Job/Salary and PC specs please

[KyberKylo77]

I'm just curious what PC specs people are able to afford with their current jobs and hopefully get a grasp on what i'd wanna work as to afford my very expensive yet fun hobby

[TechMan2175]

so I am a thirteen year old and my only income is birthday money and after a few years I was able to afford a $500 system 

[AMDPRO]

What people spend on their PC's is not only based off of their salaries, but of what games/productivity they want to do and if they have other hobbies. If you want, send budget for a pc list

 

Edit: I am 14, and agree with TechMan. I used Bday money and then upgraded GPU for christmas

[aidkvndfj]

im 15 and I am working a $8/hr job in canada, I am able to afford the PC in my bio (was about $1400) in a little over 7 months (I make about $200 a month as of now.)

 

Edit: I mostly use it for gaming so as of now it can Run GTA V Ultra at 60FPS 1080P, and COD WWII at High 60FPS 1080P

[dizmo]

That's not really a good way to look at it, honestly. It's pretty easy to assume if one makes minimum wage, then they have a lower end PC, if they make a lot more, they can afford to purchase a better one. However the more you make, generally the more you work.

 

Just budget and you can afford to buy a $5,000 PC even on a very entry level job.

[KyberKylo77]

1 minute ago, AMDPRO said:

What people spend on their PC's is not only based off of their salaries, but of what games/productivity they want to do and if they have other hobbies. If you want, send budget for a pc list

 

Edit: I am 14, and agree with TechMan. I used Bday money and then upgraded GPU for christmas

Its ok im experienced enough to make my own pc part list but my bday money is extremely low (cause of low living cost) so im just waiting on my degree.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, aidkvndfj said:

im 15 and I am working a $8/hr job in canada, I am able to afford the PC in my bio (was about $1400) in a little over 7 months (I make about $200 a month as of now.)

 

Edit: I mostly use it for gaming so as of now it can Run GTA V Ultra at 60FPS 1080P, and COD WWII at High 60FPS 1080P

Whee on earth do you work that's allowed to pay as little as $8/hr?

[aidkvndfj]

Just now, dizmo said:

Whee on earth do you work that's allowed to pay as little as $8/hr?

Its not a official job, I get paid at the end of the night, and its sort of "under the table"

[AMDPRO]

Just now, KyberKylo77 said:

Its ok im experienced enough to make my own pc part list but my bday money is extremely low (cause of low living cost) so im just waiting on my degree.

You can get used parts for very cheap pc builds >200

 

[dizmo]

Just now, aidkvndfj said:

Its not a official job, I get paid at the end of the night, and its sort of "under the table"

Not something I'd want to make a habit of

[AMDPRO]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Whee on earth do you work that's allowed to pay as little as $8/hr?

The min wage in alot of places is $8

[aidkvndfj]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Not something I'd want to make a habit of

yeah ik

[KyberKylo77]

1 minute ago, AMDPRO said:

You can get used parts for very cheap pc builds >200

 

Ik it sounds dumb but i really like new parts the smell and satisfaction of unboxing it fresh.

[aidkvndfj]

1 minute ago, AMDPRO said:

The min wage in alot of places is $8

in Canada though its 11.24 or something like that

[porina]

Electronic engineer, $lots - I've been at it longer than some people who posted on this thread have lived. Yes, I'm old. I'm not going to list a PC spec, as I'd have to go "which PC?" #firstworldproblems. Some are in sig for illustration.

 

There is one consideration, that beyond some point it is more about where you choose to spend your cash. I could build an insane overkill PC, but I haven't. I could get fast cars, but I haven't. I could get a bigger house, but haven't. Instead I have many high end consumer-ish level systems, and some other hobbies that are a bit of a cash sink.

[aidkvndfj]

Just now, KyberKylo77 said:

Ik it sounds dumb but i really like new parts the smell and satisfaction of unboxing it fresh.

TBH same, thats why my PC cost as much as it did, I could have got used parts but there is something about a brand new computer built by hand thats appealing

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, AMDPRO said:

The min wage in alot of places is $8

Not in Canada.

4 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

yeah ik

Haha, I have a few friends that get paid under the table. They've also had to file bankruptcy because of it.

3 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

in Canada though its 11.24 or something like that

$10.85 - soon to be $15. Depending on province, of course.

[AMDPRO]

3 minutes ago, KyberKylo77 said:

Ik it sounds dumb but i really like new parts the smell and satisfaction of unboxing it fresh.

Ok, but personally, unboxing new parts is the same as unboxing used ones. It could cut your prices in half

[Bananasplit_00]

17 yo highschool student so €120 a month pay + summer jobs that generally get me ~€850

 

Main: Northern Bee

I7 4790K

GTX 1080

full custom loop

harddrives and stuff cant bother typing out these unimportant parts

 

Secondary systems: The Toaster Project & the LAN PC 5.0

 

I5 4690K

GTX 1050TI

air cooling

 

FX 6300

GTX 1050TI (Shared with the one above)

shitty air cooling

 

 

i have calculated and my total spent on this intrest is around €4500... i have a fucking problem, dont i? 

[aidkvndfj]

Just now, dizmo said:

Not in Canada.

Haha, I have a few friends that get paid under the table. They've also had to file bankruptcy.

$10.85 - soon to be $15. Depending on province, of course.

hey im only 15 bro, trust ill be fine... *five years later is homeless under a bridge*

[Lean18]

Im 14 and this is my system, i know its in my signature anyway, but yeah.

 

Moms gift for christmas:

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100

Mobo: Asus H110M-K

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8Gb

Case: NZXT S340 White

PSU: Some china 500W PSU

HDD: SeaGate 1tb

 

My birthday money:

GPU: Asus Strix RX 470 OC

 

And moms gift for the other PSU not being power enough, this one aint too tbh:

PSU: XFX TS550

[hconverse02]

Spent ~$800 total of B-day money last year and saved net $1200 at $10/hour (usd) this summer.  Looking to upgrade my gpu, case and psu soon  

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

hey im only 15 bro, trust ill be fine... *five years later is homeless under a bridge*

cant really put whatever you do as a refrence for later in case someone checks it, so id probably just stop it or find something else tbh, i put the like two instances of me doing that as "voulentary work" or whatever depending on what im applying for tho

[Swealteek]

19 year old income base on how mutch hardware i reaper / sell (100 euros on afrigde). and i got two rigs bove ar second hand (E3 1275 asus WS 32GB nvidia 770) and my dev rig is a dell T5500 with 6 core and 24GB of ram. pay 275 for the gaming rig and 200 euros for the T5500

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

17 yo highschool student so €120 a month pay + summer jobs that generally get me ~€850

-snip-

i have calculated and my total spent on this intrest is around €4500... i have a fucking problem, dont i? 

I'd say that's pretty damn impressive actually Most people making that at your age wouldn't be able to save or budget that well.

1 minute ago, aidkvndfj said:

hey im only 15 bro, trust ill be fine... *five years later is homeless under a bridge*

Best time to learn and build habits is when you're young