paying all that money and also because i paid for 2Yrs Warranty.
My thoughts
its called being sensible :)
for 7k i'd buy tickets to the bands i like and listen to them live.....
you couldnt buy the bands and take them home and listen to them whenever you want tho!! unless they were **** bands, and then you probably wouldnt want to anyway... ;)
But then when you've seen all the bands - you got nothing to show for it - this way, I can listen to them whenever I want...
Besides - it helps when I produce/mix/master my own music (hence the silent PC...)
Anyone wanna listen, just let me know... :P
But then when you've seen all the bands - you got nothing to show for it - this way, I can listen to them whenever I want...
Besides - it helps when I produce/mix/master my own music (hence the silent PC...)
Anyone wanna listen, just let me know... :P
post some MP3 download links
yea and get Aria sued at the same time lol
Micky slaxor is the owner, i assume, of the music so its not an issue ;)
ohhhhh thought you was on about proper songs
who said they arent proper songs?
lol you know what i mean.
If he is going to be singing in them dont bother letting me listen to them.
lol... he might have an awesome voice! maybe..
well we will soon see if he has what it takes to be the next XFACTOR ! :lol:
mine owes me about 5 hundred a year for the past 3 or so.....dam i wish i didnt game on it....lol who am i kinding :D
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9161/14012008017fs0.jpg
Marsey turn the cooler round so it draws air from ram, you will knock off about 3-5 degrees from the cpu that way.
PeterStoba
29-01-08, 19:04
With my latest updates it's £1180
Case - £80
Keyboard - £15
Mouse - £10
Graphics Tablet - £40
Speakers - £50
Fans - £10
Sound Card - £25
External Hardrive 320GB - £90
Sony NEC Optiarc 18x DVD-RW - £25
160GB Samsung Spinpoint 8MB - £40
Intel Quad Core 2.4GHz - £165
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R - £75
2GB OCZ DDR2 900 RAM - £40
OCZ StealthXStream 600w - £50
Hiyatek HY-TP-1501 - £30
ASUS 22" TFT Monitor - £175
Asustek 8800GTS 512MB - £205
Scythe Mugen - £30
Mine is about £1600+ but the main part was bought 6 months ago. So it is probably worth about £1000 if I am lucky.
Mines is worth about £700 give or take.
Mine is worth about 50p. And i'm not even joking. :lol:
Mine is worth about 50p. And i'm not even joking. :lol:
I'll give you a fiver for it
Marsey turn the cooler round so it draws air from ram, you will knock off about 3-5 degrees from the cpu that way.
i had it like that lynx and my cpu would idle around 32/34c with it like this its dropped to 30/32c.
i put it down to the 92mm fan on the hs not being able to push enough air over the hs fins as it was fighting with the sflex fans in the roof, by turning it this way the fans in the roof are pulling as the stock fan pushes so the work in tandum and cool the cpu better.
i will need to update that pic as i have just got my 2x2gb sticks of pc8000 so the doms are coming out and these ocz are going in.
With the cpu fan over the ram, blowing air towards the rear of the case, and the rear case fan blowing out of the back of the case you should, i say should, get better results.
monkey56657
30-01-08, 17:33
Depends who im tryna flog it to :mrgreen:
Matthew092009
11-02-08, 22:34
mine worth about £50..Still socket a lol 2900+
still more powerful than my current home rig... ;)
firewarrior
21-02-08, 21:40
my speakers cost more than my pc :S
mine worth about £50..Still socket a lol 2900+
I sold my Barton XP 3000+ socket A for £90 a year ago on ebay, I couldn't believe how much demand there was for it.
CPU - Intel E6750 2.66
RAM - OCZ 2GB 800Mhz
PSU - 650W
Gfx - Nvidia 8600GT 512mb
MoBo - G31MX-S2
Cost - £600
Now mine is less than that but I'm happy;
E2160 @ 3ghz = £42
Patriot 2GB 800 = £28
Neo2-FR = £60
160GB SATA = £18
7950GX2 = £70
3D Aurora = £5 :D:D:D
Total = £223... and most of that I've made back from ebay!
£180, mesh case and watercooling
£70 E4500 @ 3.3ghz
£40, 2gb OCZ platinum,
£40, EVGA 650i
£30. 160GB HD
£50, Psu, forgot brand
£70, X1950 pro
Total:£480
PeterStoba
21-03-08, 20:58
Jon, do you ebay most of your stuff? :lol:
Nope, but this time i'm on the verge of moving so need to shift some stuff lol
PeterStoba
23-03-08, 13:24
Just worked it out now
Razer Diamondback 3G 1800dpi Frost Blue - £34.02
nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 512MB - £187.94
Antec P182 Advanced Super Midi Tower - £81.69
NEC Optiarc 18x DVD-RW RAM SATA Black - £16.63
Intel Core 2 Quad - Q6600 - 95W G0 stepping - OEM - £153.86
Arctic Silver V Compound - £4.17
OCZ 2GB PC2-7200 Special Ops (2x1GB) - £38.72
OCZ 2GB PC2-7200 Special Ops (2x1GB) - £35.19
22" Asus VW222S Widescreen TFT Monitor - £173.85
OCZ 600W StealthXStream PSU - £52.82
Total : £778.89
Scythe Mugen (Infinity) Socket 775 CPU Cooler - £32.20
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 iP35 Socket 775 ATX Motherboard - £70.35
Plexus DVI-I Single Link To VGA Cable (Black) 1m - £2.13
Arctic Silver ArctiClean 30ml - £3.85
Total : £108.53
Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 7200RPM S300 3.5" - £33.29
Total : £33.29
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64Bit - £58.50
Scythe KAMA-BAY Black System Cooler - £12.91
Kaspersky Antivirus v7.0 - £7.03
Razer Exactmat Gaming Mouse Pad - £25.84
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 - £16.38
Scythe 120mm Fan Clips for Scythe Heatsinks - £2.93
Razer Lycosa "Unstoppable" Gaming Keyboard - £58.74
Total : £182.32
2x YATE LOON 120mm - D12SH-12 - £7.98
Total : £7.98
Grand total : £1113
Not much - at all! Need a new build very soon!! Will have around £1000-£1200 :)
An old ECS L7VTM mobo
Athlon XP 2400+ and a Antec Socket A Cooler
1xAntec Pro 80mm case fan
2x512mb DDR Memory
1xSeagate 250gb HDD and 1xSamsund 120gb Backup/PageFile HDD
1xLite-On DVD-ROM and 1x LG DVD-RW drive
A floppy drive - yes, its that old
Windows XP Home Edition
An Advent OEM Monitor
and Advent OEM Speakers
Also a Epson Stylus Photo Printer
And a Canon Canoscan Scanner
Cost when bought 02/2007 - now (approx):
E6600 - £215
P35C DS3R - £90
GiEL 2GB PC6400C4 - £117 :O :cry:
GiEL 2GB PC6400C4 - £117 :O :cry:
74GB Raptor - £90
WD5000AAKS - £120
Samsung F1 750GB - £90
HIS ATI X1950pro - £140
Corasir HX520W - £70
Lian-Li PC-A16A - £90
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme £35
Thermalright HR-03 - £25
Thermalright HR-05 SLI - £15
Saitek Eclipse II - £30
Razer DeathAdder - £35
Total: ~£1279
Cost today (approx):
E6600 - £150 (if you can find one)
P35C DS3R - £80
GiEL 2GB PC6400C4 - £30
GiEL 2GB PC6400C4 - £30
74GB Raptor - £90
WD5000AAKS - £60
Samsung F1 750GB - £90
HIS ATI X1950pro - £75
Corasir HX520W - £70
Lian-Li PC-A16A - £90
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme £35
Thermalright HR-03 - £25
Thermalright HR-05 SLI - £15
Saitek Eclipse II - £20
Razer DeathAdder - £30
Total: ~£890
theBishopp
25-03-08, 15:30
omg why the hell would you pay £7,000 for a HIFI?
hehehehehe because he is an "AUDIOPHILE"... I bet he has a special pen set too! - http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/product/chunky/chunky.html
or even a special mat! - http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_12_3/marigo-labs-signature-3d-mat-7-2005.html
Incidentally, I have this audio cable I am selling, using de-ionised gold plating, which gives a better sound quality as the metal is thinner and therefore causes less interference. It is braided in an inert black rubber coating and comes in at a mere £895 per meter...
Drop me a pm to let me know how much you want! :)
jesus guys the max i would spend on a pc is like £500
Mine is completely without any extras, like software or sound systems etc.
traptwolover
25-03-08, 22:17
Lian-Li case £215
Asus Blitz Extreme £180
Intel QX6700 £390
Pny 8800Ultra £420
2Gb Corsiar DDR 3 Twinx £220
150Gb Raptor £150
750Gb Seagate £160
350Gb Maxtor £60
1010W OCZ Psu(dont know why extra 10w) £170
Thermatake bigwater 760i £90
SB X-Fi £60
Mx 518 mouse £35
Zboard MERC keyboard £30
Razor Hp-1 barracuda headset on order should be here tomoz £80
These are the prices i paid but i know alot are cheaper now but that's life !!
Serious PC and i only built it for the launch of COD 4 modern warfare ( as i am a COD Addict )
BTW we are recruiting good cod 4 players xfire me Nluwdctrap2
I spend too much at aria
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT IceQ Turbo 512MB DDR3 PCI-E £90.12
2xPioneer DVR-115D 20x Internal DVDRW Beige £34.20
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz £115.80
4x320Gb Western Digital SATA2 £183.08
Hauppauge WinTV HVR3000 - PCI Tri-Mode TV Card £59.75
Logitech Chillstream Controller £23.03
Razer Diamondback 3G 1800dpi, Blue £29.20
Razer Tarantula Tarantula £102.00
Razer ExactMat Mouse Pad £19.33
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit OEM £103.81
ThermalTake Xaser III Tower £126.45
Corsair 3000MB TwinX XMS2 £62.48
OCZ 700W GameXStream SLI Ready PSU £70.44
Arctic Cooling fan £15.92
DGM Moniter £121
Asus Motherboard P5B-SE P965 LGA775 Core2 £49.88
Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System £97.47
1253.40(estimate on some parts)8)
P.s the best gear i have is anything by Razor or Thermerltaker
I spend too much at aria
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT IceQ Turbo 512MB DDR3 PCI-E £90.12
2xPioneer DVR-115D 20x Internal DVDRW Beige £34.20
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz £115.80
4x320Gb Western Digital SATA2 £183.08
Hauppauge WinTV HVR3000 - PCI Tri-Mode TV Card £59.75
Logitech Chillstream Controller £23.03
Razer Diamondback 3G 1800dpi, Blue £29.20
Razer Tarantula Tarantula £102.00
Razer ExactMat Mouse Pad £19.33
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit OEM £103.81
ThermalTake Xaser III Tower £126.45
Corsair 3000MB TwinX XMS2 £62.48
OCZ 700W GameXStream SLI Ready PSU £70.44
Arctic Cooling fan £15.92
DGM Moniter £121
Asus Motherboard P5B-SE P965 LGA775 Core2 £49.88
Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System £97.47
1253.40(estimate on some parts)8)
P.s the best gear i have is anything by Razor or Thermerltaker
u paid for vista? DAMN lol
wow those microsoft ******* already rich as it is
Cooler Master Cosmos S case (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=CSE-CM-RC-1100-KKN)£ 148.99
Asus P5E X38 Chipset (Skt 775) 1600FSB DDR2 PCI-E Crossfire (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=MB7-ASU-P5EX38)£ 104.95
Samsung 22x SH-S223F DVD±RW SATA - Black (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=OPT-IS-SH-S223F)£ 14.95
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775) (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=CPUBX80562Q6600SLACR)£ 104.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=FAN-AC-FREEZER-7)£ 11.95
500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 16MB (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=HDA-500-HD501LJ)£ 38.95
OCZ 4GB PC2-8000 Platinum XTC (2x2GB) (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=MEM-OCZ2P10004GK)£ 54.95
Cooler Master Real Power M620W Modular Power Supply (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=POW-CM-RP-620)£ 62.16
So far my system is worth around £600-700
And then i have this to buy
52 in 1 Card Reader Black with USB (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Card+Readers/Internal+Card+Readers/52+in+1+Card+Reader+Black+with+USB+?productId=2490 2)£ 6.99
Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Keyboards/Saitek+Eclipse+2+Illuminated+Keyboard+?productId=2 5053)£ 25.97
Saitek Cyborg Gaming Mouse (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Mice/Saitek+Cyborg+Gaming+Mouse+?productId=29241)£ 30.82
Nexus Real Silent 120mm Fan with PWM control (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Case+Fans/120mm+Case+Fans/Nexus+Real+Silent+120mm+Fan+with+PWM+control+?prod uctId=30573)x3£ 5.95
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB cache (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/1TB+Samsung+Spinpoint+F1+SATA2+7200RPM+32MB+cache+ ?productId=30998)x2 £ 90.42
Sapphire Radeon 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0 (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Sapphire+Radeon+4870+512MB+PCI-E+2.0+?productId=32345)£ 183.01
Its roughly around £1600
EDIT: Forgot to mention the two 24" monitors that i havnt decided on yet, i know what i want, but its getting money
Im not allowed to do overtime at the moment
Old desktop - £600 when new, closest I can build it for now is approx £300 (with the closest parts still available to buy, so it's actually for a better system)
Laptop was £450 6 months ago. Equivalent now is probably about £375.
Both bought as whole systems
solidsteve
24-07-08, 16:04
well if i add everything up thats makeing up mine i'm running up to about £1400 - £1500 easy
this will be nothing to my next rig mind you i'm looking at spending in the £2000 - £3000 mark for my next build:|
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