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  1. maple

    maple Minimodder

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    As the title says how much have you spent on your main rig?
     
  2. Instagib

    Instagib Minimodder

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    Too much.
     
  3. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    Still less than audio though.

    It's gone though a few iterations.
    Base PC: £750ish (maybe add £200 for SSDs, can't remember, don't want to remember)
    WC loop: £250ish
    Peripherals(not including any audio gear): £1500
     
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  4. EvilMerc

    EvilMerc Minimodder

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    I honestly couldn't say simply because of how it's come about.

    That's the beauty of an older AMD system, this is the third (and final) AM2 socket CPU I've had, second motherboard, third case, third PSU, fourth GPU, third set of RAM and my two most recent hard drives all assembled together eventually over several years.

    It's starting to show its age now though, and when Arma 3 comes out I'll be looking at starting all over again.
     
  5. j-a-c-o-b

    j-a-c-o-b What's a Dremel?

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    I think around the £650-£700 price, about to spend another £240 on a 7950 (MSI twin Frozr) or £300 ish on a custom WC setup
     
  6. Weekly_Estimate

    Weekly_Estimate Random bird noises.

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    Not Enough, but at the same time too much, heck some people on here have graphic cards that cost more then my complete setup :( but i'm still proud :)
     
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  7. sparkyboy22

    sparkyboy22 Web Tinkerer

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    I dont want to add it up cause I really dont want to know!
     
  8. bdigital

    bdigital Is re-building his PC again

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    Prolly couldnt say for my sig rig. A lot of it was cheap materials like acrylic etc but lots of time/hard work etc
     
  9. theshadow2001

    theshadow2001 [DELETE] means [DELETE]

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    +1 to this
    :duh:
     
  10. dynamis_dk

    dynamis_dk Grr... Grumpy!!

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    Again, lots springs to mind. Current rig I've say £1000-1200 maybe at a guess - very possible its more as I expect the watercooling gear is close to £500 alone.
     
  11. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    I write hardware reviews so most of the gear I'm using is "free". Buying the same setup from a store would have set me back maybe 1500 € (just the tower) + monitors, keyboards, etc.

    If I were to actually buy a computer, I think the honey spot would be around 700 €.

    (Hell, my car costs less than my graphics card used to..)
     
  12. Pete J

    Pete J Employed scum

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    This. FAR too much. Suffice to say, my rig has cost me several times what I bought my car (a lovely Volvo V70, second hand) for.


    I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from buying some of the more ludicrous upgrades!
     
  13. TheBlackSwordsMan

    TheBlackSwordsMan Over the Hills and Far Away

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    If I calcul the original prices of every component inside the tower (excluding the monitor, k-board and mouse) about 1800$
     
  14. suragh

    suragh Derp

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    Over a grand. Reckless buying things that are overkill! But man... the enjoyment I had doing it!
     
  15. Kronos

    Kronos Multimodder

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    Usually on cases, look good on-line then get them and notice the little design faults and decide nope not really what you want.
     
  16. Pliqu3011

    Pliqu3011 all flowers in time bend towards the sun

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    In total with peripherals it cost me around €1200, I think — and I don't regret even a single cent.
    I lurve my rig, simple as it is. :)
     
  17. PabloFunky

    PabloFunky What's a Dremel?

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    This is a seriously scary question.

    Thousands of pounds and hundreds of hours.

    Thousands just invested in the custom case.

    However on the plus side, the main working componenets were pretty cheap.

    Then having spent hundreds just on fittings.

    Think im gonna leave it there, makes me realise how much ive wasted now.
     
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  18. biojellywobbles

    biojellywobbles Minimodder

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    Not much, somewhere around £650 including two mismatched monitors. I used several used and refurbished parts. It's hard to tell though with upgrades etc.
     
  19. Votick

    Votick My CPU's hot but my core runs cold.

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    I honestly have no idea :/
     
  20. Kovoet

    Kovoet What's a Dremel?

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    too scared to add up
     

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