What would you do with £1000?

mikester · 8 Jun 2011 at 15:33

So it seems HMRC have overtaxed me the last few years, and I might be looking at a £1600 (or more) refund.

Suffice to say it's got me fantasizing a bit.

I've been meaning to build myself a SFF system for a few months now, and this windfall is my ticket.

Ideally, I want to build a multi-purpose rig for the following:

Moderate gaming (CS:S, D3, BF, etc.)
DVDs, Blu-ray, HD 1080p movies
Server for a large collection of music, movies and pictures
Sound system/General TV shows and etc.

All in all, a system with plenty of space (maybe two 1TB HDDs), a powerful graphics card, a high-end C2D processor, and a good sound card for use with high-def speakers. I'd be adding a crisp 22" LCD, a Blu-ray drive, a gaming mouse and a keyboard as well (naturally).

My question to you all is this: what would you do with £1000?

If there is anything I've missed, please feel free to correct me. I've never built anything like this before!

mikester · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:04

iDroid84 said:
I wouldn't spend it I would put it away for a rainy day.

Honestly, I should probably use it to pay down my student debt. But it's more fun to dream!

mikester · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:22

DiCe! said:
You wouldnt need to spend a grand to do the above, maybe £600?

That little? Please elaborate!

mikester · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:36

spoogle said:
Isn't there like 20 of these threads a week?

Close

There a few, granted, but since most are aimed specifically at performing a single function while mine would perform multiple I figured it might be good to have an independent thread. I didn't want to write up a standard "spec me" thread for this very reason.

If I am wrong, then Mods are obviously free to close.

mikester · 8 Jun 2011 at 23:50

gropingmantis said:
You want good sound that means sound card that means mATX.

Or maybe some cheaper HDDs/optical drive/psu/case and get an H50 and an SSD who knows? £1000 is a fair amount of dosh, no need to stick with a C2D.

Or did you mean to include the Keyboard, mouse, monitor and sound system in the price too?

Yeah, will be looking for 20"-24" monitor. Maybe something like the BenQ 24" with Zowie Gaming Accessories?. Three birds, one stone.

Sound system is already covered.

mikester · 18 Jul 2011 at 16:48

Cheers for all the suggestions guys. I've decided to take the pragmatic approach and pay off most of my debts. I will start saving a few months from now and (hopefully) repost with a plea for advice on a new rig.

Luckily I had some cash left over, and managed to upgrade my netbook, Macbook and phone. Yay consumerism!