Just curious to see what people's buying habits are - we've had threads in the past looking at estimates of total spent on PC hardware over the years, but what's the single most expensive component/peripheral you've bought for your PC and how much was it?
I'm thinking along the lines of a single item, so complete/barebones systems, bundles etc don't count. And it should be specific to your PC rather than say a fancy HiFi setup which just happens to be connected to your PC.
I've been upgrading PCs for nearly 10 years now, and for me, it's a 19" Belinea CRT which cost me £235. This was 7 years ago however so in real terms that's probably the equivalent of approaching £300 today.
As monitors are often the most expensive item, I may as well throw in the most expensive internal component - this was a 6800GT I got for £211. Everything else has always been under £200.
How about you?
I'm thinking along the lines of a single item, so complete/barebones systems, bundles etc don't count. And it should be specific to your PC rather than say a fancy HiFi setup which just happens to be connected to your PC.
I've been upgrading PCs for nearly 10 years now, and for me, it's a 19" Belinea CRT which cost me £235. This was 7 years ago however so in real terms that's probably the equivalent of approaching £300 today.
As monitors are often the most expensive item, I may as well throw in the most expensive internal component - this was a 6800GT I got for £211. Everything else has always been under £200.
How about you?
