BentValve
Diamond Member
8 Years ago my first real PC was $1000 , 3-4 years later I picked up an Athlon rig for $1000 a few months after that I began building my own and my first 2 builds were about $1000 ....last month I built my first Athlon 64 rig and it was about $1000.
Granted my first 2 PCs that were pre-builds could have been better had I built them myself but still they were decent PCs in their time.
Now I have a cutting edge PC that will stay that way for a few months and even in a year or less or whenever I decide to upgrade it will still be nice and worth at least 50% of what its worth now.
Thats $500 to my new PC....+ $500 or so and I'll likely have a cutting edge PC again.
$500 a year to stay on top...not bad if you ask me.
Granted my first 2 PCs that were pre-builds could have been better had I built them myself but still they were decent PCs in their time.
Now I have a cutting edge PC that will stay that way for a few months and even in a year or less or whenever I decide to upgrade it will still be nice and worth at least 50% of what its worth now.
Thats $500 to my new PC....+ $500 or so and I'll likely have a cutting edge PC again.
$500 a year to stay on top...not bad if you ask me.
