What to get for my birthday?

[Squarq]

What should I get for my birthday?

So, my birthday is quickly approaching, and my parents gave me a budget of $200 to spend however I like. So far, I've decided to get a laptop bag, battery pack, and bluetooth earbuds. The problem is that all of those things only total to $80, so I have no idea how to spend the leftover $120. . . Put in your ideas of what you would buy with the money.

 

*I can't upgrade my pc as it's a small form-factor pre-built system, so It's going to be really difficult to upgrade anything useful.

[RGProductions]

2 minutes ago, Squarq said:

 

A nice keyboard and Mouse

[terrytek]

knowing me, i'd spend all my money on food.

[rn8686]

Do you have an SSD in your PC? More ram? Better peripherals?  

[DrM]

prob a nice ssd. its fine if theres no dedicated mounting hardware, you can just zip tie it somewhere or let it hang, since theres no moving parts

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1273746-REG/crucial_ct525mx300ssd1_mx300_525g.html

 

you could also use it to upgrade your laptop too

Edited October 16, 2016 by DrM

[Wolther]

http://www.mysnuggiestore.com/ best purchase of my life tbh

 

Maybe some room decorations? Perhaps something to go on your desk to fit your personality

Posters of your favorite movies or video game characters

 

[DominicNikon]

4 minutes ago, DrM said:

prob a nice ssd. its fine if theres no dedicated mounting hardware, you can just zip tie it somewhere or let it hang, since theres no moving parts

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1273746-REG/crucial_ct525mx300ssd1_mx300_525g.html

 

you could also use it to upgrade your laptop too

that SSD is around $120 less then my 250gb and that shows SSDs are dropping in price like hard drives

[DarkEnergy]

Save it? I mean, why do you need to spend all of it all at once?

[vigorstick]

SAVE IT FOR STEAM SALE... or just spend it now on G2A.

[mrchow19910319]

If you have no idea where you wanna spend it, save it. 

[Lethal Seraph]

Spend the $80 and the save maybe $50 for steam sales. 

[rwaalph]

Yup Steam sales they always have one around christmas seasons

[Brooksie359]

32 minutes ago, Squarq said:

What should I get for my birthday?

So, my birthday is quickly approaching, and my parents gave me a budget of $200 to spend however I like. So far, I've decided to get a laptop bag, battery pack, and bluetooth earbuds. The problem is that all of those things only total to $80, so I have no idea how to spend the leftover $120. . . Put in your ideas of what you would buy with the money.

 

*I can't upgrade my pc as it's a small form-factor pre-built system, so It's going to be really difficult to upgrade anything useful.

A nice office chair. that's the next thing on my list 

[mineturte83]

144hz monitor / steam card

[Brian McKee]

Give it to me! Nah but if you don't have any ideas just save it, you never know when you suddenly need a component or tacobell.

 

If saving isn't an option then get something useful. Eneloops, SD cards, SSD, lens for a camera, new cooler.

And hell if you do want to upgrade your SFF pc get a low profile graphics card, if your computer supports a dual slot card then pick up a GTX 750ti.

 

If space is more of an issue then pick up a used R7 250/7750 or GT 740 (look for the amd cards if possible, they're better).

 

I upgraded an old emachine that's SFF to an R7 250E and a Phenom II x4 965 BE and it can run Fallout 4 at medium settings 30 fps.

[it_dont_work]

7 hours ago, Squarq said:

The problem is that all of those things only total to $80

...Then why not only get $80 worth of stuff?

[Jovidah]

You should put it in the bank. You'll receive interest while they can invest it in.... aaaaand it's gone.

[ThinkWithPortals]

7 hours ago, Squarq said:

 

Spend the $80 and save the rest for when you think of something else you want/need.