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View Poll Results: How much do you spend each year on computer hardware?
$1-$1,000 312 58.98%
$1,001-$2,000 122 23.06%
$2,001-$3,000 43 8.13%
$3,001-$4,000 17 3.21%
$4,001-$5,000 12 2.27%
$5,001-$6,000 7 1.32%
$7,001-$8,000 3 0.57%
$8,001-$9,000 2 0.38%
$9,001-$9,000 0 0%
$9,001-$10,000 1 0.19%
>$10,000 10 1.89%
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Old 08-24-08   #91 (permalink)
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I have to say $2k, but I need to get down into the <$250 range.
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a little bit more than 2000
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last year i bought a 1200 dollar computer, this year i bought a 1300 dollar laptop, and a 200 dollar video card. its roughly the same between 1k and 2k per year.
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Very little. This year... I've spent 5 bucks on op-amps to mod my X-Fi. That's it.
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i would like to see the machine that gets the pleasure of costing more than $10,000...
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It all depends. The main system I have now I bought 2 years ago for about $1700. Haven't spent a lot extra since then, minor purchases. Hopefully I can get saved up for my new build by the end of this year, which is about another $1700.
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If you spend more than $10.000?

No but I usually spend:
$1-$1,000
$1,001-$2,000

Normally the $1 to $1K but if it is a brand new computer it is probably up to $2k.

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whoever said they spend >$10k a year... you are crazy.

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I'd say between 2k-3k USD per year.
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Well its hard to say exactly.

I usually just buy a new computer every 4 years for around $2,000, upgrade the video card once somewhere in between ($400), and replace the monitor once every 2 builds (so every 8 years, say around $300).

Other than that I really only buy what I need. Recently that has included an upgrade to a gigabit router ($70), a low-powered server for the hosue ($200), and 4 old P-IIIs for some lan gaming ($150), and an upgrade to my storage hard drive to 1TB ($120).

So I guess if you average it out it comes out to around $1200 per year.

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