How did you guys save up for your PC?

[Aceman2545]

I have no friends ... Nor I care about my birthday . Birthday for me is a sad day because I get older each year

My birthdays like any other just get a gift or some money

[Delusional Phil]

My birthdays like any other just get a gift or some money

I got nothing ... Because : 

1. They don't remember my birthday even If I told them at the start of the year . ( By them I mean Classmates )

2. If they do remember , It's after my birthday 

3. My closest friend has the same birthday as mine , so can imagine how the conversation goes 

[Aceman2545]

I got nothing ... Because :

1. They don't remember my birthday even If I told them at the start of the year . ( By them I mean Classmates )

2. If they do remember , It's after my birthday

3. My closest friend has the same birthday as mine , so can imagine how the conversation goes

I don't really bring it up because most people will give me b day beats and end up brusing my arm

[ThomasD]

Earned mine from working as an underground hard rock miner

 

cost about 9k for everything on my desk

Used to travel through Sudbury as a kid back in the 70's (heading to the UP from Buffalo.)   A few years later when I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy my mental image of Mordor was Sudbury.

 

Heard it looks a lot better now. 

[EnzoMP]

I already spent around 600EUR on Motherboard, SSD, CPU and Ram. Got all of them by hard manual work. And one birthday

I should get another 200EUR by selling my computer without the HDDs.

 

Lucky me, I have a pretty good notebook... so I will be able to hand on without it for some time.

 

Yesterday i asked for some tips about case, psu and air cooling. Should have asked saying that my budged is around 500 more euros. 

 

(the whole thing should be around 1100EUR, maybe a bit more getting and upgrade for a SLI configuration)

[Striker236]

I am new to the this, and watch some of linus's vids. I see that most laptop vids and pcs, are expensive and most can't afford. I want to ask all you people that have i7-4960x and gtx titan x and game on 4k, how do you get enough money to biuld a deacent gaming pc withouht having to fast for a couple of days?

 

[Swndlr]

Parents.

[1Scotty1]

I have a job, simple as that

[0ld_Chicken]

work all the time and when it is something that you really enjoy then it does not seem like such a huge investment.  priorities 

[Gale]

If you're an average Joe with a job, the answer is simple: Saving up, and patience.

[d3sl91]

 

I am new to the this, and watch some of linus's vids. I see that most laptop vids and pcs, are expensive and most can't afford. I want to ask all you people that have i7-4960x and gtx titan x and game on 4k, how do you get enough money to biuld a deacent gaming pc withouht having to fast for a couple of days?

 

 

People with those build have them either because A. They need the horsepower for work as much as play - so of course you will drop the $$$ on it. Or B. They just have jobs, save your money, tada. 

 

For me, I can justify spending some extra on my PC because I work from my PC. So something fast and snappy helps me get my work done. Obviously I dont have a 6+ core monster - that would be a complete waste of money for me. I game for a couple hours a week, and need the money for a wedding......

[X1XNobleX1X]

 

I am new to the this, and watch some of linus's vids. I see that most laptop vids and pcs, are expensive and most can't afford. I want to ask all you people that have i7-4960x and gtx titan x and game on 4k, how do you get enough money to biuld a deacent gaming pc withouht having to fast for a couple of days?

 

 

You really have to save up. 

I know a lot of people who just spend whatever they make that fortnight.

It takes patience, but you will get there.

[Guest]

Okay, well

#1 Parents, gifts, holidays ect.

My parents put twords more then 1000 dollars and the other 400 at the time, I came up with

#2 Jobs, I can get a job, parents dont want me to get a job, so they payed for my PC

[Electronics Wizardy]

If your not going crazy price wise(more than 5000 rigs) then its all where you spend your money. You could have a new car or a aswome computer. Or a starbucks drink every morning or a computer. Its not how much money you make its how you spend it.

[d3sl91]

#2 Jobs, I can get a job, parents dont want me to get a job, so they payed for my PC

 

 

Your parents don't want you to get a job......so they bought you a PC?

[Guest]

 

Your parents don't want you to get a job......so they bought you a PC?

yep. When I get a job, all my money will go into 980Ti's and 5930k's ect thats mainly the reason

[LogicalDrm]

Job and saving. Having budget for parts to upgrade per year. Only your first complete build will require much money. And that isn't supposed to be high end. You can always upgrade, which is why PC hobby is so great.

[beach_boy98]

Selling yo.........    Actually get a Job and wait to like christmas and get money or something.

[CrusaderNINE]

The bulk of my current build was from a combination of tax refund check and a magical paycheck that came in between my rent and other bills checks, so I had about $1100 just from that. The rest was patience.

[Ivelin]

Grandparents, 20-50 bgn every time I go there and there are 500 bgn+700 and there are the 1200(600€) for my gaming PC.

Now it's from pocket money, I am not hungry anyway, ~1€ a day, sometimes 2.5€, I got 100€ and bought my Toxic 280X, now saving for a good cheap power supply, like a evga 430w.

[Zefues]

Well, I help everyone in my town with their computers. I had 40+ customers in the 2ndd week 

[Heisennburgg]

Hey fellow tech heads, I have a simple question for you guys. How did you guys save up for you PC? By that I mean did you have a part time job and save 20% or did you walk the dog and saved forever? I'm looking for ideas to buy some computer parts. I'm almost going be in jail for murder with this crappy laptop. Thanks!

working at a restaurant bussing tables and bartending on weekends. i made about $1,300 a week after tip-out. my PC when I first ordered all the parts before I upgraded was around $1500, took me about 2 months to save up because of bills and life and stuff. total, i've probably spent close to $6000 on my PC from upgrades. it feels much much better to save up the money yourself for your own PC instead of having your parents give the money to you, feels way more rewarding  best of luck!

[cragger89]

I've always bought bits and pieces cheaply, second hand, whenever I've had the money.

 

I've never tried to save for an entire system, but I never WANTED the cutting edge stuff, I just wanted a PC - I wasn't bothered how old it was.

 

My system is fairly "current" now, but that's because I work full time and my wife and I always have spare money, but I still never would buy an entire outfit of components - especially at brand new prices.

[xMishax]

Saving penny into penny works the best :-D

[spyder]

I sold my iPhone 6 plus and my laptop in order to afford parts for my rig as well as saving a bit of cash on the side including collaborating with my younger brother, we share the machine for gaming.