POLL: What's the Most You Paid for PC Hardware

[Olias]

OK, don't laugh. I once paid $600 for a 16MB SIMM and $260 for a 2x CD-ROM. Then there was tax on top of this. This was in 94 and these were Canadian dollers.

 

[yellowperil]

My first PC:

Packard Bell Pentium 100, 8MB RAM, 850MB RAM, 4X CD $1600
Packard Bell 14" monitor $320

This was on sale too.

 

[BigSmooth]

<< My first PC:

Packard Bell Pentium 100, 8MB RAM, 850MB RAM, 4X CD $1600
Packard Bell 14&quot; monitor $320

This was on sale too. >>


Wow, 858MB RAM and no hard drive... amazing!

 

[IamDavid]

I paid $429 for a DVD kit when they first came out. It came with a 2X Toshiba DVD-Rom and a Hollywood Decoder card. Damn I feel stupid.

 

[yellowperil]

Hehe, sharp eyes, bigsmooth. Can't slip anything by ya'

 

[ElFenix]

i paid $2400 for a computer once. last year in fact. i've got a nice monitor

 

[Viper GTS]

The most expensive part I've ever bought was a Seagate X15, but I never used it. I sold it before it even arrived.

The most expensive part that I actually used was a P3 700e guaranteed to 933 @ default voltage.

Cost me $300, but it was worth it.

Viper GTS

 

[lamplighter]

My dad bought a 28.8 modem like ten years ago for $700, I think. Don't remember the exact year or price, I'll have to ask him later. I also remember going to get a CD-ROM for like $300 with him. (CDN $). He also had the &quot;first&quot; personal computer, I'll have to ask him how much that cost.

 

[BigSmooth]

Hmmm, I've always pretty much gone for the value solution... the most I've ever spent on an individual component was about $275 for my current monitor. Cable modem access @ $480/year is currently the most expensive aspect of my PC.

 

[JohnnyKnoxville]

Free.The government paid for my computer

 

[RossGr]

I paid $2000 for my first computer, Apple II+, 48K Ram, single 146k floppy drive and a Epson MX70 printer, 7pin print head, no true decenders ie lower case y, p, q did not go below the line. There was one dot difference between a lower case s and g.

Edit:
Oh yeah: how about $175 for a 1200baud modem.

 

[frizzlefry]

$8/meg for SIMM, $150 for a 14.4K modem, $150 for 16bit Soundblaster

$1300 for a 486 DX/33 240MB HD plus another $250 for 14&quot; VGA monitor. hahahah..... man, what a waste of money back then.

This was in 93

 

[Imported]

$500 for a 1GHz AMD TBird.. that or 128MB of Mosel for $180..

 

[kassy]

I just spent $300 on a 6 bay Lian Li case. I have purchased pc items that have cost more, but that was the one that made me say 'ouch, its a case, a GREAT case but still its a case'

 

[BooBooCat]

I heard when hard drives first came out if you wanted one you would pay $3000 for a 5mb drive.
Now you can get an 80gb hard drive for less than $200.

 

[mdennison]

my old non-interlaced 15&quot; monitor $260 plus tax about 5 years ago.

 

[chaotic]

Close to $200 for a 1x CD-ROM when the first came out (you had to push the tray in to release it... there was no motor, just spring loaded)

 

[Sugadaddy]

Monitor: 350$

The one that makes me feel the worse is my 800mhz Slot-A Athlon: 320$. That probably buys 2 1.2ghz T-Birds now...

 

[Jittles]

When I was unversed in the ways of computers:

1300 for
Cyrix 300
64MB
6 GB
15&quot; monitor
you get the point...

 

[chiwawa626]

550 for my tbird 900, the first week they were out damn i payed too much!

 

[DefRef]

$850 for my 19&quot; Hitachi 751. Steep but the best damn monitor I've ever seen AND I've had it for 3 years. ZERO regrets!

Things that make me shake my head:

• RAM:
• $320 for 64MB of EDO RAM in '97. ($5/MB was great then!)
• $175 for 128MB PC100 (mid-'98)
• $110 for 128MB PC133 (mid-'00)
• $90 for 256MB PC133 (4 months ago)
• Just got an email offering 2-256MB sticks of PC133 for $100. Sheesh.
• HARD DRIVES:
• $230 - 5.1GB WD 5400RPM - Jan. '98
• $200 - 8.4GB WD 5400RPM - Sept. '98
• $200 - 20GB Maxtor 7200RPM - Sept. '99
• $250 - 40GB Maxtor 7200RPM - April. '00
• $200 - 30GB Maxtor 7200RPM - June. '00
• $120 - 40GB Maxtor 7200RPM - June '01 (less than half the price in 14 months!)
• CD BURNERS:
• $200 - Acer 2/2/6 - Jan. '99
• $250 - Acer 8/4/32 - Jan. '00
• $180 - TDK 12/10/32 - Dec. '01
• VIDEO CARDS:
• $80 - ATI Rage II 4MB - Jan. '98
• $130 - used Voodoo 1 4MB- Mar. '98
• $180 - new Voodoo 2 8MB - July '98
• $200 - TNT 16MB - Sept. '98
• $200 - TNT2U 16MB - July '99
• $250 - GeForce DDR 32MB - Dec. '99
• $320 - GeForce2 GTS 32MB - Apr. '00

There seems to be a pattern here, but WTF aren't video cards coming down like RAM and HDs?!?

The worst part is I can't GIVE AWAY the old stuff, much less get any $$$ for them.

 

[Madcowz]

When the ATA66 format first came out I jumped the bangwagon and bought the biggest and fastest drive at the time which was an 18GB western digital 7200RPM ATA66 drive... it sure did break the bank at a whooping $520 price tag! I don't know what I was thinking! Man that sucker dropped right down to about $200 in a matter of several weeks! Boy does it hurt to see depreciation in action

 

[toph99]

$700cnd for my 900NF.

best money i have ever spend

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

$670 for my current system when I bought it new.

 

[PhaZe]

130 for a 2x2x6x
luckily i sold it for 115
:]