Budgets vs. Reality

[peterhuang913]

In general...

I can't accept not having the best =p

 

[PanzerKammander]

Well, I changed EVERYTHING but the case in my last build, new monitor/cpu/mobo/ram/mouse/speakers/hdd/opt drives/grphx/soundcard/psu/case fans... and I spent 1750 ish.. and my original budget was 1600.. soo I didnt do too bad.

 

[BennyV04988]

I started with a budget of $1k

i'm up to $1100 now and i still dont have a motherboard, processor or video card.

What the FUNK do you have? lol...

 

[peterhuang913]

What the FUNK do you have? lol...

6 Raptors in raid

 

[b1gapl]

What the FUNK do you have? lol...

I believe he bought an 8800Ultra.

 

[peterhuang913]

I believe he bought an 8800Ultra.

two in SLI also

 

[Moo81]

Spent about ~$1670 Canadian on new PC below. Pretty close to my budget of 1600. Originally planned on getting Gigabyte P35 DS3R and E6750 processor which would have put it way below that.

I figured might as well get Q6600 with prices dropping to $298. Only sucky thing is its not G0, but I am ok with that since it was all luck of the draw. Funny thing is prices went on sale further a day after for $289. lol.

eVGA 8800 GTS 320mb was on sale for $278 too after I got the x1950xt... if it went on sale one day earlier I probably would have went with the 8800. oh wells.

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 B3 with Zalman CNPS9700NT
Asus P5K Deluxe
ATI x1950xt 256mb
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB DDR2-800
WD 500GB
OCZ GameXStream 700W
Vista Home Premium
Antec 900

 

[taintedplay]

This hobby is VERY expensive. And with few decent games out now = AUGH.

Just a general reply to this

 

[mgcook]

What the FUNK do you have? lol...

antec 900 w/ extra case fan
lg 20" widescreen
g5mouse, microsoft keyboard
2 seagate 320GB's
rosewill 750w PS
dvd burner, dvd rom, and floppy drive
tuniq 120
crucial ballistix 2GB

actually just double checked my spreadsheet, im only $956 in the hole.

but i still lack a q6600, 8800 ultra, and 680i board

i waste too much money :sigh:

 

[Moo81]

oops.. heres the sig