most expensive PC hardware you've bought

[fire400]

1. hardware and software

2. happy or not?

 

[imported_goku]

First peice of REALLY expensive PC hardware I bought, My radeon 9800pro, then my 7800GS+.

happy, happy. I was a lot more happier with the purchase of my 9800pro than my 7800GS+ because I didn't feel nearly as forced as I was when I bought the 7800GS+ since I was worried that they would run out of stock and therefore I wouldn't be able to buy my self a card.

 

[Ricemarine]

1. Opteron 165 and Microsoft Windows XP Pro.
2. Yes. Go Microsoft EPP! (hookups pwn)... Otherwise games would be #1 for me.

 

[SynthDude2001]

1a) Dell 2005FPW, $560 including tax in January 2005
1b) Software...probably not much over $60-70, cheap university licensing agreements FTW!

2) Yes, I'm quite happy with the monitor even though you can probably get a better one for half the price these days.

 

[simms]

software?
$10 for AOE III, $30 for day of the tentacle about ... 15 years ago.

MSDNAA FTW.

 

[slpaulson]

My most expensive single item would be my 19" lcd. They were a lot more expensive when I got it than they are now...

My most expensive software would be Windows Media Center.

I'm plenty happy with them.

 

[Juno]

like $300 on ray dream studio 5 and it utterly sucked.

that was like six years ago.

 

[adairusmc]

1a) Pentium 4 EE 3.2 socket 478 - the day it came out $1008
1b) Adobe Photoshop CS2 ($649)


Not happy with the CPU (it was fast, but cost waay too much), but have been very happy with my copy of photoshop.

 

[eits]

x1900xt... yeah, still happy (even though it gets pretty warm).

the most expensive comparitively-wise, however, has to be my lian li v1000 (with window) case... over $200. yes, i'm completely happy.

oh, my 2005fpw was pretty expensive, too. yes, i'm happy with that, too.

 

[Tom]

component- about $249 for a Soundblaster 1x cdrom drive kit. Happy.

software - $99 for Excel 4.0 Happy

 

[BurnItDwn]

Hardware, probably my Acer AL2423Wdr 24inch Widescreen LCD ... around $700
Last year I spent about $800 on a 27inch 720P LCD-TV that I was using as a computer monitor until I got the 24inch (now the 27inch is just being used as a TV)

Software, Windows XP Pro, I think it was $130 or $150 or something around there.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: eits
x1900xt... yeah, still happy (even though it gets pretty warm).

the most expensive comparitively-wise, however, has to be my lian li v1000 (with window) case... over $200. yes, i'm completely happy.

oh, my 2005fpw was pretty expensive, too. yes, i'm happy with that, too.

hehe, i have the same case but without a window. i'm sick of colored leds fans shining at night when i'm trying to sleep.

and i spent $300 on x2 3800+ windsor about two or three weeks before the price plummeted. other than that, i could've saved the money and spend on 7950gx2.

those bitter days

 

[Steve]

Hardware, 2405FPW ($855)

Software, LOL

 

[91TTZ]

I bought a VL-Bus Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM a while back, and that cost $300 in during a time before fast video cards were that popular. But that thing was fast for its day.

 

[ta8689]

$330 for an opteron 165, 60 bucks for some game...

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Probably my current GPU. Cost i nthe $200-$300 BALL PARK.

aLSO HAVE SOME HOME DESIGN SOFTWARE (PROFESSIONAL STUFF) THAT COST $2k+. mY FATHER IN LAW ACTUALLY BOUGHT IT ... NEVER USED IT ... GAVE IT TO ME.

 

[wazzledoozle]

Hardware: $200 for 19" widescreen lcd
Software: $60 for Halo 2

Halo 2 was the biggest dissapointment of all time for me, but the LCD is awesome

 

[lokiju]

Either my 9700 All-in-wonder pro for $400ish or my 19" Samsung LCD for $700 (which was a smokin hot deal at the time )

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Hardware: Dell 2001FP, $749 Very happy, still use it to this day. Even bought a second one later for $400 less.
Software: XP Pro, also quite happy.

- JaAG

 

[wiredspider]

toss up between $185 for a Plextor 8/4/32 CDRW back in the day and 300-400 for my 2001FPW, the cd burner just feels like it was more expensive though.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

My computer for $250.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Hardware was my Voodoo 2 SLI setup ($560). Software wise, it was probably my OEM copy of Office 2000, which was around $175 on eBay.

 

[iamaelephant]

My Dell 24" monitor, $1600NZD. Happy as Larry

 

[RossMAN]

In 2001 I bught a Dell Dimension 4100 with 19" Trinitron CRT for $1500 and I financed it.

Ouch.

 

[tami]

you definitely don't know what the purpose of a "topic title" is versus a "topic summary". i feel like i've already lectured you on this when i was more active on the forums. kind of sad how things don't change much.

Juno: windows are lifesavers, literally. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...hreadid=1466853&enterthread=y&arctab=y

the images don't work anymore, but i'll put them up somewhere else maybe

and no, i don't use silly LEDs either.

edit: fixed link