How much is your gaming build?

I am preparing to replace my recent PC with 1.4K set right now and that's without a monitor. How much did you guys spend on your machine? Were you satisfied with the components you originally picked or did you regret not spending a bit more for better performance?

My planned 1.4K PC below *note that I am certainly no expert*

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fyZpD3

@Legend002:

That's a bad SSD.

About $1500 over 6yrs or so without monitor.

Edit: That's in AUD

Recycled from my 2005 PC: Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speakers.

Recycled from my 2009 PC: TV/monitors (dual-display), RAM, 2 hard drives, DVD burner, keyboard n mouse, WiFi router and USB WiFi N adapter, PSU, Windows 7.

"New" expenditures:

2013: ASUS motherboard + FX-8350: $271

2014: 4Gb MSI GTX 770: $320 (Memorial Day sale) + free Watch Dogs

Case: $35

Although I plan to switch back to Intel with my next PC, I'm quite happy with what I have now.

I paid around $1200 for everything, including a Monitor, chair, mouse, keyboard, and desk.

I got most of the parts from Microcenter. They had a lot sales going on at the time. I could've been cheaper, but the case was like $165 if I remember correctly.

Paid 1200$ without the SSD(upgraded now to a 240gb), Xonar Essence. Upgraded to 16gb this summer(80$ but sold back my 8gb for 80$)

300$ 1440p monitor,200$ headphones + 150$ headphone amp,speakers + sub + amp 300$

120$ G710+,50$ G500

Will most likely sell my GTX 670 eventually and grab a 970

I spent about 1,450USD on mine.

Corsair Air 540 case (3 140mm corsair case fans + 3 Cougar 120mm case fans)

I7 4770k 4.0ghz

Noctua NH-D14 cpu heatsink

Asus Maximus Hero VI motherboard

Gskill Ares 2x4GB ddr3 2400 RAM

Corsair HX1000 power supply

2x1TB Western Digital Blues

2x Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970 SLI

My PC base unit cost me £1,280 to build...

• i5 4670K - £190
• TX3 EVO + 2 92mm Gelid Fans - £30
• MSI Z87 G41 PC Mate - £80
• Corsair Vengence 2x 4GB DDR3 - £70
• Corsair 300R - £60
• OCZ ZT 750W - £70
• Seagate 500GB 7200rpm - £40
• Samsung 840 250GB SSD - £190
• Palit GTX 780 Ti - £550

Monitor and peripherals cost me £610...

• Dell U2913WM 29" IPS - £390
• M-Audio AV40 - £90
• Razer DeathAdder 2013 - £60
• Razer DeathStalker Expert - £70
• Seagate 3TB External HDD - £90

Total = £1980

Those are the prices I paid for them when I got them. I just did a pcpartpicker and if I build it now it would cost me £1500... :(

I really want 34" Curved 21:9 monitor... Those are 1K alone, currently waiting for the Dell version LG has poor quality control.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ZtZWZ I think I nailed it, unless you really need that keyboard and SSD - let me know

i payed about 1200usd

220 $ for my cpu 8350

mobo 250 $ gigabyte 990 am3

450usd 290 msi oc 4 gb

cooler master case 120$

in my country the prices is pretty high . like if your buying my cpu i think its in newegg for 180$.

but i m pretty happy with my rig .

i m thinking of getting another 290 but still waiting at dx 12 and the support , is back forward or not .....

Heh, it costed a lot more since some of the parts cost lower now but it should be close.

Oh also I don't have a GPU in hte list yet but I can safely say that a GTX970 or GTX960 should be here soon...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H3VVf7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H3VVf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($333.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($62.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($185.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($183.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.00 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Micro Center)

Case: Silverstone RV03B-W ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: Samsung T22C350ND 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($173.60 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Silverstone SCOOL121 42.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($24.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Silverstone SCOOL121 42.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($24.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard ($7.98 @ NCIX US)

Mouse: Logitech M500 Wired Laser Mouse ($26.98 @ Mac Mall)

Headphones: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Alpha Headset ($49.00 @ Amazon)

Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T6160 50W 5.1ch Speakers ($84.44 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1624.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 05:04 EDT-0400

ps: You can add a $350 Palit GTX570 sonic edition so it goes to $2000....

I've spent a lot in the last few weeks let alone the last year. I don't want to work it out as it'll make sad.

As much as I enjoy a good build my current PC is a frankenstein of old and new parts. I am using my old case, PS, HDD, and drives from a 2007 build with some second hand parts from a friend who upgraded. I'm usually weary of second-hand PC parts but I knew where they were coming from so I decided to go for it. Been running for about a year now non-stop with no issues.

For $200 I got:

• ASUS mobo
• 8 GB memory
• HD Radeon 6950
• Phenom II x4 965

bought an SSD for it as well. So for about $350 I can run the latest games on the higher settings. Like I said, I love a good build but this was too hard to pass up. I'll probably build a completely new one next year sometime.

$511 till now. Still need a good gpu + psu.

Around $2700 for the whole thing including the monitor, KB/M, etc.. That was 2 years ago.

geez you can't just drop a figure like that without specs. What are you riding on over there?

The Cosmos 2 alone costs 280$, the monitor is about 500$, that overrated GPU, a 100$ keyboard, 2 years ago that SSD especially Intel's cost a fortune, so... yeah..

It's been updated as needed for a long time. A new video card here, and new PSU there, new Memory, extra hard drives, etc. I'd say with monitor and all probably $1800

Look at my sig. :)

The Cosmos 2 was $300, monitor $330, and SSD $250.

BTW why did you get Cosmos 2? were you benchmarking with 3-4 GPUs or something?

Mine was $700 a few years ago, and since then I've bought a $100 ssd to go into it.

And I'm 100% pleased. I still use it daily. It's all about what games you want to play, and I didn't buy my PC for games like Crysis, or Battlefield, or Total War, though I do have some interest in other high-end games but have not actually gotten around to playing them due to my backlog.

I'll probably upgrade in a few years, but it'll be another $700-$800 system I bet. I don't really care too much about going all out, and maximizing every detail.

I wonder if @AdamK47 would chime in and tell how much he's spent in the last couple of years.......

Starting in 2008 i've spend over 6000 euros in computer hardware.(peripherals,TV,amplifier and speakers included)

Hehe, 60X, 32Gb of RAM and 4x 980s - I'd say a lot - GPUs alone costs 2200$ + CPU 1000$ + 32Gb RAM 400$ - I'd say 4000$ for the complete pack

About $1100 over the course of several years according to pcpartpicker. I got some at rebate pricing and sales so it was probably quite a bit lower then that. Plus i had k/m and headset already. Window 8 was also got using a student discount so that was incredibly cheap. Some of the parts I guessed on since it's been a little while since I bought them but that is pretty close to my system. Not the most powerful system out there but it gets the job done.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s2Ykqs

about $900 just a month ago. Strictly a basic build with no SSD's and additional peripherals. Monitors and stuff excluded of course.

Where I live there usually aren't many choices, so it was between this and the Haf-X. The latter is a dust magnet and I hate how it looks, so I went with the Cosmos. And honestly, even if those issues weren't there, I probably would've gotten the Cosmos anyway, it just looks too good. :P Having a built-in fan controller is also very convenient.

Don't forget the previous builds

Well for someone who gets 4x 980s I wouldn't doubt it for a sec that he had 780ti on previous built and Titans even before that.

Like @klunt_bumskrint said before, he had a "bag" of Titans. xD

I spent a $1000 for my current PC(use older peripherals) and have been happy with it for the past 2 years. I'm perfectly satisfied with my mobo, 8 GBs of RAM and CPU(i5 3570K). My HD 7770 is my weak spot right now especially with games like The Witcher 3 coming out. If I could reverse time I'd wait a week more before building so I could get a 600W PSU as opposed to 500W that was only available at the time.

close as I can get

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dHc8P6

I have pre-build Alienware computer that costed me around 1000 bucks. I unfortunately don't know the details.

CPU: FX-8350 - $180

GPU: GTX 750 Ti - $140

MoBo: MSI 970A-G43 - $70

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB RAM - $80

Storage: WD Caviar Blue 1TB - $60

PSU: CX600 - $70

Optical Drive: $10

Case: $40

Monitor: $120

TOTAL: $770

Definitely more of a budget build.

I honestly don't even remember, but I purchased all these right about the time they each first came out. I think the PSU alone was $160 and the Mobo might have been over $200. The case is Design Fracture..maybe $200 ish.

Graphics card isn't shown but its the Asus DirectCU 2 top 680gtx. I think it was just over $500. Got the full version of Windows 8 so that was what, over $100? Mouse is a G9, have Razer Nostromo and Merc Stealth. Titanium fatality Xfi card probably around $200 ish when it came out. Astromo A40 headphones was around $250. BluRay player was probably around $150 at the time. Core i7 was around $350 I think, no clue how much the ram was but is 12 gigs

Then I have my G27 and wheel stand Pro which was $500. Regardless I don't make much in the way of a budget, I just try to buy quality parts that I know will all add up to be a well balanced, good performing game machine. Not too over powered but not too under for some future proofing either.

gonna go with rough estimates off the top of my head:

i7 4790k: $320

ASUS 280x: $330

ASUS Z97-A mobo: $130

8gb ram: $100

Cooler Master HAF 932: $130

ASUS 144hz VG248 24'' x2: $500

Samsung EVO 840 SSD: $80

recycled dvd drive and extra HDDs, input: $0

total: ~$1590

I don't know if I wanna talk about it.

Just in GPU's I have gone from a GTX 690, $1000, to 2 superclocked Titan Blacks, $2,049 in the past 2 years. Next week I will be buying an i7 5960X, and then adding a motherboard, and DDR4 RAM when I find the models I am looking for. This is replacing a 3770K, UP7 mobo and 16 GB of DDR3 RAM that was purchased 2 years ago as well.

And I will either be adding a 3rd Titan Black or buying 3-4X whatever Nvidia releases in a 6GB+ variant in the 900 series.

Then I'm looking for some sort of PC hardware rehab group that can help me with this upgrade itch.

@PredatorRules: Isn't dual 970 a bit of an overkill?

Nope, crappy ports my friend, crappy ports - when you want to play a multiplat game on PC and devs give a crap about optimazing it to the PC - all you're left with is the extra raw power that might cover for their lazy ass job that they were supposed to do at the 1st place.

Aside that you could max out games for a very long time - I'm talking about 3-5 years from now. (AKA future proof)

@PredatorRules: Thanks for insight. So two 970 is more effective than a 980 right?

Can you put a good SSD in it too? I like your build a lot.

Paid around $400 a few years back and as long as I'm able to play the new cRPGs, I'm good.

Sure, thanks - just a few things still 1.4k budget limit? and how much SSD space you want to have? 128Gb or 250Gb?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6jPwD3 < 250Gb SSD (lowest price as I could and most similar parts as the old build)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QbN8P6 < 120Gb SSD

OP, please read the Backblaze data center study that surveyed 27,000 mechanical hard drives. Do not buy a Seagate 3TB hard drive. The failure rates on those are very high. Anything by Hitachi will be good, but expensive. WD is okay if you're on a budget.

I'd also recommend a Samsung 850 Pro, Samsung 840 Pro, or Intel 730 Series for the SSD. Do not buy the Samsung EVO as people are currently experiencing a firmware issue that causes massive performance degradation over time. Do not buy an SSD from any other brand other than Samsung or Intel. Everything else is varying degrees of garbage.

@PredatorRules: How effective is a dual gpu though? I always thought that there was a devastating diminishing return effect. (i.e No benefit if there was 2 Tom Bradys on the N.E Patriots.)

How much better is 2x 970 vs a single 980? I am a bit new to this PC universe. I wasn't even considering a dual 970 but you somehow budgeted it well.

@bigfootpart2: thx, i'll take that advice

I spent about 1.4k on my machine back in 2010 (for my i7 930 and stuff). I've bought a few videocards since then. In the last month and a half, I spent a little over $900 (16gb 1866 RAM, Samsung 850 SSD, NVIDIA 980 GTX).

Some becnhmaerks for you:

2x 290 are about 30-50fps increase compared to one 980, that's like waiting about 3-5 generation (years) of top end GPUs to come out to be able to reach such performance in a single card.

If you're thinking about 4k resolution, without 2 top end GPUs you won't be able to game normally as you can see Crysis 3 benchmarks shows you 30fps on max settings on 4k.

At some games like Bioshock and Tomb Raider at 1080p it's skyrocketing at 200+ fps, which it's again a good benefit if you play to play on 120+Hz monitor.

The value certainly is better with dual 970 over a single 980. It's effing insane to see beyond 1080p and 100+ fps considering my currently monitor is only 1440x900. I will definitely get two. Now just gotta wait for my paycheck. >=(

P.S They need to bring FFXV and Quantum Break(likely) to the PC.

Agree on the Quantum Break and most likely it will come to PC because it's from the creators of Alan Wake which had similar case of "timed exclusive"

around 2000 euros for a gaming laptop (including a bag). a desktop is not feasible for me currently so it was either a laptop for PC gaming or no PC gaming.

if you want to see what it looks like search for clevo P170sm. sleek. light, stylish, elegent.....my laptop is none of those things :P.

when speccing it out i wanted it to be as future proof as possible.

Specs:

• Core i7 4700mq 2.4GHz (it can stay at 3.2GHz though without heating problems with turboboost)
• 16GB ddr3 ram.
• geforce 780M 4GB (i was humming and hawing over SLI but decided not to in the end).
• 1080P screen (would have preferred a lower res screen for performance reasons but manufacturers seem to view it as 1080P or nothing) :(.
• 960GB crucial m500 ssd (i didnt want to go messing around with a smaller SSD and a hdd and moving stuff around. so after clonking my head off the wall several times i persuaded myself to get a big SSD :P).

So far i am happy with it. the chassis is good enough to keep everything cool so there are no throtteling issues. everythig can run flat out for sustained periods which is good.

Around $7,500 for my laptop if you include warranty and a few extras. The desktop (not shown) I built was around $4k.