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How long did it take to save up for your Computer?
- Thread starter Rich_T
- Start date
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2003
- Location
- Redwood City, CA
im buying a new one after the summer is over...
so 2 1/2 months working a 9-5, minus rent and food
so 2 1/2 months working a 9-5, minus rent and food
Beast Of Blight
Disabled
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2002
- Location
- Orange County
I can't keep a positive balance in my cheque account, much less save for a computer.
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2001
- Location
- Louisville, KY
I tend to upgrade part by part buying new components about every other month so I dont feel it too bad all at once. If you want a new PC sooner rather than later then this method works the best.
If you already have an old PC then all of your old parts are probably usable except motherboard, processor and memory.
If you already have an old PC then all of your old parts are probably usable except motherboard, processor and memory.
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2002
- Location
- Louisiana Tech University
I've purchased the majority of my components over time. The biggest expense for one time was the mobo/CPU/HS, followed closely by the RAM, then the video card. I've had my hard drive for over two years. I've had my cd burner for four. 
Thesifer
New Member
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2003
I just buy everything I need when I get paid... But I dont have too many Bills.. Live in a Place for free right now .. got a Car payment.. and insurance... cell phone.. thats about it ... and plenty every two weeks to buy a new computer.... Just bought a
P4 2.6c
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
TwinX 3700 Corsair DDR 466 ram
Total Cost.. around $750
P4 2.6c
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
TwinX 3700 Corsair DDR 466 ram
Total Cost.. around $750
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2003
- Location
- Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Beast Of Blight said:
i feel your pain
i never buy all my parts at the same time, i just buy em one by one over time. sucks living paycheck to paycheck ill probably keep this rig till around the end of the year when the A64s start getting cheaper and pawn it off for a nice chunk to one of my dads unsuspecting friends i sold one of his friends a 1.3GHz duron/A7V133/512MB PC133 for $300 installed along with my old hercules 3D prophet 64MB SDR. that was about march of this year...then i got my 2500+ kickin' i know it doesnt seem right to pawn off your stuff to people for top dollar like that, but he doesnt play games and it was 3x as fast as his old PIII 450. hes quite happy with his purchase...and so was i 
Computer upgrades are a constant cost for me. I stay a few generations behind (see sig), so its never a huge cost. It's just a coupla hundred dollars here and there. I want a new monitor one of these days (my 17" is about 7 or 8 years old and I want something bigger and better), that's gonna be a huge cost, but probably worth it. Gonna have to save for at least 3-6 months for that, assuming I don't have any other major expenses, which I probably will 
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2002
- Location
- Oregon, The InteLinux State
took me 9 months, and that's when the processor was free
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- Jun 5, 2003
- Location
- TEH INTERNETS
^ LOL
I have money now, but need a bank account with a switch card for online transactions
£800 ought to do it
I have money now, but need a bank account with a switch card for online transactions
£800 ought to do it
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2001
- Location
- Indiana/North Dakota
I built this computer when I got my bonus from the Air Force. Since then I have slowly upgraded here and there. I went added another 60gb hdd for a raid0 and I've gone from a 2200 to a 2400 (i know nothing big but it was a quick fix for a troubled cpu). I went from a volcano 9 to a slk-800a, and I've gone from a cheap aluminum case with a 360w psu to an Aopen HT08 fulltower with an Antec 400w psu. Next I plan on getting a new motherboard and dual channel ddr of the XMS flavor. My video card will remain the same for a while. I like it and am able to play my games on it. When the time comes I'll get a better one.
Beast Of Blight
Disabled
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- Oct 17, 2002
- Location
- Orange County
Sir Barton said:
i feel your pain
But I have a problem..
I can't get rid of old computers. I just can't stand the thought of someone elses fingers touching her sensitive ports.
Thus is why I still have a [ altho currently non-working ] 486dx 66Mhz computer in my closet with a 16color VGA monitor and daisy wheel printer
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2002
- Location
- Sterling IL
i haven't built a completely new computer since 2001. the original specs were
DFI AK75 motherboard
Duron 750Mhz (OCed to at least 850Mhz, usually higher)
Dragon Orb 3+ heatsink
256MB PC133 (could run at 153Mhz at Cas2)
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Visiontek GF2 MX400
that rig has been upgraded part by part to what's in my sig. i've gone through two motherboards (Gigabyte GA7-VRX then a NF7-S), three videocards (GF3TI200 then 9000Pro for a day then to a 9700np) and a few ram upgrades (went from 256MB PC133 to 256MB PC2100, then to 512MB PC2700 and finally to 512MB PC3200).
i don't want to know how much i've spent with all the upgrading.....
DFI AK75 motherboard
Duron 750Mhz (OCed to at least 850Mhz, usually higher)
Dragon Orb 3+ heatsink
256MB PC133 (could run at 153Mhz at Cas2)
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Visiontek GF2 MX400
that rig has been upgraded part by part to what's in my sig. i've gone through two motherboards (Gigabyte GA7-VRX then a NF7-S), three videocards (GF3TI200 then 9000Pro for a day then to a 9700np) and a few ram upgrades (went from 256MB PC133 to 256MB PC2100, then to 512MB PC2700 and finally to 512MB PC3200).
i don't want to know how much i've spent with all the upgrading.....
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2002
- Location
- under the floorboards
well, i never buy a new computer, I just upgrade my computer until there are no longer any parts from the original. I am still using my 5200 40gig hard drive from the original as a backup
Its been about 2 years since Ive been building my own- with probably 100 upgrades to get to where I am now ith it.
Its been about 2 years since Ive been building my own- with probably 100 upgrades to get to where I am now ith it.
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2001
- Location
- Indiana/North Dakota
Sir Barton said:
i feel your pain
Don't feel to bad. It's all what its worth to that person. A guy I work with, new to the shop, just purchased a computer for $300 from someone else in the shop. This was before he new I was the tech head in the shop. He spent $300 on a Cyrix 133, I'm not sure what the ram count or the hdd space was, but still he got ripped. He wondered why Windows XP was running so crappy and why he couldn't play star wars galaxies
geez, so now he's giving me a $1000 budget to build him a nice computer, I'm gonna take care of him and make sure he gets a great deal. I feel bad for the poor kid, but at least I can make sure he's taken care of on this deal.
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2001
- Location
- Sunshine State, USA
I only buy when the hardware I'm replacing actually offers a huge performance increase.
I have been buying items over the last few months in anticipation of DDRII being introduced, so when it actually happens all I'll need to buy is the memory, I'm going to buy a Hyperthreading Processor soon.
I have the new mobo (IC7-G) and a pile of parts sitting in the corner.
Reason the parts are laying around is I plan to upgrade the whole computer in one shot and try to do it right the first time rather than disassemble and reassemble 10 times.
I said to myself over a year ago I am not upgrading anything or installing anything until DDRII is here, well it looks like that may not be to much longer.
I have been buying items over the last few months in anticipation of DDRII being introduced, so when it actually happens all I'll need to buy is the memory, I'm going to buy a Hyperthreading Processor soon.
I have the new mobo (IC7-G) and a pile of parts sitting in the corner.
Reason the parts are laying around is I plan to upgrade the whole computer in one shot and try to do it right the first time rather than disassemble and reassemble 10 times.
I said to myself over a year ago I am not upgrading anything or installing anything until DDRII is here, well it looks like that may not be to much longer.
