How much would you spend on a new PC?

[Ian]

How much would you spend on a new PC if you were making one from scratch (realistic prices, not a fantasy PC ). Prices are in £ and $ for ease

 

[Me__2001]

i'd spend up to £1500, if i really needed a decent PC but probably go for something in the £700-800 range

 

[muckshifter]

Max would be £700 ...

 

[ladypcer]

My max would be $700. I build all of my own and can do it fairly cheaply.

 

[Quadophile]

This is not fantasy but in the last 5 years I have spent over £3000 for the two complete new rigs that I built. In 2000 I spent over £1200 to set up one and continued to upgrade with minor additions or replacement till about March 2002 when I built another one and this time spending close to £1500. The one I am using now is still good enough as I bought top of the line at the time of purchase. Basic specs are

CPU 2.53 Ghz
RAM 512MB Corsair Low Latency (CL2)
HD 2 (80GB WD with 8MB cache and 120 GB Seagate 8 MB cache SATA)
Audigy Sound Card
Lacie Dual Layer DVD burner
Asus DVD Rom
Philips LCD Monitor 17"
etc etc

Since this rig is not being used for gaming at all it is still having very good specs for all the other applications and being dual boot machine.

I may this time put off building another one for about a year.

 

[Techy]

no need to spend much over a grand. could have fun trying though

 

[Ian]

£700 is about my limit too, as prices increase so quickly to get an extra 10-20%. Components are getting so cheap now that you can build something decent for £500 quite easily.

no need to spend much over a grand. could have fun trying though

You've just given me a great idea Check the Hardware forum in a few mins

 

[ChristopherP]

A little over a grand for something that could on any game going...

 

[Raje]

I'd have to say that I did recently build a decent game rig for just about $800.00 but would like to spend about $1,500.00 if I could save that much.

 

[itsme]

A grand would do me! But I am a spendthrift, so cough cough get me out of this shop.

 

[ChrisIMRIE]

I would probably max out at £1250 ish.

As that's the current total mine stands at with TFT and some of the upgrades i've stuck in it.

Chris

 

[Disturbance]

i would pay atleast 2000$ for a new 1, atleast!
for 700$ and 1000$ you get piece of **** with low clock and low ram

 

[Reefsmoka]

I'd build me own gaming monster for around £700 .

 

[G~MAN]

I'd build me own gaming monster for around £700 .

me too!


but if i had to get a monitor mouse speakers etc etc for a new computer my price may have to go up some what !

posiibly over £1000+ depends on the type of things i get ... for example i would have to get a 5.1 set up which already ( for a goodset ) will set me back £100 !

 

[floppybootstomp]

Dunno, really, I just keep upgrading, I tend to just swap out motherboard/memory/cpu/cooler/vid card every 18 months or so.

I've never really thought what a new system would cost.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Here’s a mixture of what I already have and what I’d like to upgrade to.

All prices include VAT and from OCUK.

Lian-Li PC-61 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) £82.19
Lian Li Windowed side panel, 2 x Lian Li Optical drive stealth covers £55.00
Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU £82.19
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £120.44
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) – Retail £196.81
Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler £46.94
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 £205.56
2 x Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache (RAID 0) £148.64
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache £65.74
3 x Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable £17.46
Sony DDU1613 DVD-ROM (Black) – OEM £14.69
NEC ND3540 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £28.79
OcUK Value Floppy Drive – Black £7.64
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £352.44
Sony SDM-HS95P X-black 19" LCD Monitor – Black (12ms;DVI input; DVI Cable) £372.95
Logitech Cordless G7 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse £64.57
Logitech Media Keyboard Elite – Retail £17.56
Logitech Z-5500 THX® Certified 5.1 505 Watts Speakers – Retail £210.56
Sundries (IDE cables, lights) £35.00

Total price: £2125.17

Frightening, innit?

 

[NR117]

I'm tired of building my own and others' pcs, I'll spend 1000 quid on a Mac and let Apple build the next one.

 

[PotGuy]

I think that is the stupidest thing about the computer industry. Everybody buys a PC, when Macs are infinately better. If only more software was made compatable with macs windows would die. Actually Mac need to reduce there prices by about 10000% before many people buy them

thats what ithink anyway

 

[floppybootstomp]

I think that is the stupidest thing about the computer industry. Everybody buys a PC, when Macs are infinately better.

They're not you know, they're really not.

Under-powered and over-priced.

I mean, yeah, ok, they work ok and they usually look sweet, kinda like Bang and Olufsen 'Hi-Fi' really.

For those with more money than sense, in other words.

 

[Ian]

Thats the biggest drawback about Macs, they are too damn expensive I agree with what you say about comparing them to Bang and Olufsen, they look great but aren't as amazing as you'd think. I think apple are quite happy about that though

Don't actually know anyone with a Mac now