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joester050
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I just sHellen out 1300 for my current setup. However I received a few things for free xD

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On a rig out of need:

700USD on the main rig+peripherals+software...

 

On a rig out of want:

1500USD tops on everything...

 

Additional 250USD on DIY partial room soundproofing and audio gear...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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I'd keep the PC itself under 2k but I'd probably spend a lot on peripherals. If it's helping me do my job, I'd spend a lot in monitors.

[spoiler=pc specs:]cpu: i5-4670k | mobo: z87-pro | cpu cooler: h100i | ram: 8gb vengeance pro | gpu: gtx770 ftw 4gb | case: nzxt switch 810 matte black | storage: 240gb ssd; 1tb hdd | psu: 750w corsair rm |
keyboards: max nighthawk x8 mx brown + blue led; corsair k60 mx red; ducky shine 3 tkl mx blue + orange led | mouse: deathadder black edition | audio: FiiO E10; sennheiser hd558; grado sr80i; sony mdr-nc200d; blue snowball |

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My most expensive builds tend to top out a $1500. Simply because anything above that is where I start to see deminishing returns. I can build a decent gaming rig with plenty of upgrade room for around $800. My current rig sits at around $1000 but it's been close to a year since I built it.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1039.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($379.98 @ SuperBiiz) 


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($599.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($599.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($599.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($599.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($138.98 @ Newegg) 


Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($128.54 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit)  ($170.99 @ Adorama) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($314.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Blue 93.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($11.85 @ NCIX US) 


Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Headphones: Sennheiser HD800 Headphones  ($1499.95 @ Amazon) 

Total: $16036.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 17:51 EDT-0400

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Can't speak for myself as I haven't graduated college yet, but I've got friends who make minimum and are hiring me to build some low end gaming PCs for about $500 each around black Friday time.

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However much i want to be honest. Being an adult with a great  career is very nice :)

                                                                                   

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Can anyone afford this with Cash they have in there Wallets, minus Gift Cards, Credit/Debt Cards, and Checks.

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-4650 2.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($4528.00 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe SCMG-3100 88.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($226.68 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme9 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($517.07 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($1384.76 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: OCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 1.6TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($10722.56 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Storage: OCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 1.6TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($10722.56 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Storage: OCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 1.6TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($10722.56 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Hitachi  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($745.20 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Z 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($3460.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Z 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($3460.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-V2120X ATX Full Tower Case  ($569.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On IHBS112-29 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($363.61 @ Amazon Canada) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit)  ($239.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Planar PL1910M-WH 19.0" Monitor  ($35030.00 @ shopRBC) 
Fan Controller: Aerocool CoolTouch-R Black Fan Controller  ($63.34 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Keyboard: Max Keyboard Nighthawk X8 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($1135.42 @ Amazon Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech G9x Call Of Duty Edition Wired Laser Mouse  ($479.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Headphones: HiFiMAN HE6 Headphones  ($2201.86 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Speakers: KRK VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers  ($652.08 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $344203.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 20:22 EDT-0400

Because he had a hard drive.

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On a single computer?  maybe $2k for the best one.  My problem is I have 4 gaming computers :(

Intel 4670K /w TT water 2.0 performer, GTX 1070FE, Gigabyte Z87X-DH3, Corsair HX750, 16GB Mushkin 1333mhz, Fractal R4 Windowed, Varmilo mint TKL, Logitech m310, HP Pavilion 23bw, Logitech 2.1 Speakers

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As much as it takes to play lag free!!!

Rose's are red violets are blue, without computers I'd know not what to do.

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I've spent somewhere between $10-$15k on my current one. I was not originally willing to spend that much, but ah well.

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my rig is right at 1594.80 with everything is what newegg says.

CPU:I7-4790K @ 4.8ghz MOTHERBOARD:MSI-Z97-G45 Ram:G-SKILL SNIPER 8GB 1866 GPU:Msi GTX 970 4G COOLER:PHANTEK PH TC14PE BK 3 FAN CONFIG PSU:Roswell Lightning 1300W HDD: 1TB WD, 2TB SEGATE Mushkin 120GB SSD CASE:COOLER MASTER HAF 922

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gaming rig, with keyboard, mouse, monitor, headset etc - £3500 or there abouts

 

downloading rig, with keyboard, mouse, monitor - £1100 or there abouts

 

HTPC was probably around £400-£500

 

prices based on when I built them

Corsair C70 Black Windowed | Asus Sabertooth Z87 | i7 4770k | Corsair H100i | Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB 1866Mhz | SLI GTX 780 Classified | Corsair AX860 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 2x2TB WD Green


Corsair 350D Windowed | Asus Gryphon Z87 | i5 4670k | Corsair H75 | Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4GB 1600Mhz | Corsair RM550 | Samsung EVO 250GB SSD | 4TB WD Green.


Bitfenix Phenom ITX White | Asus Z97i-Plus | Pentium G3258 | Noctua NH-L9i | Kingston HyperX Fury White 2x4GB 1866Mhz | Silverstone Strider 550 | Crucial M.2 120GB SSD | 4x5TB WD Red. (work in progress)

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Together, mine costed me around 2k€ (including new case, water cooling, cable extensions and all of that).

I wouldnt want to spend more than that, without upgrades id probably spend about 1.5k€

My Rig: AMD Ryzen 5800x3D | Scythe Fuma 2 | RX6600XT Red Devil | B550M Steel Legend | Fury Renegade 32GB 3600MTs | 980 Pro Gen4 - RAID0 - Kingston A400 480GB x2 RAID1 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB x2 | Fractal Design Integra M 650W | InWin 103 | Mic. - SM57 | Headphones - Sony MDR-1A | Keyboard - Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO | Mouse - Steelseries Rival 310 | Monitor - Dell S3422DWG

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How much am I willing to spend on a PC?

 

Enough

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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As much as I can save up

SYSTEM SPECS

 

i7 4790k | LTT Edition Noctua NH-U12S | Gigabyte Z97-SOC Force | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR3 | 120GB Samsung 850 EVO | 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue | NVIDIA GTX 980ti | H440 Orange | EVGA 650B3 PSU

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Willing to pay? As much as it take's to make my dream rig / mancave. Sadly i don't have those types of funds =[

 Motherboard  ROG Strix B350-F Gaming | CPU Ryzen 5 1600 | GPU Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC  | RAM Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MHz 2x8Gb | OS Drive  Crucial MX300 525Gb M.2 | WiFi Card  ASUS PCE-AC68 | Case Switch 810 Gunmetal Grey SE | Storage WD 1.5tb, SanDisk Ultra 3D 500Gb, Samsung 840 EVO 120Gb | NAS Solution Synology 413j 8TB (6TB with 2TB redundancy using Synology Hybrid RAID) | Keyboard SteelSeries APEX | Mouse Razer Naga MMO Edition Green | Fan Controller Sentry LXE | Screens Sony 43" TV | Sound Logitech 5.1 X530

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Depends, for my entire setup (including sound, monitor, peripherals etc.) probably around 10k€, only the internals maybe 2-2,5k

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CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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I change components all the time but i know i spend too much money.

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Around £1000 for a gaming PC (not including peripherals).

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I'd spend no more than $4000 including monitors, peripherals etc. Too much money to spend on a computer for god's sake.

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