how do i save money on pc parts?

[saif96]

hello everyone, so i wanna try and save some of my money for a new GPU, my salary is $870 and and i spend $40 a week on gas, and $10 on food everyday, the leaves me with about $300 a month to spend, any tips on how to save more money on food? i mainly eat rice and chicken at my university in the afternoon and order 2 burgers from fast food or grilled chicken at night which total is about $10 a day

 

so how do i save more money?

[Peskanova]

I spend 200€ per month on gas (about 60$ per week) and I've noticed when you do so much miles take a cheap gas station and refill there. (If you full your tank, morning=cold=more fuel for same price)

Please for the love of god(for your health) dont eat that, If you do grocery shoping and plan your meals you can save a lot, just making food for 1 its not worth it , but if you make for 2 days It is (like same food in the night and the next day to dinner) 

[saif96]

51 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

I spend 200€ per month on gas (about 60$ per week) and I've noticed when you do so much miles take a cheap gas station and refill there. (If you full your tank, morning=cold=more fuel for same price)

Please for the love of god(for your health) dont eat that, If you do grocery shoping and plan your meals you can save a lot, just making food for 1 its not worth it , but if you make for 2 days It is (like same food in the night and the next day to dinner) 

thank you for your concern but i really dont know what healthy cheap food to pick from the grocery store... in the morning its no problem the university offers cheap healthy launch, but when i get home im not sure what to eat grilled chicken is the only healthy food i got in mind but it gets boring eating the same chicken everyday, i want something more cheaper but the cheapest i can think of is noodles which cost about $1 6 packs, its delicious but man is it fattening so i rather avoide that, what exactly should i eat thats cheap, healthy and satisfying? 

[Peskanova]

 you need to do a proper buy, chicken is cheap and you can do with potatoes on the oven or grilled, 1 or 2 days pasta with tomatoes and mince meat or caned tuna, I live with my girlfriend and to save we plan the whole month of outcome.

First of all you need to list your expenses , and make your shoping list. Then you can start to save.

 

I'm very bad at saving money , so If I dont do that i would end my month at 0 one week before . (drugs are so expensive, dont do drugs kids!) 

[DimasRMDO]

1 hour ago, saif96 said:

hello everyone, so i wanna try and save some of my money for a new GPU, my salary is $870 and and i spend $40 a week on gas, and $10 on food everyday, the leaves me with about $300 a month to spend, any tips on how to save more money on food? i mainly eat rice and chicken at my university in the afternoon and order 2 burgers from fast food or grilled chicken at night which total is about $10 a day

 

so how do i save more money?

You can cheap out everything but never cheap out things that hurts you. Is gas here like car fuel? You can always switch to public transportation, but never for food. I used to think that way and I got sick and paying my medical bill was way more expensive than just buying quality food.

 

Have a paper (or excel), write you income and list your expenditure. I do this so I feel guilty because I can see if I've spent above my budget.

[Unhelpful]

32 minutes ago, saif96 said:

thank you for your concern but i really dont know what healthy cheap food to pick from the grocery store... in the morning its no problem the university offers cheap healthy launch, but when i get home im not sure what to eat grilled chicken is the only healthy food i got in mind but it gets boring eating the same chicken everyday, i want something more cheaper but the cheapest i can think of is noodles which cost about $1 6 packs, its delicious but man is it fattening so i rather avoide that, what exactly should i eat thats cheap, healthy and satisfying? 

Man, you can just make food. Cooking saves soooo much money and the food is better. Go grab some white and brown rice, a 5lb sack of potatoes, some chicken, and some broccoli to start. Check out https://www.budgetbytes.com/ also. I spend about $400/mo on groceries for both my girlfriend and I, and I buy some nice shit. I could easily scale that back to $200/mo and still be somewhat happy with the food. That's two of us. You're currently spending a little under that on just you, and on not great food.

 

Cooking is awesome.

[MoonSpot]

$10 per day eating out is a lot of money.  Stop doing that.

Buy instant coffee and make your own at home more often.  opt for microwavable dinners and heat those for lunch if you can't or don't want to pack a lunch, cook and shop for groceries(meats, fruits & veggies).

Some Tupperware and a few dozen cans of chef boyardee instead of burgers  will fund your goal in a month or 2.  Though you'd be better off with real food, but being a student can be hard enough and we've all taken shortcuts with food as students.

[cluelessgenius]

skimming on food for a pc. i dont get it. 300 a month sounds plenty depending on what your target it but within like 3-4 moths you could build an awesome system. 

[Guest]

The general price to performance price range is like 1000 dollars. 

 

Youll have that in 4 months. Likely less as you should have money already. 

 

As for tips:

order 1 burger? 

Maybe don’t eat out & cook or eat cheap food from the grocery store? 

Personally I like to eat sandwiches where the pricing comes down like this:

2 dollar bread

5 dollars salami

5 dollars cheese

lasts 10~ meals. 

[SupremeGOAT]

i heard in my barbershop this one guy was talking about how he ate only bread and drank drink mix for a month (apparently  bills were fully paid and on time) and got to make his 7700k pc last year... then the 8700k came out 3 months later for the same price loool its so funny to me!

[PlayStation 2]

Learn how to cook. If you're just living on your own, that money adds up really quickly in how much you save versus purchasing food on campus.

[Andreas Lilja]

Your prayers have been answered OP.

 

https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-now-lets-you-finance-gaming-pcs-and-pc-parts-at-zero-interest-514009.phtml

[Arika]

9 minutes ago, Raskolnikov said:

Your prayers have been answered OP.

 

https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-now-lets-you-finance-gaming-pcs-and-pc-parts-at-zero-interest-514009.phtml

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finance

i would not say that is the answer.

 

because you are then committed to making the payments, and what happens if you miss/can't make one? they will likely do what other companies do with an offer like this, start charging interest, of which their's is 22.90%

[aezakmi]

Easy

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order 2 burgers from fast food or grilled chicken at night which total is about $10 a day

stop doing that and start cooking yourself, you'll notice the difference

buy food for a week and ration it

[Shyam Ganapathy]

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[IAnthonyFX]

13 minutes ago, Shyam Ganapathy said:

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we want to save money in this thread, not flush it away.

You can start by checking https://www.youtube.com/user/BrothersGreenEats
-you can get some free food at uni so tupperware is a great investment
-Buy used PC parts ^^! ebay is great 

[Shyam Ganapathy]

1 minute ago, IAnthonyFX said:

we want to save money in this thread, not flush it away.

You can start by checking https://www.youtube.com/user/BrothersGreenEats
-you can get some free food at uni so tupperware is a great investment
-Buy used PC parts ^^! ebay is great 

*it was a joke*

[Anjelllo]

14 hours ago, saif96 said:

 the leaves me with about $300 a month to spend,

My pc is $300 lol, use ebay and build off an old prebuilt you can find for cheap

[IAnthonyFX]

53 minutes ago, Shyam Ganapathy said:

*it was a joke*

mine was also ^^! we of course know Hello fresh is best 

[dizmo]

You're spending way too much on crappy food. Not only is it bad for you, it's costly. There's much better options available. That alone will save you quite a bit of money.

Personally I'd also look for a better job, or buy top tier last gen cards used until you can afford nicer ones.

 

13 hours ago, saif96 said:

thank you for your concern but i really dont know what healthy cheap food to pick from the grocery store... in the morning its no problem the university offers cheap healthy launch, but when i get home im not sure what to eat grilled chicken is the only healthy food i got in mind but it gets boring eating the same chicken everyday, i want something more cheaper but the cheapest i can think of is noodles which cost about $1 6 packs, its delicious but man is it fattening so i rather avoide that, what exactly should i eat thats cheap, healthy and satisfying? 

That's why you...learn. You're in university, it shouldn't be hard for you to figure out a few simple meals that are cheap. Getting bored of chicken is hard. Just grab a few different spices and experiment. The possibilities are endless.

 

Noodles contain next to no nutrition. They're hollow calories, and horrible for you.

[bimmerman]

You're a university student, yes?

 

Spend your money eating better and having experiences with your classmates. Wait until you graduate and have disposable income to waste it on computer parts.

 

Take trips, join clubs, go partying. Now is the time for that! Computer games can wait until you are bored after working all day. Unless 100% of your social circle revolves around computers....in which case broaden that shit!

 

So long as you have a functioning computer to do schoolwork on, you're fine.

 

Frankly, you don't earn enough to piss it away on computers unnecessarily, and you have better things to do as a student anyway. Namely, being a student and enjoying responsibility free adulthood.