How much did your PC cost?

[Guest]

Curious to know how much everyone's setup cost them. 

It's interesting to me how aquiring hardware over a long time has managed to make my computer both really good and... It added up. 

 

Here's my cost breakdown:

CPU -on sale $135 zen 5600 (2022)

Ram 32gb $90 (2022)

Motherboard as rock b450 $90 (2018)

PSU bitfenix 550 $100 (2018)

Gpu rx 6700xt $360 (2022)

Ssd boot Samsung 860 1tb $130 (2019)

2tb HDD $75 (2021)

2x 4tb HDD $90/each $180 (2015, 2016)

Fractal design case $175 (2020)

Soundcard Yamaha UR22 $100 (2014)

Logitech mechanical home keyboard $50 (2017)

Logitech g502 $35 (2017)

1080p 60hz monitor HDMI $150 (2016)

1080p 75hz monitor DP $175 (2020)

LTT desk pad $30 (sponsor segment? lol) (2021)

 

Totaling about $1875

 

Between upgrading and selling old parts it's cool to see how long some parts have lasted me. 

 

For those discouraged, my first desktop I bought was $300~ I got used from a friend. It was an old i5 and GTX 960 with a shoddy motherboard & ram. 

[RONOTHAN##]

I prefer to not think about it. 

[Dedayog]

14 minutes ago, fpo said:

Curious to know how much everyone's setup cost them. 

It's interesting to me how aquiring hardware over a long time has managed to make my computer both really good and... It added up. 

 

Here's my cost breakdown:

CPU -on sale $135 zen 5600 (2022)

Ram 32gb $90 (2022)

Motherboard as rock b450 $90 (2018)

PSU bitfenix 550 $100 (2018)

Gpu rx 6700xt $360 (2022)

Ssd boot Samsung 860 1tb $130 (2019)

2tb HDD $75 (2021)

2x 4tb HDD $90/each $180 (2015, 2016)

Fractal design case $175 (2020)

Soundcard Yamaha UR22 $100 (2014)

Logitech mechanical home keyboard $50 (2017)

Logitech g502 $35 (2017)

1080p 60hz monitor HDMI $150 (2016)

1080p 75hz monitor DP $175 (2020)

LTT desk pad $30 (sponsor segment? lol) (2021)

 

Totaling about $1875

 

Between upgrading and selling old parts it's cool to see how long some parts have lasted me. 

 

For those discouraged, my first desktop I bought was $300~ I got used from a friend. It was an old i5 and GTX 960 with a shoddy motherboard & ram. 

Microcenter.

 

Much less than normal, due to free DDR5 and a $629 6900xt.

 

Just shy of $2k for Onyx in sig. without monitor/speakers.   Those were bought with Emma.

 

Now I will say I spent almost $4k in total on Emma.  Prices were very different.

[GuiltySpark_]

This is just something you don't do for your own sanity. Plus my personal machines have always had a bit of "Ship of Theseus" going on so its hard to put a flat number on it.

[Eigenvektor]

7 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

This is just something you don't do for your own sanity. Plus my personal machines have always had a bit of "Ship of Theseus" going on so its hard to put a flat number on. 

So… is it still the same computer, just better?

[SignatureSigner]

I've slowly upgraded mine over the last 2.5 years. I think the starting price was 700ish during the great gpu shortage where I was running a 80$ GTX 770. (For the longest time lol) 

I slowly added small upgrades from there, a 10$ rgb light strip some more fans, cable extensions.

Over the summer I grabbed a 250$ 2070 super and have been happy with that. (Don't plan on upgrading ANYTIME soon)

 

I also upgraded from the stock AMD cooler to a Noctua chromax black cooler. (Been very satisfied) (80$ ish, was a birthday gift tho)

 

All my peripherals where slowly accumulated, Keyboard/mouse were from when I was on xbox (Yes I was one of those people)

 

Lepow Monitor was from xbox days

AOC monitor was purchased on sale for 140$

 

Overall I am super satisfied with my setup, its mine and I like it the way it is.

Might nab a 5800x3d if I can find one at the right price (In the next year) just to max out my AM4 platform.

[GuiltySpark_]

4 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

So… is it still the same computer, just better?

Yeah, we'll go with that 

[PDifolco]

Yeah I've spent ridiculous amounts over 2 years on my rig (cf my sig)

Amongst those I bought a 3080 in Feb 21

 

[Latvian Video]

I technically got mine for 30eur, as it needed a boot drive. Actually it was way more.

[SimplyChunk]

My current rig came second hand from my Cousin as he was getting back in to consoles.

 

CPU: 10900K

Mobo: MSi Z490 Gaming Carbon Wifi

RAM: 16GB TeamXtreem RGB 3600

Graphics: MSi RTX 2070Super Gaming X

SSD: MP Force 519 256GB

HDD: 2TB Western D Blue

Cooling: 360mm LianLi Galahad
All wrapped up nicely in a :LianLi 011D
 

He wanted £1200 pounds for it so i had it.  He also sold me his Elite Series 2 controller for 50 quid at the same time

[_Velociraptor_]

I built mine the total cost of the computer itself was $800 I built it back in 2020

 

 

 

Asrock b450m/ac

Amd ryzen 5 1600

Phanteks eclipse p300

Gigabyte radeon rx570 rev2.0

Thermaltake smart 600w 80+
2x Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan 

Teamgroup t-force Vulcan z 2x8gb 3200 kit

Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME

Microsoft Windows 10 Home

 

[jauxan]

I would prefer not to think about how much I spent (and will spend xD) here but in the end is where I'm working and spending my free time at...

 

CPU | Ryzen 7 3700x | 306€ | 2019 (Amazon) ***I'm looking to upgrade to Ryzen X3D cache

GPU | Asus 4080 TUF OC | 1250€ | 2022 (Wallapop - Bought second hand)

MOBO | Asus ROG Strix b550f | 149€ | 2019 (Amazon)

RAM | 32GB Crucial Ballistix 3200 CL16 | 106€ | 2019 (Amazon)

SSD1 | SN850 1TB | 109€ | 2022 (Amazon)

SSD2 | Crucial P2 1TB | 98€ | 2019 (Amazon)

PSU | Cooler Master XG 850 | 98€ | 2022 (Coolmod)
Case | NOX Coolbay SX | Free | 2017 (my brother gave me)

 

Screen1 | Samsung Oddysey G7 27" QHD 240hz | 350€ | 2022 (Samsung webpage)

Screen2 | Samsung 24" FHD 144hz | 130€ | 2018 (Amazon)

 

Mouse | Logitech g502 hero | 32€ | 2020 (Amazon)

Keyboard | Logitech g213 | 50€ | 2018 (Dreamhack Valencia 2018)

Headset | Corsair HS60 PRO | 54€ | 2019 (Amazon)

 

Wheel | Logitech G29 | 190€ | 2019 (Second hand gift)

VR | Oculus quest 2 | 350€ | 2021 (Amazon)

 

 

Total (this is going to hurt, im still calculating): 3272€ OUCH

In comparison, the average monthly salary in Spain is 1700€ before tax. And i earn lot less than that xd

 

 

 

But I'm proud I built myself with time and some money saved from birthdays and work a nice computer :')
Everything I had was from my brother, last rig:
i7 4770k

16gb ddr3 1600

GTX 650 Ti 1GB --> My brother got vega 64 so yay! free gpu --> GTX 970 G1 Gaming

Toshiba laptop HDD --> Samsung 970 evo 2,5" 256gb --> Crucial MX500 500gb --> Crucial P2 1tb

Chinese PSU that one day started smelling like something burning --> next day pc won't start up --> NOX Hummer GD 650W

[Dillpickle23422]

f r e e (basically)

 

specs: hp pavilion 17"

 

6gb ddr3

i3 5020u

17 in. 1080p display (built in)

secondary: some random dell 4:3 aspect ratio square monitor (found in pile of free stuff)

 

1tb 5200rpm HDD (dead, replaced with below)

 

240gb adata "el cheapo" sata ssd (~25$ from amazon)

old dell desktop speakers and sub (~5$ from garage sale)

Mouse: matching dell mouse (~2-3$ from garage sale)

Keyboard: matching dell keyboard (~5$ from garage sale)

 

makes an okayish internet machine, and I use geforce now to gamestream since it can't run much

Total: ~38$ 

 

 

 

[jauxan]

50 minutes ago, Latvian Video said:

I technically got mine for 30eur, as it needed a boot drive

 

16 minutes ago, Dillpickle23422 said:

240gb adata "el cheapo" sata ssd

"El cheapo" XDDD
Actually geforce now is pretty nice, a couple of friends have it and we play lots of time.

 

1 hour ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

This is just something you don't do for your own sanity.

Absolutely agree lol

[PC Master Blaster]

Prices for my Main gaming rigs over the years.

1999 Computer cost $1200 for tower alone - Started with a 6 year old $200 tower that I gutted and upgraded with Intel Celeron and Nvidia 5700 LE

2008 Computer cost $1500 for tower alone - HP prebuilt bought from best buy Q6600 and some AMD GPU

2011 Computer cost $2000 for tower alone -  HP Prebuilt bought from best buy with i7-2600 and some Nvidia GPU

2013 Computer Cost $2800 for tower alone - Scratch build i7-3770k and 680 4gb classified

2015 Computer cost $2500 for tower alone - Scratch build i7-6700k and 980ti

2016 computer cost $2800 for the tower alone - Scratch build  i7-7700k and 1080ti

2022 computer cost $4000 for the tower alone - Scratch build i7-13700k and 3080ti

 

I've built another 10 or more work, server, and browsing computers for home but not including those. Not very memorable computers.

 

[porina]

222.00	Asus X299 TUF mark 2
629.99	i9-7920X
79.16	GameMax Abyss
182.99	Corsair HX1000i
719.99	MSI 3070 Gaming Trio X
605.99	Corsair Vengeance LPX RGB 3000 8x8GB
89.99	Noctua D15 Chromax
56.48	TP-LINK AX3000 Wi-fi
26.69	2.5GBE
418.83	HP LP2475w 24" 1200p60 wide gamut
299.99	Acer Predator XB241YU 24" 1440p144 G-Sync
369.98	Samsung 980 Pro 2TB (2021)
204.97	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB (2017)
150.00	Sandisk 960GB Ultra II SSD (2015)
270.64	Crucial MX200 1TB (2015)
79.99	Crucial BX500 1TB (2019)
110.99	Crucial MX500 1TB (2018)
79.39	Crucial MX500 1TB (2020)
54.98	Razer Deathadder v2
103.67	Corsair K65 Lux RGB
124.00	Rode NT-USB
12.99	Mic arm
30.46	Logitech C525 webcam
127.00	AKG K702 headphones
5.00	Cheapo speakers
203.99	AVerMedia Live Gamer capture card
14.10	Cooler Master wristrest S
0.00	Intel Gamer Days 2020 desk mat
5274.25	Total

 

Pricing in GBP at the time of purchase, inclusive of sales taxes, exclusive of delivery. Particularly interesting to see SSD GB/£ drop in general, then I had to go high end.

 

That's the system I'm using right now. Of course if I were to build from scratch today, I could get something similar or better for much less.

[PC Master Blaster]

Just now, porina said:

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That's the system I'm using right now. Of course if I were to build from scratch today, I could get something similar or better for much less.

I know what you mean! In reflection of SSD prices I become surprised and excited. First SSD's I bought 2 back in 2013 Samsung 840 pro 256gb for $260 a piece. In 2015 bought 2 Samsung 850 Pro 512gb for $250 a piece. Now the Samsung pro 980 NVME 2TB is $179....    Its becoming incredibly affordable.

[igormp]

Values in BRL and for my current parts only (so ignoring the upgrades that this machine went through):

 

Part	Price	Condition when bought
AMD Ryzen 5950x	R$4000,00	new
Gigabyte Vision RTX 3090	R$6000,00	used from a miner
4x32GB 3200MHz Corsair LPX	R$3500,00	new
MSI B550 Tomahawk	R$1100,00	new
Scythe Fuma 2	R$350,00	new
WD SN750 500GB	R$500,00	new
XPG Gammix S11 Pro 2TB	R$820,00	new
Corsair CX650m	R$0,00	Old RMA Replacement
Total	R$16270,00

 

That'd be something like 3k usd at current exchange rates. All of those where bought between 2020 and 2022, with the exception from the PSU which is from 2015 or 2016.

[WildDagwood]

Unfortunately, I don't have space for a desktop at the moment (or at least not ideal space), and had a bunch of other stuff come up that prevented me from having one for the past decade as well. That said, I did get a laptop last year that I'm fairly happy with (G15 Advantage).

 

CPU: R9 5900HX

GPU: RX 6800M

RAM: 16GB (forget the default specs, see below about swaps)

Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD

Price: 1500 Canadian Rubles

 

Reviews suggested the RAM was holding the unit back (poor speed/latency), so I upgraded that to a 32GB, 3200MHz, CL20 kit, for about $120. I then also added an additional 2TB 980 Pro (laptop has a second m.2 slot) for a little over $200 on sale (if I remember correctly), and some thermal pads for both the stock and 980 Pro ($10-20?).

 

Summary (after upgrades):

 

CPU: R9 5900HX

GPU: RX 6800M

RAM: 32GB, 3200Mhz. CL20

Storage: 512GB + 2TB NVMe SSD

Price: Roughly 1850 Canadian Rubles + taxes

 

Plan to build a PC in the next year or two, but the landscape leaves a lot to be desired, with all the price hikes and what not.

[PC Master Blaster]

15 minutes ago, igormp said:

Values in BRL and for my current parts only (so ignoring the upgrades that this machine went through):

 

Part	Price	Condition when bought
AMD Ryzen 5950x	R$4000,00	new
Gigabyte Vision RTX 3090	R$6000,00	used from a miner
4x32GB 3200MHz Corsair LPX	R$3500,00	new
MSI B550 Tomahawk	R$1100,00	new
Scythe Fuma 2	R$350,00	new
WD SN750 500GB	R$500,00	new
XPG Gammix S11 Pro 2TB	R$820,00	new
Corsair CX650m	R$0,00	Old RMA Replacement
Total	R$16270,00

 

That'd be something like 3k usd at current exchange rates. All of those where bought between 2020 and 2022, with the exception from the PSU which is from 2015 or 2016.

 

You're asking a lot from that Cx650 PSU when paired with the 3090. That GPU can draw up to 750w alone.

[Ripred]

1 hour ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Yeah, we'll go with that 

you purchase a broom, later you replace the handle that broke, then you replace the brush, is it the same broom?

~Dr Who

[dizmo]

Building my PC made me about $300.

That was with the 6700XT, which was retired. Not the 1050 that's being replaced by a water blocked 2080Ti shortly.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Not counting the mechanical drives in the system:

 

CPU: i5-12400F - $160

BOARD: MSI Mortar B660m WIFI DDR4 - $160

RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill DDR4-3600 - $65

GPU: PowerColor Red Devil RX 6700 XT - $380

SSD: AData XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1TB - $85

PSU: Corsair RM750x - $100

CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro - $80

MONITOR: Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q1A 28" (4k60) - $300

 

JFC has no idea this system was more than $1300 since I had been slowly upgrading from this system over the year:

 

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3

BOARD: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Editon

RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill DDR3-2400

GPU: PNY GTX 1660 Super

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

PSU: Bitfenix Formula 450 Gold

CASE: Same Phanteks Enthoo Pro (still an awesome case to build in nine years later)

MONITOR: Some Acer 24" 1080p panel

 

So basically still have a pretty decent 1080p setup (except for case) just doing nothing lol

[VirusDumb]

The pc has been in the family since 2012 so I was a kid and don't what it orginally costed but recently (after 6 years of begging first to upgrade it then to just get a new PC) my dad agreed to upgrade it and didn't let me do it but here are the costs (items which were the same since 2012 are marked with a

i3 3210:

Gt 730 gddr5 : 5890₹

4Gb DDR3 stick+8gb DDR3 stick:1400₹

Intel bh61 Mobo:

120gb wd green SSD: 2500₹ (bought in 2018 after old 500gb hdd died)

1 tb hdd: 3000₹

LG dvd writer with modisc support:

Shit 800w frontech timebomb psu :₹800

 

Also my dad just isn't letting me use it anymore because I was using it to learn to make games on Unity and also was trying to make mods for games for which I had games installed and for which I played the games to test if the mods work in games for which I was playing the games, which he saw and then when he went to use it, there were no bloatware in it and windows was in dark mode which made him think that I've broken the PC by playing games and then locked it so basically it's not even my PC anymore 

[igormp]

52 minutes ago, PC Master Blaster said:

 

You're asking a lot from that Cx650 PSU when paired with the 3090. That GPU can draw up to 750w alone.

Huh... no? Its maximum power limit at stock is 370W, but I limited mine to 275W, with another 200W or so from my 5950x and it's at a pretty close limit when the entire system is at full load, but that rarely ever happens, 95% of the time it's just either one of those at max load.