How much did you spend on your PC rig? Could you afford it at

It was around $900.

I guess I splurged because I wasn't making a lot of money at the time. Now I have a better job and could afford a better PC. I just have no motivation because of the operating system situation. Windows 7 is dying, Windows 8 is for tablets, Windows 10 is horrible, and people refuse to consider Linux as a gaming platform because they think it's too hard because the Linux community actively discourages new users.

About $700.

I had to save up for it because I'm a poor NEET

On the bright side, I got some decent components before the prices went up on them

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Why does that man have so many trackballs?

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>>386848483
I'm just gonna continue using W7 for as long as possible.

>>386849160
Probably cause you don't need as much space for them as you would for mice

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$1500
Yes

Overall, about 1.2k. Really wanted a nice keyboard and mouse.

And yes I splurged a ton lol I was supposed to build the comp over like two months, but I couldn't help it and bought all the parts in a week.

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If you're completely new to PC gaming is it cheaper to learn to build one from scratch and buying parts or just buying a pre built rig?

>>386848204
2000$
700$ of it was on the three monitors.
Got a summer job and quit it after having enough for it.

>>386849995

The conventional wisdom is that you'll save money by building your own.

Actually putting the PC together is easy. Selecting the parts is 99% of the work. When I built my PC, people would say that Logical Increments is a good starting place. I'm not sure how popular it is now, but here's the link: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

>>386849995
Build one from scratch. You'd probably save hundreds.

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>>386849506
>16 monitor setup to play fucking civilization

why?

$2000 aud with monitor. i didnt pay for it. i sont even game anymore nor did i ever really. if we just count games then it cost me $200 in addition to the game price to play each one

Spent about 1200$ in august of 2016 and got a rig with a i5-6600k and gtx 1070

I think I may have splurged a bit but I did a good job of managing my budget. I was originally going to go for a good i7 plus a 1080 but I realized the diminishing returns wouldn't be worth the almost double price.

I feel damn good about it now that I've had a year to use my pc. I have a 1080px144fps screen so my rig handles pretty much everything right now. Feels good because I can wait five years before having to upgrade my graphics card if I need to.

>>386848204
Right now, I think my entire set up is about $3000 or so. I intend to do a few more upgrades though, so it will continue to go up.
And ya, I could afford it just fine.

>>386849995
Like the other anon suggested Logical increments is a great place to get basic advice and a good frame of mind for what to expect for your budget.

After you've figured out how much you're willing to spend, I recommend going to pcpartpicker.com to look at finished builds in that price range, components, and go bargain hunting.

I'm aware of how much of a shill I sound like, but it's good.

>>386848204
Probably about $1200 initially. Taking into account some of the upgrades over time, additional monitors and other misc stuff you're probably looking at about $2200.

Now taking into account the rest of my electronics...
Tektronix 2225 analog oscilloscope: $50
Tektronix 2430A digital oscilloscope: $150
HP 54645D digital oscilloscope: $200
Agilent E5100A network analyzer: $450
Wavetek Model 288 20MHz signal gen: $100
BK Precision 3011A 2MHz Function Gen: $50
Fluke 8375A bench multimeter: $100
Two DC PSUs: $50 each

So there's an additional $1200 worth of instruments plus the base price of the PC.

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>>386850785

>>386850283
it's a 16k setup, probably anything else wouldn't even go beyond 3fps

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Bought my computer second hand off a friend and have only upgraded it one part at a time, over time maybe 500-600$ idunno, got my 970 second hand for 200$ when the 1000's series came out i think and that's my most expensive upgrade yet. (Live in yurop so keep in mind gpu's go for a bit more here because reasons???)

>mfw my 5yo Phenom II still runs like a champ.

Next upgrade will be SSD since my 5yo HDD aint exactly running like a champ anymore.

>>386848204
>How much did you spend on your PC rig?
700€ give or take
>Could you afford it at the time or did you splurge?
not my money :^)

>>386849995
there's nothing to learn, it's pretty easy
https://youtu.be/69WFt6_dF8g

>>386849995
and also
>>>/g/pcbg

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Could get some opinions on this? Price is $1999.

>>386852259
You can build that same thing for $1200

logicalincrements.com

I bought what I could afford at the time and then upgraded throughout the course of the next year. Spent about $900 initially. Then upgraded from there:

>went from 8gb to 16gb DDR4
>upgraded from i5 6500 to i7 7700k
>Cryorig H7 cooler to corsair H100i V2
>sold rx 480 to miners and upgraded to gtx 1080 for about $20
>upgraded monitor, keyboard, and mouse

probably have at least $1500 in it nowadays