Anyone here have a relatively low paying job but...

[Locut0s]

Anyone here have a relatively low paying job but love building high end PCs so much that they are willing to sacrifice a fair amount of money to their PC hobby and stay on top of the newest technology?

I'm leaving it up to posters to decide what they consider a low paying job but anything where they are sacrificing in other areas of their life to keep their PC hobby going would fit in this bracket. For example, "I live in a small apartment, or with my parents, but I could live in something better if I didn't spend money on my PC". etc.. Definitely minimum wage counts of course

I'm not exactly in that bracket, I am spending some money from my job on my computer but I certainly don't plan on spening my life in a minimum wage job spening $ on computers. This will be my last computer upgrade before I pump most of my earnings into suplimenting my university funds, so it's hopefully going to be a nice rig.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Nope, was a study viking in college, got the Computer Science degree, worked hard, and am paid quite well.

I enjoy having a decent gaming computer, but after a couple of decades of systems starting with a TRS-80 model 1 I don't really care about keeping my system on the bleeding edge.

I now only get around to upgrading when there is some game I want to play that doesn't run well on my system. Changing parts to improve benchmark scores is not worth the effort.

My advice to people answering yes: if you can, work towards a better job that pays enough that you can indulge your hobby without living on ramen in your parents' basement. And go to vanguard.com and buy some VFINX shares

 

[FoBoT]

building a few systems is nothing

controlling tens of thousands of systems, that is where it is at :evil:

 

[mugs]

I have a relatively high paying job and haven't upgraded anything in my computer in 2 1/2 years.

 

[jtvang125]

Well my mom just bought me the Dell 2405FPW so that I can now game in widescreen and watch an ocassional movie if I don't feel like watching it on my HT system. My 9500p won't cut it no more so I'm having her buy me 2 7800GTX so I can run them in SLi. Woohoo, Sims @ 1600 x 1200 here I come.

 

[Locut0s]

Interesting results so far. I would have thought there would be a few voting yes. I'm currently going to university and don't plan on getting a low paying job. MY parents are currently paying my tuition however I plan to supliment that with my own income in the comming years. Currently I have a minimum wage job and I'm splitting the income from it between university and building a new computer.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Well my mom just bought me the Dell 2405FPW so that I can now game in widescreen and watch an ocassional movie if I don't feel like watching it on my HT system. My 9500p won't cut it no more so I'm having her buy me 2 7800GTX so I can run them in SLi. Woohoo, Sims @ 1600 x 1200 here I come.

8/10 for deadpan humor :thumbsup:

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Well my mom just bought me the Dell 2405FPW so that I can now game in widescreen and watch an ocassional movie if I don't feel like watching it on my HT system. My 9500p won't cut it no more so I'm having her buy me 2 7800GTX so I can run them in SLi. Woohoo, Sims @ 1600 x 1200 here I come.

Does your mom have a low paying job?

Are you old and lazy or young and spoiled?

 

[PHiuR]

results of pole = you got owned.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
results of pole = you got owned.

Who said I was in the yes group? As you can see from my reply I am spending some money from my job on my computer but I certainly don't plan on spening my life in a minimum wage job spening $ on computers.

 

[bhanson]

I drive a crappy car to help pay for computer stuff, that's about it for me.

 

[jadinolf]

I enjoy having a decent gaming computer, but after a couple of decades of systems starting with a TRS-80 model 1 I don't really care about keeping my system on the bleeding edge.

I ordered 5 TRS-80s on Oct 3, 1977. I liked it so much, I bought the company. Seriously.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
I enjoy having a decent gaming computer, but after a couple of decades of systems starting with a TRS-80 model 1 I don't really care about keeping my system on the bleeding edge.

I ordered 5 TRS-80s on Oct 3, 1977. I liked it so much, I bought the company. Seriously.

Or at least a few shares of it

For its time the TRS-80 was pretty nice, with 16K of RAM and 12K ROM BASIC, plus cassette tape drive for data storage. Not as nice as the Atari 800 I moved on to (with 80K 5.25" floppy drive, w00t!) but writing BASIC code on the TRS-80 was a lot of fun.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: jadinolf
I enjoy having a decent gaming computer, but after a couple of decades of systems starting with a TRS-80 model 1 I don't really care about keeping my system on the bleeding edge.

I ordered 5 TRS-80s on Oct 3, 1977. I liked it so much, I bought the company. Seriously.

Or at least a few shares of it

For its time the TRS-80 was pretty nice, with 16K of RAM and 12K ROM BASIC, plus cassette tape drive for data storage. Not as nice as the Atari 800 I moved on to (with 80K 5.25" floppy drive, w00t!) but writing BASIC code on the TRS-80 was a lot of fun.

Back in my day it was 4K of memory.

I bought a Radio Shack dealership in my small town and retired from it.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I paid the extra $300(?) to move from 4K to 16K, and $100(?) to move from 4K BASIC up to 12K "advanced" BASIC.

$300 for 12K of RAM, yikes. That will buy about 4 GB = 4,000,000,000 K now. Of course it has been 27 years.

At $300 per 12K of RAM, no wonder your store did well

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I paid the extra $300(?) to move from 4K to 16K, and $100(?) to move from 4K BASIC up to 12K "advanced" BASIC.

$300 for 12K of RAM, yikes. That will buy about 4 GB = 4,000,000,000 K now. Of course it has been 27 years.

With a few noteable exceptions it costs about the same to build a high end system now as it did back in the day. What has changed is what you are getting for your money.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: tm37

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Well my mom just bought me the Dell 2405FPW so that I can now game in widescreen and watch an ocassional movie if I don't feel like watching it on my HT system. My 9500p won't cut it no more so I'm having her buy me 2 7800GTX so I can run them in SLi. Woohoo, Sims @ 1600 x 1200 here I come.

Does your mom have a low paying job?

Are you old and lazy or young and spoiled?

My mom doesn't work, she's on welfare. So I would like to thank each and every one of you hard working people on helping her buy me these nice toys.

You say I'm spoiled? No way, I didn't have to kick, scream, and shout. All I had to do was hide the remote til she gave in.

 

[markgm]

I used to back in college. Now I make 3 times as much and spend 90% less than on new tech.

 

[ScottFern]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: tm37

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Well my mom just bought me the Dell 2405FPW so that I can now game in widescreen and watch an ocassional movie if I don't feel like watching it on my HT system. My 9500p won't cut it no more so I'm having her buy me 2 7800GTX so I can run them in SLi. Woohoo, Sims @ 1600 x 1200 here I come.

Does your mom have a low paying job?

Are you old and lazy or young and spoiled?

My mom doesn't work, she's on welfare. So I would like to thank each and every one of you hard working people on helping her buy me these nice toys.

You say I'm spoiled? No way, I didn't have to kick, scream, and shout. All I had to do was hide the remote til she gave in.

Your humor blows, stick to your craptastic day job.

 

[JoeKing]

It's crazy to try to always stay on the cutting edge. Last gen for the last few years have always been more than enough IMO.




I'm bitter.

 

[nageov3t]

I have a mediocre paying job and upgrade my PC whenever I need to.

I'm also thinking about running away to Africa to escape it

 

[FoBoT]

i don't think i understand the question

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: markgm
I used to back in college. Now I make 3 times as much and spend 90% less than on new tech.

Well I'm in a similar position to you back in college then. This will probably be my last comp upgrade, so it's going to be a nice one After that most of my money will go into helping pay for university funds.

 

[cliftonite]

havent upgraded a thing in almost 2 years

 

[Rastus]

I quit upgrading all the time a few years ago.

I now build classic computers. I have an ultimate 486 almost complete and will start either a celery 300a @ 450 or some sort of classic dual rig. It's uber cheap and just as fun as trying to get a few more FPS out of the latest game.