Saving for a new computer, also what kind of computer do you have?

[spyrorocks]

Its an atx full tower so its pretty massive, and heavy.

 

[i73770k]

My gpu cost more than your entire builds budget. haha. Running Crysis 3 with high res textures maxed at pegged at 60fps (limited my refresh rate to 60 so when I play things like CS its not pumping 400+ fps to my monitor)

LOL, ya i have GTX 780 $679.99:eg:

 

[Blarg King]

I have two laptops right now.

My pride and joy gaming laptop:

ASUS G75VW 3D Gaming laptop

2.3Ghz Core i7 quad core

12GB DDR3-1600

GeForce 670M 3GB GDDR5

240GB Mushkin SSD + 750GB 5400 RPM HDD

And then there's my crap laptop that my school gave me:

2.5Ghz Core i5 dual core

6GB DDR3-1600

GeForce 610M 2GB + Intel HD4000

750GB HDD

And worst of all it has Windows 8

 

[FlutterPie]

Old thread...

Since it was bumped though. I have a sager NP9390 laptop. Has all 4th gen. Parts. Cost me just over 2k.

Intel i7 (2.4 GHz turbo up to 3.4 GHz)
Nvidia GeForce 780m GPU
8GB 1600Hz RAM (May upgrade to 16GB)
Forgot to add Samsung pro SSD 512GB and 750GB HDD

 

[NKO29]

i have 2 computers which i use for multiple things, but anyways:
Acer aspire Z5801 AIO
i7 quad core @ 3.8GHZ
Nvidia shitty card lol
2TB hdd
8GB Ram

Hp probook 4330s Laptop (modified)
i5-2430m
250GB HDD
8GB Ram
Extra Pci-e slot soldered onto motherboard for 32GB SSD
New Blu-ray drive

Both CAN play games, but my AIO's GPU is absolutely horrid.

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Wow, I just checked when I got my computer: November 2009! Almost 4 years ago!

$280 - Core i7 920 overclocked to 3.2ghz
$310 - 12GB RAM (so much more expensive back then)
$270 - Gigabyte EX58 UD5
$200 - Coolermaster ATCS 840 -- I LOVE this huge roomy, convenient case.

So about $1000 (I had a video card at the time).

Later, my friend showed me a good deal on an nVidia GTX470 for like $250 or something.

Oh, and of course I've bought SSDs -- some of the most important parts of the system.

Later I upgraded my RAM to 24GB for $130! I actually do use this for large-scale computations.

Overall, I've never felt any lacking despite not upgrading the mobo/CPU for 4 years, and the video card for about 2-3.

Advice: Buy what Things suggested above. You don't need a super fast CPU. An i3 will do just fine for most things. Look for CPUs that you can overclock and you'll be able to get extra speed without dropping the extra cash.

My personal advice: MAKE SURE to get an SSD for your system drive and games (e.g. Crucial M500 120GB for $110). You'll hear some people poo-poo the SSD as unnecessary, but they are wrong. They usually have never used one and think that a lot of bulk space for media they never watch is worth more than ultra-fast disk access for what you really need -- even with outrageous amounts of RAM to compensate. Overall, your computer will be super snappy, and may run better than a computer like mine that I spent an assload for years ago, but never feels sluggish.

You'll have all your old hard drives anyway, so you can just move them to your new system and use your new SSD as your system drive. Watch your system boot in 5 seconds after POST; laugh as your games load up super fast while your friends' crappy machines are loading the texture data and maps from their shitty platter-drives; never have to defrag your drive because it works faster than even Velociraptor RAID arrays without any moving part.