Buyers remorse after buying computer?

Splewis said:
Everything together, it was £1195.

I suppose its just getting used to a drastic move from laptop to desktop, never ever owned a desktop before, only laptops.
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in the grand scheme of things 1k isn't that much to spend on something you'll get a lot of enjoyment out of?

i was in the same situation last year... first time round its always more expensive because you don't have all the extras (like monitor) and it all adds up... as long as you keep on top of the upgrades you'll find yourself spending no were near as much!
 
Streeteh said:
It's a bit more complex than that iirc, this article explains it pretty well:


http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this...oan-interest-rate-decision-is-a-disgrace.html

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Also, i forgot to add, another little moneymaker they always put in the small print is that the interest you have to pay is calculated based on one point in the year. So for example, say i had a £1000 loan, but over the course of the year paid £800 worth of it, they would until the end of that year still charge me interest based on the £1000 i owed at the beginning of that year. It's cheeky as hell tbh and i only noticed it as my girlfriend (a graduate) will still being charged the same interest rate every month despite paying off the loan.
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Its not more complex than that. It is that. Its the RPI in March. The reason that article is angry is that it locks the interest at the March rate until the following March. Which meant that a random fluctuation in march sets it for a year. But this year as said it is 0%.
 
Splewis said:
Everything together, it was £1195.

I suppose its just getting used to a drastic move from laptop to desktop, never ever owned a desktop before, only laptops.
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I was in the same position as you, after dropping £1600 on a system, but now I realise there is so much more I can do with it. I assumed it'd just be a refresh and everything would be fairly speedy again, but things I previously assumed to be my internet connection, I have realised were actually my slow laptop. Grooveshark for example, used to take 20 seconds to load, now it's instant. I can also now game above low detail. Everything that I wanted to do before but couldn't, I now can!

I wasn't sure about buying a 24" screen (originally looked at 20"), let alone dropping £400 on it, but I'm more than pleased with it, the image quality is a mile ahead of any other monitor I've ever seen, and the size is immense. I can't use another screen now, they're just so tiny! The 19" 4:3 screens we have at school suck! I can't even open two small windows in them, whereas I can open three on mine. :p

I felt buyer's remorse at first, but then when I look at it now, considering how much I must have spent on PS2 and PS3 games that I've only played a couple of times, it's nowhere near as much of a waste, and the power is astonishing.
 
Splewis said:
I guess. Yeah no point in trying to return it. I just hate this feeling of wasting money down the drain. I'm never going to push it to the limit with the kind of stuff I'll be using it for.
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I once spent nearly £4000 on a PC years ago. Parts bought from OcUK and 2 other places to get the high tech parts I wanted back then.

If I listed it now, man would people mock me! I enjoyed it though, but if you asked did I regret it then I would say early on I felt it was to much money but I did absolutly love it, I was young, working and could eventually pay for it all (bought on credit).

I would never ever do it again though ;) But you have to learn from things like this and when you have gone and done the whole deal, enjoy and learn from it.
 
Hi All,

Think about it like buying shoes when your a kid, whilst they might be a bit bigger than you need when you buy them, you'll certainly grow into them :)

NO REMORSE MUST BUY MORE BITS NOW!
 
off topic: should be if you want to uni enough and are poor cus of your parents (their problem not taxpayers...) you should put in some hard graft until you got enough money imo :D

on topic: all the time buyers remorse :D, but never with a computer but have known friends to fork out a grand on a high end pc and then sell it a month later for considerbly less lol.
 
Go quad sli, line up 8 30" and watch something, "entertaining". :p

Or just go out and upgrade next week, its the circle of life I am afraid. :D

Or buy a Mac. ;)
 
Take solace in the fact that if you treat it well, look after it and show it some TLC that rig should last you a good long while.

The money you spent seems reasonable for the build so at least you know you weren't ripped off or anything, things could be a lot worse.

If you had the cash to spend and it hasn't impacted you financially building the rig then no point worrying about it. Consider it a sound investment over time.

Although I can empathise with spending that money and it being more than you needed. Everytime I build a new machine, which I suppose on average is 4 years or so minus the odd little upgrade, I feel a little guilty but if its what you do and love then who cares?
 
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