How do you fund you're computer addiction?

archangelgabe · 05-16-07, 02:14 AM

Well, how on earth do you all pay for your hobby and what's your computer/mod rate.

I pay for my parts by selling Art, doing graphics jobs and scavenging. I make a computer...once a month out of whatever I can scavenge. Usually old computers are cannibalized into the new ones. I only have one "good" computer. (sig)

what about you?

DerekDRP · 05-16-07, 02:58 AM

I don't feed mine I'm trying really HARD to get out of this drug we call computers, Computers is making the world a s place to live in. and we need to get out side once in a while. and I have not upgraded my pc in 2 years and it shows lol. my memory is failing and I can't ruin stuff any more but that's cool though.

>HyperlogiK< · 05-16-07, 03:25 AM

For a while I was buying stuff from eBay from certain foreign countries where it sold particularly cheaply and selling it in the UK. If you bought the right items (high end CPUs and RAM), the price difference was so great that you can make significant profit, even after shipping.

I am quite an avid book collector and frequently trawl second hand book sales, I make some money selling online.

The other thing I sometimes try is to buy items cheaply and then mod them so when I sell them the price is still high. This mainly applies to consoles for me, but I bought a bad condition xbox one a while ago for £10 and now I'm done with it because I refurbed and softmodded it, it should eBay for about £30. Same goes for my PSP, the softmod and some emulator software makes it worth second hand about £100, what I paid for it new.

DerekDRP · 05-16-07, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by >HyperlogiK<

For a while I was buying stuff from eBay from certain foreign countries where it sold particularly cheaply and selling it in the UK. If you bought the right items (high end CPUs and RAM), the price difference was so great that you can make significant profit, even after shipping.

I am quite an avid book collector and frequently trawl second hand book sales, I make some money selling online.

The other thing I sometimes try is to buy items cheaply and then mod them so when I sell them the price is still high. This mainly applies to consoles for me, but I bought a bad condition xbox one a while ago for £10 and now I'm done with it because I refurbed and softmodded it, it should eBay for about £30. Same goes for my PSP, the softmod and some emulator software makes it worth second hand about £100, what I paid for it new.

What do you mean by soft moding your psp would you be able to tell me how you did it? I would love to play pokemon on the psp instead of buyimng a new ds for perl and silver.

Quailane · 05-16-07, 08:01 AM

I don't fund my computer addiction by having more important things to spend money on.

Before I couldn't imagine using hardware that wasn't still brand new. Now my system is still very good for my needs, yet hasn't changed much in almost 2 years. I only wish I could have done this back when I first got into computers. What a waste of money.

Hazaro · 05-16-07, 08:08 AM

I saved a long time to get my rig, I always try to find a way to make money, e.g. friend is quitting WoW and I wanted to sell the priest, I get 10%. (Anyone want a level 60 undead priest?

)I have always been money conscious and this is my second major purchase besides my PS3, which is just sitting there folding :[

d94 · 05-16-07, 08:33 AM

i have my ways

seadave77 · 05-16-07, 08:34 AM

I got a job.

>HyperlogiK< · 05-16-07, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by seadave77

I got a job.

gasp!

seadave77 · 05-16-07, 09:21 AM

It was a shock to me at first, but then I got used to actually having money and not paying for gas in quarters. Now I actually...kinda...like it...

FudgeNuggets · 05-16-07, 09:40 AM

Well, I used to just save 20-50 bucks a week and then go out and buy new motherboards, cases, fans, cpus, drives, memory and video cards but then I realized just how much it was costing me and quit buying stuff for a year or two and went out and bought a MAC. I don't think I'll be upgrading anything for quite a while now

smokie mcpott · 05-16-07, 09:55 AM

i have an @$$, and i sell it regularly

benbaked · 05-16-07, 10:11 AM

No girlfriend
No wife
No kids

||Console|| · 05-16-07, 10:28 AM

I try not to buy things when they first come out . I let the prices drop and pick out a sweet overclocking system so I get more bang for my buck .

nvidiaOCmaster · 05-16-07, 01:27 PM

Sell crack.

^^^^ joke.

I sell stuff I don't need and I build people loudspeaker enclosures. Trying to get a good job though

Thund3rball · 05-16-07, 01:32 PM

f/t job + some freelance design work

OniKoroshi · 05-16-07, 01:45 PM

Sell drugs, lots of them. Seriously though, I just work. Seems the average age of this site is pretty young.

PhysX · 05-16-07, 03:29 PM

its not really an addiction anymore, well not now since ive got \2 kids and a gf haha. last pc i got i spent 5 grand on so... im gonna wait another few months then probably buy a dx10 laptop and use that for a year or two haha, dont reallyl iek the big cases.

Mr. Roboto · 05-16-07, 03:39 PM

well paying job ftw.

Omsion · 05-16-07, 04:18 PM

By controlling my spending.

05-16-07, 02:14 AM	Thread Starter #1
archangelgabe Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hawaii	How do you fund you're computer addiction? Well, how on earth do you all pay for your hobby and what's your computer/mod rate. I pay for my parts by selling Art, doing graphics jobs and scavenging. I make a computer...once a month out of whatever I can scavenge. Usually old computers are cannibalized into the new ones. I only have one "good" computer. (sig) what about you?
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05-16-07, 02:58 AM	#2
DerekDRP Disabled Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: No Truss Passing :)	I don't feed mine I'm trying really HARD to get out of this drug we call computers, Computers is making the world a s place to live in. and we need to get out side once in a while. and I have not upgraded my pc in 2 years and it shows lol. my memory is failing and I can't ruin stuff any more but that's cool though.
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05-16-07, 03:25 AM	#3
>HyperlogiK< Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sword Base	For a while I was buying stuff from eBay from certain foreign countries where it sold particularly cheaply and selling it in the UK. If you bought the right items (high end CPUs and RAM), the price difference was so great that you can make significant profit, even after shipping. I am quite an avid book collector and frequently trawl second hand book sales, I make some money selling online. The other thing I sometimes try is to buy items cheaply and then mod them so when I sell them the price is still high. This mainly applies to consoles for me, but I bought a bad condition xbox one a while ago for £10 and now I'm done with it because I refurbed and softmodded it, it should eBay for about £30. Same goes for my PSP, the softmod and some emulator software makes it worth second hand about £100, what I paid for it new. __________________ The Last Gonzo of Scotland. Core i7 950 @ 4Ghz, Gigabyte x58-USB3, Radeon 6870 CF, Xonar D2X, 12GB Kingston HyperX 1600, Bigfoot 2100, Agility 3 120GB, 3x 2TB Spinpoint F4, Corsair HX1000w, Cambridge Audio A500 and Acoustic Research speakers (Main PC) Alienware M11x, C2D SU 7300, Geforce 335M, Corsair Force 40GB (Laptop) Opteron 175, DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D, Radeon x850 XT PE, 4GB BH-5, OCZ Petrol 64GB, X-Fi Xtreme Music, 2x TerraTec PHASE 22, Enermax Liberty ELT500, Yamaha A-S300 and Mordaunt Short Aviano speakers (Music PC) Pentium D 920, Gigabyte 965P-S3, Geforce 210, 2GB Elpida DDR2, TerraTec PHASE 22, ASUS DVB-T (HTPC) Dual P3 866Mhz, Intel 440LX Board, 1.8GB PC133Mhz, 2x Voodoo 2 12MB, Turtle Beach FIJI (Retro Gaming Machine) Heatware
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05-16-07, 08:01 AM	#5
Quailane Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Who stole my white stars?	I don't fund my computer addiction by having more important things to spend money on. Before I couldn't imagine using hardware that wasn't still brand new. Now my system is still very good for my needs, yet hasn't changed much in almost 2 years. I only wish I could have done this back when I first got into computers. What a waste of money.
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05-16-07, 08:08 AM	#6
Hazaro Member Join Date: Apr 2007	I saved a long time to get my rig, I always try to find a way to make money, e.g. friend is quitting WoW and I wanted to sell the priest, I get 10%. (Anyone want a level 60 undead priest? )I have always been money conscious and this is my second major purchase besides my PS3, which is just sitting there folding :[ __________________ 2500K @4.2GHz, P8P67 PRO, 8GB G.Skill Sniper, RocketFish Case, 2x 6950, X750 PSU, TRUE120 ~Heatware~
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05-16-07, 08:33 AM	#7
d94 $30 a phone Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 48302	i have my ways __________________ Antec 300 Intel Q6600 @ 3.7 - X48-DS4 - 4gb ddr2 - 500w Earthwatt's - 52" Sharp Aquos LC-52D64U 1x 640GB WD - 2x 1TB Greenpower - 2x 400GB Seagate - ATI 4830 512mb @ 680/975 3DMark Vanage 7402 3DMark05 20,447 3DMark06 13,693 Emachines amd x2 5000+ @ 2.9ghz w/foxconn bios - 2gb ddr2 stock POS 300w - 400gb Seagate - diNovo + VX Revolution MacBook Air - 1.6ghz c2d - 2gb ddr2 - 80gb heatware
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05-16-07, 08:34 AM	#8
seadave77 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newnan, GA	I got a job.
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05-16-07, 09:21 AM	#10
seadave77 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newnan, GA	It was a shock to me at first, but then I got used to actually having money and not paying for gas in quarters. Now I actually...kinda...like it...
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05-16-07, 09:40 AM	#11
FudgeNuggets Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gone Racing	Well, I used to just save 20-50 bucks a week and then go out and buy new motherboards, cases, fans, cpus, drives, memory and video cards but then I realized just how much it was costing me and quit buying stuff for a year or two and went out and bought a MAC. I don't think I'll be upgrading anything for quite a while now
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05-16-07, 09:55 AM	#12
smokie mcpott Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OKC	i have an @$$, and i sell it regularly __________________ My HeaT
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05-16-07, 10:11 AM	#13
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WA	No girlfriend No wife No kids __________________ HEATWARE (22-0) \| Folding/SETI/Rosetta (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) *My computer hardware is too old and embarrassing to list in my sig.* StaTek is my hero
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05-16-07, 10:28 AM	#14
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	I try not to buy things when they first come out . I let the prices drop and pick out a sweet overclocking system so I get more bang for my buck . __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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05-16-07, 01:27 PM	#15
nvidiaOCmaster Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chulak	Sell crack. ^^^^ joke. I sell stuff I don't need and I build people loudspeaker enclosures. Trying to get a good job though __________________ "Just because I don't call any more doesn't mean I'm keeping my urine in jars!"
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05-16-07, 01:32 PM	#16
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05-16-07, 01:45 PM	#17
OniKoroshi Member Join Date: Aug 2006	Sell drugs, lots of them. Seriously though, I just work. Seems the average age of this site is pretty young.
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05-16-07, 03:29 PM	#18
PhysX Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary	its not really an addiction anymore, well not now since ive got \2 kids and a gf haha. last pc i got i spent 5 grand on so... im gonna wait another few months then probably buy a dx10 laptop and use that for a year or two haha, dont reallyl iek the big cases. __________________ ASUS P8P67 DLX \| Core i7 2600k @ 5200Mh - CM Hyper 212+ \| 2x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengance 1600\| 2x Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2GB CrossFireX \| 2 X WD Black 500GB HW-Raid 0 - 2 X WD GREEN 1.5TB (EARS) HW-RAID 1 \| Corsair AX 1200
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05-16-07, 04:18 PM	#20
Omsion Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago and/or NJ	By controlling my spending. __________________ Current 2500K \| ASRock Z68 Pro3-M \| TR Venomous X EVGA GTX 460 768MB \| 2x4GB G.Skill (F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2) Seasonic X650 \| Fractal Design Define Mini
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