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How much more money do you spend on the aesthetics of your pc?

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It really depends, if I'm going to buy an APU because of the low budget, than screw aesthetics. But if I can afford a midrange I'd spend more. If I'll get the budget for a high end PC, than I'd build a dream machine, probably building a case from scratch. Glass side panel, copper tubing.. No compromise.. Until it looks perfect

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right now $0, because its sitting underneath the desk.

 

When I get a bigger desk and pull it up, probably  $200.

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I try too stay within my budget, but my budget always include parts for aestethics. But it is probably around 200$. I am planning a green m-ATX build, so i cannot really go with anything other than the G1.Sniper M5. But I am totally all right with that. 

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I think about $3 so far on a cloth to clean my case from finger prints and such... That's about it though.

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I rarely buy things solely for aesthetics, but when I'm buying parts the look of them does play an important part. I won't buy anything I consider ugly or too flashy. I also pick a color scheme for my system and make sure to buy parts that don't clash with any of the other colors. I don't bother with LED fans since my primary concern with fans is air pressure and silence, not lights.At some point I will probably pick up some LED strips to actually light up the inside of my case and show off the loop, otherwise I will avoid anything that doesn't actually add to my system's performance.

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I spend 0 because I don't have anyone I'm trying to impress with my build and most people that look at it doesn't know what there looking at anyway. The only thing I do to make my build more aesthetically pleasing is cable management. I go for 100% performance so I loaded my PC with noctua fans. I don't care about the color just the performance.

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Depends on the build. For my HTPC, other than the case (which wasn't that expensive but I spent a lot of time finding one with a finish close to that of my receiver) not very much. For my storage server, nothing (still looks ok, given that I'm using an old computer). For my main system quite a bit, between cable extensions, water cooling, lighting, etc, more than I want to think about. However not all off it was spent at once, for me a computer more of a hobby than just a gaming box or a workstation and I budget for it accordingly.

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I get the weirdest mix of stuff to have more performance OR less heat output.

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I bought a couple of coloured cable extensions.  And MSI cards to go with the colour scheme I wanted.  And a couple of fractal case fans to put on my rad to match the other fans.

 

So maybe $60 extra?

 

Idk it depends on how aesthetic you define something like an R4 over a $30 case.  

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I spend 0 because I don't have anyone I'm trying to impress with my build and most people that look at it doesn't know what there looking at anyway. The only thing I do to make my build more aesthetically pleasing is cable management. I go for 100% performance so I loaded my PC with noctua fans. I don't care about the color just the performance.

You can have a case AND have.it just for you, didnt stop me having a nice case even though everyone moans about it

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I spend 0 because I don't have anyone I'm trying to impress with my build and most people that look at it doesn't know what there looking at anyway. The only thing I do to make my build more aesthetically pleasing is cable management. I go for 100% performance so I loaded my PC with noctua fans. I don't care about the color just the performance.

this those fans are awesome, also  cable managment although, I don't bother with my gpu as thats the part that would be swapped the most often.

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