how much does your current build cost? [original prices]

Just add up the cost her handbags, her hair dressing appointments, her shoes and the cost of repairing a panel on YOUR car everytime she has to take YOUR car out (the missus has scraped my RX8 3 times!!!!)....then you wont feel so guilty :D
 
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ghutchison14078 said:
Just add up her handbags, hair dressing appointments, shoes and the cost of repairing a panel on YOUR car everytime she has to take YOUR car out (she has scraped my RX8 3 times!!!!)....then you wont feel so guilty :D
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Yup... My car, My computer, but it's "the car" when she uses it and "the computer"... until we get electricity bill, then it's your computer... :confused: :D

I think of it as Equilibrium. :)
 
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Intel Core i7 2600K - 199.17
Asus GTX 480 - 163.58
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Cooler - 15.38
Asus P8P67 Pro - 123.67
LG DVD-RW - 12.29
Corsair 650 HX - 76.89
Fractal Design Define R3 - 68.88
Corsair XMS3 2x 4GB (first set) - 61.91
Corsair XMS3 2x 4GB (second set) - 32.80

IcyBox 29.98
IcyBox 19.38
1TB Samsung F3 - 32.98
2TB Western Digital WD20EARS - 53.98
2TB Western Digital WD20EARS - 53.98
1.5TB Seagate - 98.97
1.5TB Seagate - 98.97
OCZ Vertex 120GB - 230 - receipt for exact price is somewhere. Bought this when they were sold out everywhere, so I phoned the retailer I bought it from and he recommended I order over the phone as it was the last one, so no email receipt for it :p

Dell U2410 - 458.27

Logitech G5 - 55.11 - Logitech kindly replaced my MX1000 with a G5, so this cost is for an MX1000
Logitech G15 - 49.89
Logitech Z323 - 34.95
Logitech G27 - 199.99
Razer Vespula Mouse Mat - 24.90
Sennheiser Headphones - 13.70

2209.62. Lots of that is in the past 5 months due to the new build.

Not bad at all considering what it can do and how much it gets used.

Love it :)
 
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Overclockers UK order: £1440
Matrix Orbital Display from other source: £95 (wish i hadn't)
random upgrades:
USB 2.0 internal header £5
USB 3.0 internal header £7
200mm Coolermaster Fan £9
Speakers £10

£1566 total.

Wish i had spent more on mobo and forgotten the display, its a little pointless, as cool as it is.
 
My computer in february
1x Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £109.99
1x Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
1x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £41.98
1x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.18
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
1x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1x Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard (Black) - OEM (967738-0120) £7.99
Total: £445.60 (includes shipping: £11.25)

new cooler and mouse in june
1 x Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £41.98 (includes shipping: FREE).

grand total: £487.58


but if i were to buy the same computer today:
(or as close as i can possibly get)

my computer today
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 460 768MB DirectCU GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99*
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ4GX3M2A1600C8) £44.99
1 x Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £43.91
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £27.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £518.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).

*when i bought the card, the 768MB version was £20 less than the 1024MB version. i dont know if this would have changed, but im going to assume not seeing that the 1024MB version hasnt changed in price

Total price increase: £30.72
(taking into account the shipping cost of the cooler and mouse, which i got with free shipping)
 
Wow, that was a heck of a challenge tracking down all the bits I've got!
In reverse order of purchase:

31/08/2011
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) £39.98

10/03/2011
Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface 14.58+vat
Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse 14.99+vat
Line total: 35.49

15/02/2011
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black 89.99+vat
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 53.32+vat
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM 10.99+vat
Line total: 185.16

27/01/2011
Asrock P67 Pro3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 72.36+vat
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game 148.32+vat
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) 73.32+vat
Line total: 352.61

07/06/2010
Dell ST2210 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920x1080 50,000:1 119.98

25/01/2010
Intel X25-M Gen2 Mainstream 80GB 176.24

30/09/2009
Silverstone Raven 2 RV02B Full Tower Case - Black 95.64+vat
Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme CPU Cooler Rev.B 26.08+vat
GeForce GTX260 Sonic SLI 896MB 108.36+vat
3x Sata Data Cable With Right Angle Connectors 1.20 x3 +vat
Line total: 264.59

15/07/2009
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 44.97

I also have a £4 keyboard from a local shop bought sometime in 2010.
Notice there's no PSU listed? I can't remember where or when I bought it but I think it was £34
Line total: 38

Grand total: 1257.02
Oops!
 
Jesus, wish i didnt do this either!

Case - Silvertone Fortress - £200
Mobo - Asrock z68 Fatality - £180
Processor - i5 2500k - £180
Ram - Kingston hyper x 8GB - £40
Cooler - Be Quiet Dark Rock pro- £35
Graphics Card - GTX 580 - £400
SSD - OCz Vertex 2 60GB - £100
SSD - Kingston hyper X120GB - £180
PSU - OCz 850w modular - £100
Monitor - HP 21.5"- £150
Mouse/Keyboard- £80
Astro Headset - £150

£1795

That includes IC diamond thermal paste / DVD drive / windows 7 / all cables ect.
 
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Exactly £1,225.85 for the build in my signature (including thermal compound, ethernet cable, optical drive, and a SATA extension cable :p)
 
Original system


Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XTX XXX Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XTX XXX Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) clocked to 4.00Ghz
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
2 x G.Skill Falcon 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive in Raid 0
All about £2,000

Upgrades :-

Mamba mouse £90.00
Lycosa keyboard (gloss) £65.00
Samsung 24inch £160.00
HD5970 £540.00
Revo 120gig £340.00
Intel 160 gig SSD £320.00
HD 5870 £130.00
6 gig Patriot Viper £130.00
Hazro 27 inch £504.00

In the last year and a half on this build £4279

Wifes i7 920 machine about £1500 with 27 inch Hazro

Just ordered Daughter Titan Spinosaur with upgrades £852
 
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CPU- £150
MOBO - £140
GPU- £230
SSD - £90
HDD - £45
CASE - £160+£50
PSU - £70
DVD - £18
Blu-ray - £35
HEATSINK - £37
MONITORS - £140 + £120
MOUSE+KEYBOARD - £70
CABLES - £20
SPEAKERS - £50

£1425'ish
 
Are we going on current value or value of parts.when bought. Also this rig had had 3 gfx cards so do I put the value of the current card. All 3 put together or the value if each as xx + xx + xx = xx ????
 
Current rig, prices all rounded to nearest whole number.

CM Storm Enforcer case - 70
Top 200mm fan - 10
ASUS M5A97 PRO MB - 84
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD - 100
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD - 45
AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 86
Corsair A50 CPU cooler - 24
MSi 5850 Twin FrozR II - 130
OCZ StealthXStream2 700W PSU -57
Corsair XMS3 8GB RAM - 50

Total 656 (give or take few £)
 
CPU + Mobo = £280
Ram = £58
CPU Cooler = £28
GPU = £210
Case = £87
Aftermarket Fans = £40
Soundcard = £45
HDD 1 = £40
HDD 2 = £40
SSD = £230
BluRay Drive = £50
PSU = £70

Peripherals
Mouse = £47
Keyboard = £70
Mouse Mat = £10
Logitech DFGT = £80
Goldring Ns1000 + FiiO e5 + Additional Cables = £90

Monitor 1 = £20
Monitor 2 = £250

£1747... That's depressing..


kd
 
2600k - £236
P8Z68-V Pro - £147
8GB Vengeance Blue - £61
HX100W - £134
2x XFX 6950 2GB - £400
1TB F3 - £42
LiteON DVDRW - £19
Corsair H80 - £61
Razer Arctosa - £45
CM Sentinel Advance £41
Fans - £60
NZXT Gamma - £38
32" 1080p HDTV - £500

Total £1784

Quite a spend, especially when building it you sit and think "oh that parts only £100, that parts only £80" it all adds up. Still have 2 SSD's to throw into that too.

A little off topic but how would I go about getting my system insured?
 
Thanks, was just something that ran through my mind the other day, my other half deals with the insurance, so I take it would be to the value of £xxxx rather than it consists of components X Y and Z?
 
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