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My CPU cost me 900euro :/ that is the most expensive part in my system 

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I bought my GTX 780 around five days after launch since i have no patience at all...

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Gigabyte Z77X-UP7

My current motherboard <3 It's list price was originally £420

 

£160 Amazon UK order > http://gyazo.com/fdc1cddd060644d6a3cfe6e3cafb9aea

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For my pc it was My gtx 465 for around ~$280. Most expensive think I purchased was my halo 4 Xbox 360 for $~380 at the midnight release.

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Caselabs SMA8 case - $650

Dual EVGA GTX 780 Ti Dual Classified Hydro copper - $950 each

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my CPU, at $229 at retail.

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my Benq XL2420TE which I bought for $480 including tax and shipping

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MSI GTX 760 - €225

Dell Inspiron 580 - Modified

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I spent $500 on a GTX 780 for my 2nd Gaming rig for my roomate to use and didn't know I already had one in it. I could of just did SLI with my 780 but... I ended up giving the 780 to my brother for his Bday.

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I spent $200 on an i5 paired with a GTX 650 Ti. Never will I do that again.

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Probably my two Titans at $1200 AUD each, pretty expensive cards. 

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Lol I used a GTX 650 TI for such a long time it's a good card for some MMOs but most games have issue running at higher graphics with it. I think I ended up giving that to my brother when I got my 780 then gave him a 780 like a year later. That SoB gets out of paying for stuff lol JK

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Minecraft.

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I blew a shit load of money on fl studio 10

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Well, here comes the shame...

I fell for one of those speaker scams. I don't even remember what model the guys said it was.

But back when I was living with my dad, I was 14, and I've been working since 13. So I had some money saved up, had a few odd things I had bought here and there, but I wanted my first proper expensive item bought by me...

So I put down $380 on a 7.1 speaker set that went out in three weeks, had poor audio quality since the beginning (the guy only demo'd it at low volumes for me) and I had to continuously fix them by tearing apart speakers my dad would bring home from working on cars and such. So they were Frankensteined by the time I finally gave them to my girlfriend just last year.

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


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You don't waste money on tech stuff.

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i sadly bought a PS3 a few years ago.. never making such a mistake again...

Proud Member of the Glorious PC Master Race

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i sadly bought a PS3 a few years ago.. never making such a mistake again...

If you're a PC gamer now I feel your pain I got a PS3 a few years ago and now its just used for netflix. But if you're a xbox fan I hate you!

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If you're a PC gamer now I feel your pain I got a PS3 a few years ago and now its just used for netflix. But if you're a xbox fan I hate you!

oh i have been a PC gamer for 15-16 years, its just i was hyped for the coming FF games.. but they turned into complete shit..  and very few other exclusives on the PS3 worth a damn

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£35 for an Apple keyboard. Back then I did not know of the wonders of a Mechanical Keyboard. Sold it and went straight to a Corsair K90.

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I'd give 0.1 $ to whom will guide me to an anti dust solution !

 

my computer gets full with dust each like now !

 

 

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but my biggest waste of money on hardware = non !

 

each has its use

each has its purpose

 

if you're wasting the bucks then you're the stupid guy here !

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i sadly bought a PS3 a few years ago.. never making such a mistake again...

 

It's great as dvd/bluray player :D

diedo, on 03 Aug 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

I'd give 0.1 $ to whom will guide me to an anti dust solution !

 

my computer gets full with dust each like now !

 

Use dust filters, clean it out regularly (Linus did a guide on this) and make sure the air pressure in your case is good.

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15USD for a defective Memory Stick which the local shop won't RMA....

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