most expensive PC hardware you've bought

[Alex]

that'd be my $350 Viewsonic PF790 19" flatscreen CRT monitor a couple years ago... i still used it up to a while back but eventually gave in and got an LCD....

most expensive software i bought is probably admuncher which costs like $30

 

[j00fek]

225$ for an opty 148 back in dec 05

best chip iv had to date, great oc'er

 

[SparkyJJO]

1. X1900XT, a couple weeks after it came out.
2. Yes, very happy with it. Only thing I don't like is the stock cooler (but hey, who likes stock coolers anyway??)

 

[olds]

Dell 2001 LCD for about $600 * happy
XP Pro for $50 * happy

 

[Sensai]

Athlon Slot A 800 mhz $460 ... satisfied for a year
Geforce 6800 Ultra agp $360 ... sold it in a year for 300 and traded for x800 xt PE for ~230 : )

 

[dxkj]

1mb of ram $2300

20MB HDD, $6400

 

[Sensai]

Athlon Slot A 800 mhz $460 ... satisfied for a year
Geforce 6800 Ultra agp $360 ... sold it in a year for 300 and traded for x800 xt PE for ~230 : )

 

[batmang]

hrmm. most expensive peice of hardware or software ive bought for my pc.... prolly my 17" lcd, was $320 shipped when i bought it.

 

[Koing]

That would be my 23" Sony LCD @ £2150 ($3.8k or so). Yes very happy with it. Did lots of work on it during my time at Uni. Now it is paired with a 24" Dell that only cost £715 ($1.1k).

Pretty good setup.

Koing

 

[newParadigm]

A64 X2 3800 (currently at 2.4ghz, aiming to go higher when I find the time to put on my xp90).

 

[ForumMaster]

probablly my 17" LCD a while ago. here it costs more like $350.
most expensive software would have to be windows xp pro.

 

[Abel007]

Do monitors count? If so $1700 for my 42" Westinghouse 1080p LCD.

If not then my e6600 C2D for $360 would take the top prize.

 

[Otaking]

probably my 8 gb scsi UW HD... some insane amount, > $500 i think

The SCSI adapter was not cheap either. :Q

 

[Kwaipie]

Hardware - Dual Dell 20" FPW
Software - Microsoft MAPS (Action Pack Subscription) $300. Worth every penny.

 

[fire400]

probably RAM for me. low latency kits are the thing for me. couple hundred bucks and over.

 

[acemcmac]

$260x2 (after 2 $60 rebates and cash back) for Samsung 204b's. Happy.

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: Kwaipie
Hardware - Dual Dell 20" FPW
Software - Microsoft MAPS (Action Pack Subscription) $300. Worth every penny.

dual widescreen, pics? i'm pretty jealous--you must have a massive desk 🙂


I have three 3-4K laptops sitting around from various periods spaced multiple years apart, one is a P166, woosh

17" Dell Trintron (non-Flat) monitor, Jan 1997 - $700

Myself or the original owner got good use out of all of the above, so I would say that they are worth the price

Can I count Microsoft Streets & Trips (with GPS locator) as software? It really kicks ass..compared to my handheld running GPS from Garmin, it finds my location one hundred times faster..and its smaller! now if i didnt have some issue with unplugging it and the computer going into sleep, it would really be the shizzle - $100

 

[HigherGround]

Original GeForce 256 DDR, it was ~ $350. I luke warm happy 🙂

 

[QueBert]

120 megabyte RLL hard drive - 1989, paid I believe 1,300 for it. Was about as tall as some SFF cases, and loud as hell. At this time 10-30 meg HD's were pretty ubber. 120 megs was crazy. Biggest game I remember at that time, Crime Wars? It was a whopping 5 5 1/4 360k floppy disc's

software I have no idea.

 

[thomsbrain]

1. Pro Tools Digi 002R: about $1200 for the hardware/software package. i bought a $2300 laptop to run it, too.
2. yes.

 

[chairbornrangerx]

My dual 7800GTX's, at about $490 a piece, that was the most expensive. (this was in december of 05)

Who buys software? I mean really? lol