If I gave you 5,000 quid how woudl you invest it?

compboyo · 2 Aug 2011 at 01:29

Klo said:
Keep £1000 for a computer, save the rest to pay off uni.

i only need new gfx card and cpu and ram for bf3 at most 300 quid plus i got parts to sell for deecent cash

Klo · 2 Aug 2011 at 01:32

compboyo said:
i only need new gfx card and cpu and ram for bf3 at most 300 quid plus i got parts to sell for deecent cash

Hmm, good point, would proabably buy a new motherboard, graphics card, CPU and RAM, everything else I have. Might wait until the AMD 7000 series come out to see what that offers. Might also get a 24 inch screen from my 19 inch one. Probably looking at 800 ish.

compboyo · 2 Aug 2011 at 01:34

Klo said:
Hmm, good point, would proabably buy a new motherboard, graphics card, CPU and RAM, everything else I have. Might wait until the AMD 7000 series come out to see what that offers. Might also get a 24 inch screen from my 19 inch one. Probably looking at 800 ish.

ah actually i think Il switch to amd so new mobo as well but I priced it all up and not more than 300 especially as I got some quality parts atm to sell for decent prices

I may buy a 24 monitor and sell my 22 also

Klo · 2 Aug 2011 at 01:57

compboyo said:
ah actually i think Il switch to amd so new mobo as well but I priced it all up and not more than 300 especially as I got some quality parts atm to sell for decent prices

I may buy a 24 monitor and sell my 22 also

Hmm, may wait for Bulldozer to come out and see how that performs, then I'll decide between the them.

Good job having parts to sell, I don't think my current rig would sell for much at all, I'd probably keep it, buy a cheap new case and PSU and put it all in there so I have a back up.

[FnG]magnolia · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:02

I'd buy a new projector for the theater room.

compboyo · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:08

tibbsey said:
I have two friends who are IT Managers at large well off schools and afaik they're not on anything like that.
From a quick look at an online salary calculator, are you on £40K~?

To answer OP, hookers are in fact a great investment.
Buy a couple with the £5k, then put them to work. Give it a few weeks and you'll be quids in!

lol you think I can get buy hookers that cheap? Some Russian sex slaves? Will they need to stay with me? So if they make 150 per hour (rough guess) I will take 50% and give free acoomodation. If they do 10 gusy per week each thats 1500 qudi per wekk for me..not bad deal. If I can buy 2 hot hookers for 5000 quid?

compboyo · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:09

Klo said:
Hmm, may wait for Bulldozer to come out and see how that performs, then I'll decide between the them.

Good job having parts to sell, I don't think my current rig would sell for much at all, I'd probably keep it, buy a cheap new case and PSU and put it all in there so I have a back up.

My rig is pretty new Im only upgrading cause I want to beast BF3 lol

Strife212 · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:17

Dozer Schmozer, Intel X79 will be out soon.

compboyo · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:24

I aint gonna upgrade til the week before BF3 release. So Ill see whats what then.

Justintime · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:26

tibbsey said:
I have two friends who are IT Managers at large well off schools and afaik they're not on anything like that.
From a quick look at an online salary calculator, are you on £40K~?

If i did not have the extras tacked on it would be 30,988 base, i started on 24k 6 years ago but then took over the managers role about 2 yrs ago plus the VLE, Website and a few other projects. I manage two other technicians, one full time and one part timer.

EdGey · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:43

dowie said:
If 5k is all the savings he's got then his perspective of worthwhile might differ somewhat to yours.

I currently have less than 5k saved myself.

tibbsey · 2 Aug 2011 at 03:34

compboyo said:
lol you think I can get buy hookers that cheap? Some Russian sex slaves? Will they need to stay with me? So if they make 150 per hour (rough guess) I will take 50% and give free acoomodation. If they do 10 gusy per week each thats 1500 qudi per wekk for me..not bad deal. If I can buy 2 hot hookers for 5000 quid?

I'll be honest and say I hadn't really given it that much thought.

-Ad- · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:33

[TW]Fox;19721513 said:
It's £5k not £50k, I'd probably just put it towards a holiday or something.

A trip back to Cali for another roadtrip in a Vette with plenty of spending money for Vegas and hotels/bars.

2 or 2.5 weeks should cover it.

Marky · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:38

Maybe put it in an ISA and save it up. I need a lot more than £5k if I wanna buy an apartment

wannabedamned · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:40

Japan - 5k worth of holiday there

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:43

Probably stick it in a cash ISA then blow it on a car or holiday.

-Ad- · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:51

simulatorman said:
Probably stick it in a cash ISA then blow it on a car or holiday.

After 1 year that will be some serious interest earnings

D.Roberts · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:57

-Ad- said:
After 1 year that will be some serious interest earnings

Really what kind of interest would you get?.

tres · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:58

I'd invest it in myself - this pre-med year is going to be tough financially. I've paid the course fees, I've just about saved enough for a years accommodation, but will then be living off pot noodles

DBT85 · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:59

I'd pay off 5k on my mortgage thank you very much. Would save me over 18k in interest alone and take nearly 2 years off my mortgage.