How much have you spent so far on hardware this year?

***Zardon*** · Jun 21, 2007, 04:13 AM

Half the year is almost over, so how much have you spent?

Tipstaff · Jun 21, 2007, 05:16 AM

Just bought another Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit ($140 minus $30 rebate,same as in my specs.. which is sick, becuase I paid 2x that in November to get the first kit!!!), got the D-Link DNS-323 ($210) with a 500GB Segate SATA drive ($FREE!!!!!), G-15 Keyboard ($75), and G5 mouse ($40).

I figure by the end of the year I'll plop down another $1000 or so getting a new video card, or maybe even to upgrade my main machine, and redoing it as an MCE or Vista Ultimate multimedia machine.

LeanWolf · Jun 21, 2007, 06:35 AM

nothing... yet. That will soon change drastically when I buy a complete new system.

niceguyrichy · Jun 21, 2007, 07:30 AM

aquired a Wii and a DS lite this year so far, but as regards comp bits all I've bought for myself is more disc space

just rebuilt gf's computer though, what a huge difference DDR2 and SATA2 make to the general speed of the thing

windows was installed before I knew what was happening, think a big upgrade is on the way for me real soon.
wittering again, so far this year probably only between 500 - 1000. heading for my third / fourth mp3 player if that counts? 2nd ipod of the year coming soon , damn things keep breaking on me.

Judas · Jun 21, 2007, 11:56 AM

specifically for myself.... none....

Lelisevis · Jun 21, 2007, 01:34 PM

Guess it depends on the currency being used

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I've spent 3 goats and a duck.

On a more sensible not i've probably spent about 500 with my second graphics card and various other bits and bobs

Erroneus · Jun 21, 2007, 04:17 PM

I'm guessing it's US dollars.

Been buying quite a lot this year, practially a new system, minus HDD's and PSU and later on a new case (Antec 182se)

**MIG-31** · Jun 21, 2007, 04:27 PM

Only a x360 and a few additional peripherals.

And nothing pc related,Which is probably time to upgrade but im skint.A new car (for me) and a holiday coming up extremely quick,Has taken priority this year.

CDsDontBurn · Jun 21, 2007, 10:53 PM

i've spent almost $1,000. i got myself 3 new hard drives which alone cost me $500. Then, my gfx card, and a few other things here and there for myself and sister.

Tipstaff · Jun 22, 2007, 12:40 AM

Well ... <sigh> ... I'll be dumping my 160GB Seagate SATA drive to a client, so I think I might get myself another 500GB Seagate SATAII drive to throw into the DNS-323 NAS box, and set it up for RAID 1. Should only cost me about $100.

To be honest, this will be the first hard drive I've had to buy in over a year now. The first 500GB Seagate, and the 2x75GB WD Raptors didn't cost me a penny (they were.. um... bribes).

Judas · Jun 22, 2007, 01:26 AM

bribes.. *roars....* good one

Tril · Jun 22, 2007, 02:08 AM

I bought two 500GB hard drives and an usb stick. That's probably all I'll buy for the year.

zaim · Jun 22, 2007, 02:25 AM

around $4,000.... thats in AUD. and that aint even on an actual PC! Just small stuff! very expensive small stuff!

BWX · Jun 22, 2007, 01:46 PM

Over 5,000 is what I voted..

I got a really expensive TV- (about $3300 altogether for that) then some smaller stuff, like a $300 PC racing wheel (Logitech G25), a new router, I think it has been less than a year since I got my 7900GTX- but it is getting close. Got a new receiver a couple weeks ago, that was about 370 bucks, got as 500GB HD and external enclosure for the HD DVR... a camera with 2 memory cards, bought my wife an 8GB Sansa at Best Buy (probably paid too much), a Uniden digital phone system with an extra handset, etc, etc..

Damn, I have had a great F'ing year, and it ain't over yet!

Last year would have been only 500 or less, maybe up to 1000 if I was lucky. 2007 has been awesome so far... I have to settle down now, or in 2008 I will be eating a lot of Ramen noodles.

Sonata · Jun 22, 2007, 03:38 PM

I was wondering which currency, if it is Indian rupees heck its squillions :P If you are talking US green backs then it is over $1500. This isn't all for me I purchase for other people - I doubt that this counts though?

HawgsHead · Jun 22, 2007, 07:19 PM

Wayyyyy over 5k....so much I cant take anymore off my taxes.

HawgsHead · Jun 22, 2007, 07:37 PM

Rotflmao!!!!!

BWX · Jun 22, 2007, 08:18 PM

I think if not otherwise noted tech $$ is always defaulted to USD..

Tipstaff · Jun 23, 2007, 01:19 AM

Well.. I.. um.. got another Seagate 500GB drive... for.. um.. free, so.... what to buy? Hmm....

bug77 · Jun 23, 2007, 06:36 AM

Around 600, since I went from AMD to Intel. But that will go under 500, once I sel my old parts.

***Zardon*** · Jun 23, 2007, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erroneus

I'm guessing it's US dollars.)

The currency was deliberately left off, so USA and UK guys could mark it according to their own economy.

X1800XTTOP · Jun 23, 2007, 08:32 AM

Only bought my HD2900, but from money i got for my X1800, and then a 120mm nexus real silent fan for my Ninja.

ronnn · Jun 23, 2007, 02:18 PM

Now that I added it up, I feel worse.

Over $1000 and all small, but nice stuff. Well the monitor wasn't exactly small, but small compared to what some get.

edit: Ooops I just realized quite a bit more if you count the multimedia stuff (for movies, music or whatever), connected into an old athlon 800. I really have to stop this.

Blazer · Jun 23, 2007, 04:04 PM

I have spent approximatly $1500 Canadian on my system this year (2 seperate MBs, 4 gigs of ram, 3 video cards, 2 hard drives, and one Operating System.) + I have bought a digital camera, a cell phone, a couple of lcd monitors, an MP3 player. and some games, so if I add it all up, I am looking at close to $2000 ca.

crapman777 · Jun 24, 2007, 03:44 AM

I have spent money on 1gb of ram and a new hard drive after my old one failed.
Having bought vista earlier on, my 1gb was not enough, and with games these days using up so much system memory i thought i would do so.

I also spent some money on a nice Core2duo processor and m/b after being fed up with my AMD X2.