how did you guys save up

[chimmychunger]

OK so i was wondering how everyone got money for their pc ill start:

 

 

I first off saved al my christmas and birthday money (around $500 for each(from all of my family members)

 

Then when i reached age i got a job at kmart and worked their for 25 weeks. I got 1 shift in 3 weeks. 

 

Now i work at hungry jacks were i work 17  hours in a week. At $9 an hour. And in about a month i can afford my dream pc.

[M-ursu]

I collected strawberries. (12+ hours in a day, oh god i do not wanna see strawberries ever again!)

Hmm...strawberries....

[Maskot]

Bitcoins
Jobs
Parents
Inheritance

[MeltyMoon]

I didn't spend any money (i was 13 at the time) for 2 years and had about 1200 lying around. Bought a pretty meh pc, and been upgrading it ever since

[Bluethulhu]

Sell your old stuff. I'm surprised how much money I can get from selling old PC parts and old electronics, I just really want a classifieds section on the forum. I barely post on Tek Syndicate so I feel that I would be more trusted here.

[Prince32780]

Minimum wage job ($10.25 CAD) for 400 hours.

[Norwegiantweaker]

Pickpocketing!. it took some time but hey i have a badass rig now

[Blue fellow]

I sold oranges in New York.

[T.Vengeance]

Minimum wage job ($10.25 CAD) for 400 hours.

Yay for minimum wage jobs, am I right or am I right?

[naca1227]

People owed me money.. and after 3 years there was quite a lot of interest....

[miyabwah]

I don't have money... Or a first rig.

[felixbearpig]

i work for the gov so regualr low pay and no bills, all pocket money

[HybridB]

Babysat like hell

[ofr057]

i just use my tax i get back after the financial year

[SkilledRebuilds]

i just use my tax i get back after the financial year

Pretty much this, plus knowing its coming up in July (Australia), I plan ahead saving in about January so even little bits now and then $1-2 a day to every few days.. whenever ya get a chance.

I outlayed initially the 2600k, 8GB of 1333mhz DDR3, AMD HD5850, Storm Scout case, 850w PSU (In case of Crossfire) and new peripherals, two weeks later I didnt have a lot of bills, so I could put $250 away that week ,the next week I bought a 27" 1080p screen upgrading from a 22" 1080p screen.

 

After about 2 years (5850 needing to be OC'd up to 6950+ ish levels) and gaming was taking its toll again after another 6 months,.. I planned for the second fastest of the new cards,.....HD7950 (Rumored at this stage)

I had a few months, made up $300, it came out, I only needed $40 more and got it a few days after release on special.

 

I don't make a lot of money, weekly ending up with $70-150 spare after life/food/bills sucks the wallet dry.

Used to make more at the time of the build, but nowadays I'm not so fussy on keeping it updated as Sandy bridge is still staying strong overclocked, the 7950 overclocked is no slouch, and I've since upgraded the memory to 2133mhz and added a Samsung 840 Pro to Boot Windows and Games. Maybe If AMD bring out something spectacular or I'll grab something like the Intel-E CPUs for bandwidth

Good all rounder for Gaming/Encoding/Messing & fiddling with anything

 

Bit of a read, lots of memories... I'm also 30, Have been loving PC's since I was 13, Had my first PC @ 14, been into it ever since.

The History of 3D accelerators, The AMD/Intel GHZ Wars, everything in between,...all articles I've read since then and now... Yep, I'll keep on doing it.

[rhyseyness]

Live at home, save every penny I can.

I'm an apprentice but have about £500 after outgoings every month (Car insurance & fuel, rent, netflix, phone)

One or too nice meals or nights out with friends, leaves me about £400 a month in savings

Saving for a new car for now though, so going to be a while before I get any upgrades (in desperate need of a new monitor)... or a nexus 5

[Canoas]

Parents, birthday+christmas money, made a flash game which gave me a bit of chash as well.

Thankfully my parents make enough for me to live rather well without needing to get a part-time job. My uni is pretty close to home so I'm not forced to move out either.

[Guest]

OK so i was wondering how everyone got money for their pc ill start:

 

 

I first off saved al my christmas and birthday money (around $500 for each(from all of my family members)

 

Then when i reached age i got a job at kmart and worked their for 25 weeks. I got 1 shift in 3 weeks. 

 

Now i work at hungry jacks were i work 17  hours in a week. At $9 an hour. And in about a month i can afford my dream pc.

I get like 50$ for birthday and Christmas And 60$ a month I wish I would get 500 @-@

[Guest]

Returns etc from the state (you get money to study, I didn't get it for several months, then i got like 1000 at once.

 

Also work in the past and study money in the present.

[Poohy14]

i sell my self on the streets... err i mean i have a good working job with good benefits 

[Cy-Fy]

OK so i was wondering how everyone got money for their pc ill start:

I first off saved al my christmas and birthday money (around $500 for each(from all of my family members)

Then when i reached age i got a job at kmart and worked their for 25 weeks. I got 1 shift in 3 weeks.

Now i work at hungry jacks were i work 17 hours in a week. At $9 an hour. And in about a month i can afford my dream pc.

man I'll be square with you, if I saved all my christmas and birthday presents up I would get about 50 bucks overall. I really don't know how you do it....

[upliftsleet1974]

Worked doing some landscaping (Very hard work lol)

Saved bits and pieces...To get the $575 for my pc lol 

[Mo5]

1. Save up all the money I could from what I was given on my birthdays, Christmas etc

2. Repeat for some years

3. Profit

[Rekhyt]

Slowly

 

Saving up as much spare cash as I could and tracking ugly websites down and offering graphical overhauls for 50-100$

[legopc]

how i save money??? i wait and money comes flying at me