how much did your rig cost

[blodhi74]

after seeing all the new rig posts, I evaluated how much my current system cost me ... prices represent what I paid when I got the items

barton 2500+ = $80
1 GB 2700 ram = $160
Gigabyte mobo = $90
antec 460 PSU = $72
9700 pro = $280
TV tuner = $35
SB live =$26
liteon DVD burner =$60
liteon 52x CD burner= $30
case, fans and cold cathode lights =$65
floppy= $7
speakers altec lamsing 2.1 = $60
viewsonic 17" CRT= $89
sony 17" LCD =$349
router=$15
keyboard and mouse =$50
40 gb maxtor HD =$49
winxp pro = $150

total = $ 1667


oh the joy of a stable custom system ... priceless


post your prices

 

[AnotherGuy]

My sig rig which is still on its way... cost me 750 without the vidcard and no monitor.

 

[blodhi74]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
My sig rig which is still on its way... cost me 750 without the vidcard and no monitor.

wanna trade .... are you planning to update the vid card ( if you are a gamer ) ????

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

A64 3000+ Newcastle=$137
1GB PC3200 ram=$129
DFI Lanparty=$120
Raidmax Scorpio with PSU=$35
6800 GT=$350
SB Live=$29
Creative 5200 speakers=$30
DVD drive=$30
Hyundai 19" CRT=$99
Keyboard and Mouse=$30
120 GB HD=$90
Windows XP $110

Total= around $1180

Estimated some off my memory .

 

[raildogg]

$2800

 

[Gioron]

$1600ish, not including monitor and speakers.

 

[Algere]

I have a feeling this threads gonna get big. Anyways I'll play along & estimate my rig's parts totaling @ around $1900 at the time they were bought over the years. Today, I'd price it's current value around the ballpark of $1500-1600 excluding depreciation value.

 

[ApacheChief]

2100.

 

[RealityTime]

everything with taxes (in canadian dollars, and in ontario with 15% tax ) $3500

 

[tfinch2]

sempron 2400+ retail hsf and ecs nforce2 mobo - 70 at fry's
2x256 kingston pc3200 ram - free birthday gift
40 gig maxtor 7200 rpm hdd - 25 at local shop
black floppy - free from a friend
16x dvd drive - 20 at local shop
52x cd-rw - 20 after rebate
abit ti4200 - 70 newegg refurb
audigy 1 - 40
ati tv wonder - 3 after rebate (that's right 3!)
skyhawk aluminum case w/2 80mm fans - 37 off ebay
seasonic 300w psu - 40 at fry's
2 coolermaster black bezels - 20
vantec nexus 3.5" - 20 at fry's
microsoft basic keyboard - 10 on sale office depot
microsoft basic optical mouse - 10 on sale office depot
samsung syncmaster 793df 17" crt - 137 newegg
logitech z5300 5.1 speakers - 138 newegg
and win xp pro - 15 dollars from school

i think that's everything...total = $675

i've bought or recieved everything in the passed 2 months or so. not too bad for a complete budget system!

 

[Dubb]

hmm, I'll have to think...

2x LV 1.6 xeons at 2.6 - $115
PC-DL - $180
2x 512 crucial ECC ram - $180
Antec 550w EPS PS -$108
2x xeon HSF -$22
2x 36 gig raptors - $260
Antec 1040 BII case $100 (but came with a spare 400w PS)
lite-on 52x cdrw - $10
PNY 5900 ultra - $300 - resistor + rivatuner modded to quadro 3000
viewsonic P220F 22" Flat CRT - $400 (dell deal)
old crappy 17" dell monitor - $too old to tell - maybe $80 when it was new
mx500 - $30
freebie dell keyboard

total: $1713 for a near top notch 3d rig..

...of course I left out the RME hammerfall DSP (about $800), that's in the quiet PC...

 

[Markfw]

Read my sig and guess...

 

[0roo0roo]

enough to make the baby jesus cry. he was like "but there are starving children..." and i was like.. u stfu!

 

[Thoreau]

Older thread on same topic... http://forums.anandtech.com/me...7&threadid=1368611

$1485.78 if tax free, shipping free, and monitor, kb, mouse, speaker, peripheral free. =) (/me hugs hot deals forum). Made a few changes to the system since then, but that's still about the same price.

 

[TwYsTeD]

CoolerMaster praetorian-110
Ultra X-Connect Modular psu - 100
A64 3400 - 300
ASUS K8N-E - 140
Mushkin 2x512 level 2 version 2; 2-2-2 pc3200 - 300
Zalman HSF - 50
2x74 GB raptors - 360
2x160 Gig Hitachis - 220
Geforce 6800GT- 430
SB Audigy2 ZS Platinum - 150
nec 16x dual layer dvd+-r - 95
52x cd rom - 30
52z cdrw - 40
16x dvdr - 40
floppy - 5
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 - 350
MS Keyboard - 30
MX700 mouse - 50
2xDell 2001FP 20.1 inch lcds - 1600

These were all prices at the time of purchase. Total = $4400

 

[beverage]

Athlon 2800+ = $150
Soyo KT400 Ultra Plat. = $100
1 GB PC2700 DDR = $140
CD/RW = $50
DVD-ROM = $45
Seagate 40 gig HDD = $80
Maxtor 40 gig HDD = $75
Maxtor 40 gig HDD = $75
Maxtor 60 gig HDD = $50
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro = $250
Soundblaster Audigy = $50
Alpha Pal 8045 = $45
Floppy = $15
Case/PSU Antec Sonata = $100
Logitech Elite = $40
Logitech MX510 = $50
Sony SDM-HS73 = $550

Total = $1865

 

[SynthDude2001]

Was roughly $1100 in August 2003, then $80 for Logitech Z640 speakers that October, then added a $340 6800GT in July (although sold my previous 9700 Pro for $140 to offset the cost), then $70 DVD burner just this past week, and now $650 for a 2001FP monitor within the last two hours.

So roughly $2000 including the monitor that's now on its way.

 

[Shenkoa]

2 GHz P4 - $220
MSI 845EMax - $110
256 MB PC 2700 - $80
512 MB PC 2100 - $180
2 WD800JB's - $120
Liteon DVD+RW - $109
9800 Pro - $300
Audigy 2 - $75
ATI TV Tuner - $50
Antec Case - $120
Dell POS monitor - $50
Logitech Z560's - $200
Logitech Keyboard $40
MS Optical Blue $40
Vantec Aeroflow HSF $28
Dual Blue Cathodes $20
LED FAN - $10

Total = $1752 at time of price.

 

[Spikesoldier]

xp-m 2500+ - 110
zalman 7000AlCu - 30
ep8rda+ - 40
1024mb pc3200 - 135
gf4 ti4200 - 80
sb live - 30
IEEE1394 pci card + cable - 50
lite on dvd-rom - 30
nu dvd-rw - 80
WD 80JB - 60
WD 160JB - 100
x-dreamer case - 50
antec 350 - 50
logitech elite keyboard - 40
logitech mx500 - 50
logitech z-640 - 90
dell 1901fp - 590
misc cooling devices - 20

~$1635

 

[Rankor]

Intel Pentium 4-C Northwood 512K L2 800 FSB 3400MHz -- $479

Motherboard: Intel D875PBZ (303) -- $157

Memory: 2048 MB of Kingston HyperX PC3200 -- $378

Video Card: ATI ATI Radeon X800 Pro AGP and ATI Radeon 7000 PCI ATI Radeon X800 Pro, Radeon 7000 -- $450

Hard Drive: Western Digital Special Edition with 8MB Cache WD800JBRTL 80.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS -- $100

Additional Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda IV 40.0 GB/7200RPM
ST3200822A Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200 GB/7200RPM in ADS USB 2.0 External Enclosure -- $230

Monitor: Benq FP767 Ver. 2 with 16ms response time -- $405

Additional Monitors: Two Benq FP567s with 16ms response time in multi-display configuration (Windows Triple-View Extended Desktop). -- $520

CDROM Manufacturer & Model: Toshiba SD-M1712 --$42

DVD Manufacturer & Model: Toshiba SD-M1712 -- $42

CDR/CDRW Manufacturer & Model: Plextor PX-W5224TA/SW 52x24x52 -- $100

Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS -- $100

Speakers: Logitech Z-5300 THX 5.1 speaker system -- $200

Other Components: *Black Mitsumi FDD -- $15

ThermalRight SLK-947U with Zalman ZM-F2 92mm fan at 2800 RPM (36.1db, 53cfm) -- $60

Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard (OEM) -- $25

Logitech MX 310 Optical USB w/3M PMS with wrist rest -- $30

CoolerMaster WaveMaster Case with optional blue window -- $200

Antec TruePower 550 Power Supply -- $90

Sennheiser HD 497 Open Air Headphones -- $70

Logitech X3D Wingman Extreme 3D Pro Joystick -- $35

Silver rounded cables; Wireloom on power cables -- $20

Purple Case Fans for top blowhole and rear exhaust -- $30

Purple Case light at bottom of WaveMaster -- $20

Zalman FB123 Fan bracket with two Zalman ZM-F2 92mm fans at 2800 RPM (36.1db, 53cfm) -- $20

Vantec expansion slot protectors on 3 pci slots -- $5

~ $4094 including sales tax

 

[mauiblue]

My sig does not have all the hardware listed in my rig. But a good estimate is about $2600 not including shipping, OS, and MS Office Pro software.

BTW, my system building/upgrading is always in flux like the rest of you computer freaks/geeks and so does the investment...always something to buy

 

[apoppin]

i try not to think about it.

:roll:

The Basics- Case, 2.80C P4, 512MB PC 3500, Abit IC7g MB was ~$500 in February . . .

then . . .

. . . . added a TT 480w PS for $60 more later and a 9800XT for $223 . . . 512MB more PC3500 for $90 . . . . Audigy 2 ZS for $80 . . .. Western Digital - 120.0 GB HD for $40 (after MIR)

i reused my 19" monitor from 4 years ago and just about everything else except for . . . .

. . . . THIS year: new printer i860 Canon for ~$100 and a new Canon a300 camera for the same . . . . new Buslink 128MB-mp3/flashdrive/voice recorder, new net MD Walkman, wireless Logitech internet webcam/KB/mouse, Nostromo N52 speedpad . . . .

adds up
:shocked:

 

[dragonballgtz]

<---to lazy to figure out

 

[Jeff7]

I will go on memory for a lot of these, as a good deal of my system came from the FS/T forum.

XP2400 mobile - $87, Newegg
1GB PC3200 GeIL - $132, Newegg
NF7-S rev1.2 - $75?
Radeon 9800 Pro - $170
Alpha 8045 - $22
Enlight 7237 - $70?
Antec Truepower 430 - $65
CCFL's - $10
Fans - $9
TV tuner - $20
Logitech z-640's - $40
USB PCI card - $16, Newegg
21" Nokia 445 Monitor - $235
Logitech dual optical - $45?
Keyboard - $6.95, in 1997
1250VA UPS - $125

And my second system....probably about as expensive, maybe more. It has less on the videocard front, but it has an excellent storage system - 4 hard drives in RAID 5, plus an extra one for storage (mainly because the RAID card only supports 4 drives, and I'd wanted 5. Oops). All I know is, I got a magic number for the cost of the hard drive upgrades and the RAID 5 card - $666. And 90 cents, but that's not the important number.

Well that post here took awhile to research, and I'm not going to the trouble for my second system.

Oh yes, the total is....holy crap. $1127.95. Geez. Now I know why my sister has a larger bank account than me. She doesn't have an expensive habit to feed.

 

[fkloster]

$5K (including nework, IO devices not listed)