PC Monthly spend?

This is going to sound a bit sad but I actually have an e-savings account which automatically gets £60/month put into it for the purposes of upgrading my PC and other gadgets. That way I don't really feel like I'm spending a lot each month but I usually have enough cash to buy a new graphics card every 2 years or whatever without feeling guilty about dipping into my main bank account.
 
sbi5ar said:
Yet it is you who feels the need to show off your PC spec in your sig ;)
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I post in the techy PC parts of this forum a lot m8, and like many others it's easier to have your specs in you sig rather then constantly reposting them. You've been here a while, I thought you would have figured that out by now. :rolleyes:
 
DazQ87 said:
This is going to sound a bit sad but I actually have an e-savings account which automatically gets £60/month put into it for the purposes of upgrading my PC and other gadgets. That way I don't really feel like I'm spending a lot each month but I usually have enough cash to buy a new graphics card every 2 years or whatever without feeling guilty about dipping into my main bank account.
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You are a god amoungst men..

Or a woman, if half of it was spent on shoes.. :D
 
Not bought anything for mine since a fan controller over a year ago.

I still have an 920 which I bought way back when OcUK were at their original location in Fenton.

I haven't had a proper upgrade in years.
 
topgun06 said:
Not bought anything for mine since a fan controller over a year ago.

I still have an 920 which I bought way back when OcUK were at their original location in Fenton.

I haven't had a proper upgrade in years.
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Then today my friend, is the day you should upgrade!

Bought parts June last year, then at Christmas and then a full system last week. Won't be spending for at least another year+.
 
Yeah my machine is relatively ancient. But it does what a need. It plays most games at high settings.

Just curious... if I upgraded to the latest CPU, MOBO and RAM, where would I see the greatest difference?
 
topgun06 said:
Yeah my machine is relatively ancient. But it does what a need. It plays most games at high settings.

Just curious... if I upgraded to the latest CPU, MOBO and RAM, where would I see the greatest difference?
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Depends what you are playing, coming from a 920, you'll see a nice gain in performance, obviously the graphics card will be the main boost, but a new CPU can do wonders!
 
The i7 920 is still a cracking cpu for gaming. No doubt you'll see some improvements in selected cpu hungry titles but its an expensive layout for what is in all likelihood a pretty small gain in performance. How about a cheap secondhand GTX580 and go SLI?
 
I've got to the point with mine where I'm happy with it as it is, not much is worth upgrading for the time being.

I think the next big spend maybe when the 20nm GPUs have been oout for a few months and the prices are at sensible levels.
 
mrbell1984 said:
I got into 8K's worth of debt because of stupidity. I advise anyone who gets this sort of stuff on credit thinks twice about it. I haven't spent anything for the last 6 years on PC's.
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O_o In one go? or a build up? What on earth were you buying...
 
I am sitting here grinning like a Cheshire cat -- Just built myself a new system and talk about quick - Put a free office suite on today - the one open to anyone- I blinked and nearly missed it loading - done in 2 min max.

Putting photo's off old PC onto memory stick - 30 min to load and 6 min to offload to new one.

To say I am chuffed is understatement and still like to say thanks to all who helped me choose bit's.

These new SSD's really are the dog's danglies

By way my budget doubled. -- can't see much more spending in near future but might tap up mrs's for graphic's card for xmas.

Dave
 
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