What are the most expensive computer parts you've bought?

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Drako
Spent around $2500 on a computer case - yes the case.

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Me I spent $500 on a Dell 2407, and $600 on an 8800GTX about 2 years ago.

 

[BassBomb]

650CDN for a Monitor (see sig)
650CDN for speakers (see sig)

 

[AstroManLuca]

GeForce 6800 for $270
32" LCD TV for $450 (though it's not really a computer part)
Original 5 GB iPod for $400 in 2002

Come to think of it, I haven't spent more than $270 on any one component. That was the most expensive graphics card I ever bought (since then all I've gotten was a Radeon HD3850 for ~$170 a year ago). My CPUs have all been cheapo AMDs.

 

[skillyho]

$299 for a 8800GTS 320
$300 for an LCD Monitor

 

[geno]

~425 for my monitor, followed by a plethora of $350 or so video cards.

EDIT - scratch that... I almost forgot I paid about $475 for my 19" CRT Viewsonic about 11 years ago. Goddamn that thing was sweet. I couldn't sell it for $15 at a yardsale this past fall, so I ended up donating it.

 

[grohl]

I paid $1100 for a Dell 2707 when they first came out. It really is the best monitor I have used and I think its the perfect size for gaming.

I paid $420 for a 6800 GT.

Having said that, my last Q6600/4850 build was only $850 total. I am much more budget conscious now.

 

[Oyeve]

I once spent 1200 on a SCSI cd burner. It was external and burned at 1x. Still have it too. Blanks cost like 50 bucks. This was circa 97 or so. Ordered blamk through the company I worked for. Told them it was work related.

 

[sonicdrummer20]

Bought a 27" Samsung LCD for $1500.00

 

[Muse]

The 17" Nanao CRT monitor I bought in 1994 or so cost me ~$1000, and I had to drive ~40 and pick it up at a warehouse. I still have it (but don't use it). Actually, I bought an HP4M printer about the same time for $1300 slightly used. Would have been ~$1700 new. Oh, also around $1200 for Lenovo T60 laptop around 2 years ago.

 

[rh71]

$700-ish for a 27" LCDTV (what I'm staring at right now) but this was back when they first started making them... COMPUSA sale... couldn't resist.

 

[PepePeru]

260 on an 8800GT

 

[sdifox]

LJ4P I think it was 1200 at the time

 

[hanoverphist]

spent 10k on a proprietary EEPROM one time. literally took a govt sanction to force that one. the dumb thing is the only thing added from the original was one friggin input.

 

[Oyeve]

Ooh! Almost forgot! In 1987 I spent 3000 on an Intel AboveBoard with a whopping 1meg of ram. The memory was in SIPP form and came in a long anti-static tube. I beleive it was either 16 sipps or 32. ANyway, this was back inthe day that if you touch the chip with a bare hand you basically killed it. Had to use anti-static gloves and wrist clips. Popped the memory in and ran the diag which literally too 8 hours and at least 2-3 chips were bad and had to be replaced. Ahh, good old LIMEMS days

 

[wwswimming]

Originally posted by: Chryso
In 1991 I paid $100 for 1 MB of RAM.

in 1988 my boss paid $5000 for 10 MB of RAM for a CAD workstation for me.

i bought a 21" CRT monitor in 1992. that cost about $1500.

 

[Muadib]

My current monitor, Dell 2408WFP was $550. That was my most expensive part for personal use.

 

[CZroe]

I probably spent a good bit on my PIII 500 at launch (whole system was $3,400 though I skimped on HDD) but the highest I can remember in recent years is the $530 PCP&C TurboCool 1KW or the dual GTX280 @2x$400 (does that count?). Other major purchases: 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 at launch (comparitively CHEAP), GeForce 3 at launch (as much as the newly released PS2), retail Pentium 4 with bundled RDRAM shortly after launch, Promise SuperTrak SX6000, 14x120GB WD drives, etc.

 

[spaceman]

prolly ~$300
cdrw 2x

 

[TheVrolok]

$535 for an 18" NEC LCD years ago. Probably a handful of video cards around $400.

 

[Loop2kil]

$450 for my HP LP2065 20" lcd I bought a few years ago and still works great.
~$400 for a Cooler master ATC-410 case....beautiful solid aluminum case and tough as nails. http://www.modthebox.com/review80_1.shtml

 

[Locut0s]

$1600 for a 30" Dell 3007WFP Monitor.

 

[SneakyStuff]

$150 for an 8800GT this past June, I get everything almost a year later and on sale

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
$150 for an 8800GT this past June, I get everything almost a year later and on sale

And low-end, right?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
650CDN for a Monitor (see sig)
650CDN for speakers (see sig)

Speakers connected to the computer count?

 

[Hyperlite]

personally, 270 for a 6800nu, 315 for a 22" LCD. My dad paid 1200 for a 15" Viewsonic LCD waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when.