How much are you willing to spend on a computer?

[Joshua Ondangan]

well for me I'll spend on how much I can afford and upgrade it to whatever is looking pretty.

 

add-ons add up real quick over the years.

[EChondo]

My current PC at lowest prices is probably around $900, but personally I would spend around $1500 on one, that's the "sweet spot" in my opinion.

[Guest Emrye]

For a new build, $2k USD would probably be my max. I would have better uses for my money if I went past that.

[farhanorakzai]

My current budget was 5000, but I'd probably spend millions if I could afford to

[CielErrant]

It's kind of difficult for me to answer, because euros.

I wouldn't spend more than 3000€, which should be around 3800$, if had that much money. I wouldn't need such a powerful machine, nor do I see myself spending more than that.

I'm currently targeting a 1700€ build, 2100$ if Yahoo doesn't fail me, that's my sweet spot when it comes to price actually worth paying.

[ericlee30]

As much as it takes to make the PC look good. I never have a set budget on any PC build I do. The sky is the limit when you do builds like that.

[shorinman]

When I built my first one, which I still have, at the time, I paid $2100. That's partly my 7970's fault which I bought at launch.

Given the opportunity, I will spend about that again gladly but I'd definitely do some things differently next time.

[Mush Brain]

As much as i deem suitable, i set out £2800 as my budget but scored my build under it.

[eelnico09]

Enough to play at 60+fps for a long time on a 4k display, i have no idea how much could that be, but i'd spend that at most.

[mohgames]

i think i spent over the past 3 years about 5000$ on PC parts , but i usually sell my old PC after 6 months to a year with no profit . every time i build a pc i try a new idea or two . my last build was water cooled GPU on the cheap and AMD cpus , the one before was the ft03 mini Silverstone with water cooling and GTX 670 , the one before was SLI , the one before that was Xeon processor and more others , my hands always itches .My next one is intel 6 cores or 8 cores with  R9 295X2 and 4K screen , but no money though :'(

[CaptainKoda]

i just search for the best deal and go with the that

[Kingjam102]

I built mine a couple of months ago, spent $1500 AU ($1300 US) 

[PerfectTemplar]

$1700

[reapersivan]

At the moment since I do not have a job, under 500$. If I had more money perhaps the highest would be 900$

[scene]

Just wanted to see how much people are spending? I spent my life savings of $1100 on mine.

If $1,100 is your life savings and you spent it on a highly depreciable object. I strongly advise re evaluating your financial situation and/or life in general.

As to your question, the most I have spent on a computer is $500. I would usually just play on my friends computers that could play the higher end games

[joester050]

If $1,100 is your life savings and you spent it on a highly depreciable object. I strongly advise re evaluating your financial situation and/or life in general. As to your question, the most I have spent on a computer is $500. I would usually just play on my friends computers that could play the higher end games

I was 16  so there is no re eveluating needed.

[theodoro]

1500 Euros is a great budget for a PC. However i believe you get the best experience only when you peripherals are good too, so i could spend about 2x1500 just for the peripherals. 

[Stefan Becker]

Way too much for a student like me. I'd say around $2500, but you have to know, that what is a $2000 system in the US costs something along the lines of $2400-$2700 in Denmark because of taxes.

[BurgerBum]

depending on how much i have, unlimited.

 

i personally would usually just continue to upgrade one computer and use spare parts as backup/for friends who cant afford.

 

 

saves money when you re-use parts that are already over kill, 

my maximum budget for any one part, currently, is 600 bucks. (usually a monitor)

[typographie]

I bought my first PC for about $900 at the time, but I haven't and may never buy an entire PC all at once again unless I need a second one for some reason. Just upgrades upon upgrades.

[RoyalistGamer]

I personally would be willing to spend up to £2000 pounds on a new pc.

[ruitti99]

My current PC  is worth ~750€ (930$) but when I build a new PC I'll probably use ~1200€

Edited November 10, 2014 by ruitti99

[ThyFeared]

$2K max

[pjm0925]

More than I should.

[Pugs501]

If I had that much