How much did you spend on your PC?

Atreyo Bhattacharjee · Mar 26, 2017

I just want an idea of how much other people have spent on their PCs when they first got it...
(so excluding upgrades)

Paul NZ · Mar 26, 2017

Just under $1000 . 2 1/2 yrs ago

One SSD, the mobo, CPU, a case, modular PSU, 32 GB ram.

Didnt buy a dvd, because this case doesnt have front bays. I use flash drives

J_E_D_70 · Mar 26, 2017

For me between $1,300 and $1,400 USD is the sweet spot. That gets 1070 level gpu, high end quad core, ssd, etc.

groundrat · Mar 26, 2017

lets see... about $1200 for this one. That's a Skylake i5, 16GB DDR3, 250GB SSD, 1TB HDD, GTX1060, and a good 450Watt Seasonic.

Onus · Mar 26, 2017

It really varies. About $1200 would handle everything I'm likely to want, like a full 16GB of RAM, a solid case ($80-$100), a 512GB SSD, and at least a GTX1060-class video card. If I had only $700 though, I would not be suffering, and for some uses, I might manage with <$600. That assumes I'd be starting from scratch though, which is not the case. As a long-time system builder, I have the "unfair" advantage of a pretty deep spares bench from which to draw. The unfairness doesn't stop there, as a mainstream motherboard reviewer, as long as I don't want a "Z" board, chances are an available review sample will knock another $80-$100 off my build price.

Da3m0na · Mar 27, 2017

3 years ago
500-600 $.

AMD FX-8320 with discount
Asus HD 7790 - 2nd hand
Gigabyte 970A UD3P
8GB Hyper X Fury 1866
Corsair CX600 with discount
Hyper evo 212
Samsung Evo 850 120GB
Old case from some old PC - free

Overclocked GPU and CPU, still great for 1600x900 res. And new(2nd hand R9 280x) gpu on the way

Hazle · Mar 27, 2017

$1.3k-ish including the 2TB WD Green drive for archiving. built in early 2013. hadn't upgrade since.

True Buie · Mar 27, 2017

Heyo

Paid around 12.000 DKK or $1.850. yeah.. I know that it's super expensive for what I have compared to US prices lol.

DRagor · Mar 27, 2017

Previous builds don't remember; current one about 800$ but without GPU, so will be 1000$-1200$ when completed.

Atreyo Bhattacharjee · Mar 27, 2017

Paul NZ :

How often do you upgrade? I want to build a PC and was wondering how often I had to upgrade if I wanted to play games at medium+ settings 1440p, and maybe some 4k...

Paul NZ · Mar 27, 2017

This will probably be my last unless I win the lottery or something lol

I've got 2 socket 775's here as well. The one I'm on is a socket 1150 system.

I may build a socket 1151 system. And get rid of one of the 775 systems

I dont play games on any of these. So I'm happy with what I'm using now.

If I want to play games, I'll use the Xbox 1

MikeLevin · Mar 29, 2017

It really depends on type of PC you need and on your requirements. I usually spend around $1000 for the PC or laptop, however it always needs to be upgraded in couple years

MeesterYellow · Mar 29, 2017

During Boxing Week (2016), $1100 CAD + GTX 1070 Upgrade in Feb ($600 CAD), so about $1700. Total cost including upgrade from 2 years ago ($2100), I had a GTX 970 ($400) from that time on a prebuilt. It's worth like $3k - $4, though.
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