How much is your computer worth in todays market?

[Thunderbird1GHz]

This is an interesting thread. Count current value, not how much it cost back in 1998 or how much you paid for it. also count only the essentals, exclude printer, scanner, back up battery, speakers


ok here goes:


1. 21" dell p1110 monitor...........$400
2. xp2000...............$70(includes cheap heatsink/fan)
3. 2x512mb corsair pc2700........$200 both sticks(prices went up)
4. 40x cd rom.........$30
5. 15GB ultra fast 5400rpm maxtor hdd........$40
6. kt400 mobo by abit the kd7.............$80
7. 128mb ti4200..........$100(thats all its worth!)
8. 56k Intel hardware modem.........$30
9. 350w psu and case...........$50
10. floppy, mouse, keyboard, cables, etc........$50


grand total.......$1050 with monitor, $650 without!


man $650 seems cheap, but thats all a borderline high end rig is worth now If I forgot any hardware, let me know!


edit: should hardware that overclocks well have extra value? if so, my ti4200 is nearly a ti4400 and my mobo/cpu add another $50 to it. to simplify things, I totaled my value as if everything was bone stock.

[lostlilchild6]

hmmm... I think your prices are alittle off dude. HOLY SHIZZY! 30 bucks for a weak 40x cd rom drive?!?!? You can get a liteon 52x that would eat (tm) that thing for 24.99!


here goes mine....


Viewsonic E70..... 75 bucks
2100+............. 60 bucks
1024mb HyperX 3000 150 bucks
8RDA+..............70 bucks
Geforce 4 TI4600...120bucks
16x pioneer DVD....35 bucks
52x liteon cDRW....45 bucks
In Win full tower..40 bucks
cables n sh!t......40 bucks


total is.......... $635 bucks with a good 17" monitor.

Tbird... you are bit off! lol Every single one of my compents is better than yours (cept monitor)...yet... your machine costs more, haha.

[joerg]

Well here is mine.

2100+ 75
8rda+ 85
Slk800 35
Fans 50
Enermax Case 50
Antec 430 70
Ti 4200 128 meg agp 8x 150
2xWD 80gig 170
2xMaxtor 80gig 170
2x19" samsungs 955df 500
Logitech 560s 100
24xburner 25
16x DVD 20
Tvtuner 35
2xExternal Buslink 40gigs 300
MX700 60
Logitech keyboard 30
Gaming controllers 100
Nic cards 10
Memory does 3200 and overclocks better than anyother mem on sharkys 70
Controller card 30

Total $2205.00 woot i have an expensive system.

but then again take out all those drives and my other monitor and im back down with the rest.

[Colossus]

I rarely have hardware older then 6 months... So it doesnt depreciate that much

[Thunderbird1GHz]

Originally posted by lostlilchild6
hmmm... I think your prices are alittle off dude. HOLY SHIZZY! 30 bucks for a weak 40x cd rom drive?!?!? You can get a liteon 52x that would eat (tm) that thing for 24.99!


here goes mine....


Viewsonic E70..... 75 bucks
2100+............. 60 bucks
1024mb HyperX 3000 150 bucks
8RDA+..............70 bucks
Geforce 4 TI4600...120bucks
16x pioneer DVD....35 bucks
52x liteon cDRW....45 bucks
In Win full tower..40 bucks
cables n sh!t......40 bucks


total is.......... $635 bucks with a good 17" monitor.

Tbird... you are bit off! lol Every single one of my compents is better than yours (cept monitor)...yet... your machine costs more, haha.

40x cd is one of the fastest and quality prevails over speed, no one cares about cd rom speeds anymore LOL.

Ok let me analysize the price of your rig:

monitor......

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...146227-0883042

$160 new, $100 used. Ok $100 is your monitor's worth, not $75.
now the cpu, sorry thats $80 at least. I saw those at my computer show dude. also $80 is for one that wont overclock. as for the ram, thats $150 *per* stick. Yes ram prices have gone up, up, up for the holidays. Ti4600s sell for about $160 used. You forgot the harddrive, modem and any other hardware

[Colossus]

I would have to agree with lost... Those prices would have to be in Canadian funds... No way in hell is that USD

In USD It would be more like:

1. 21" dell p1110 monitor...........$275
2. xp2000...............$55(includes cheap heatsink/fan)
3. 2x512mb corsair pc2700........$130 both sticks(prices went up)
4. 40x cd rom.........$20
5. 15GB ultra fast 5400rpm maxtor hdd........$30
6. kt400 mobo by abit the kd7.............$65
7. 128mb ti4200..........$100(thats all its worth!)
8. 56k Intel hardware modem.........$20
9. 350w psu and case...........$35 (Not $50 unless its an Antec!)
10. floppy, mouse, keyboard, cables, etc........$30


grand total.......$760 with monitor, $485 without!

How sad, Your monitor cost almost as much as your workstation????

[pudad]

Intel 2.4B......~$160
Asus P4PE.......~$120 - 130
1024MB Crucial ddr 333 ....... $140
LSI Logic u160 SCSI Controller ..... $50
37GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.3....... $300
80GB Seagate Barracuda4........ ~ $80
80GB WDSE ....................... $80
Gainward ti200 w/ 128MB ddr ..........$80
Audigy Platinum...................... $100 I guess
Antec true 550 ..........................$120
Antec case (one they sell for arouhn 60 or 70 w/ the 120mm fans)... 60
Plextor 40x cdrw.......................50 I guess, the 48x version is 75
liteon cdrom................................20


22" Trinitron (dell)..............................a lot, 300 I guess

logitec z560 speakers..........................140

total: about approaching 2000, heh , thank god it isn't over that

I may be off here and there, but it is probably somewhere between 1500-2000.

[pudad]

jesus tbird, your hard drive is a total POS, go get a decent hard drive for the love of god! idiot

[bldegle2]

hehe.

baldy

[Tac]

Lol, it seems they don't seemt o sell any of the parts on my old pc anymore, and the new one I'm trouble finding even the cpu . Seems they don't sell a p4 @ 1.3 ghz, even though that's what mine is .

[pudad]

Originally posted by Tac
Lol, it seems they don't seemt o sell any of the parts on my old pc anymore, and the new one I'm trouble finding even the cpu . Seems they don't sell a p4 @ 1.3 ghz, even though that's what mine is .

heh, those are probably pretty expensive actually.

[OutKlast]

Xp 1700+ $60
SLK800 $40.50
8rda3+ $124
2x256MB Mushkin PC3500 $142.50
Saphire Radeon 9500 (red pcb) $145
WD Raptor SATA 10k rpm $140
8xdvd yanked out of old computer $10
Antec 480 TruePower $58
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Total: $720

All those prices are shipped to my door, I just bought it so prices should be roughly the same. My last computer was worth a lot more but it had all kinds of accessories like Audigy Platnium EX, Raid setup with dual 60's, TV card etc. I don't know how much my monitors are worth I got them a while ago.

Hopefully that 9500 will convert to a 9700, and the XP1700+ already OC's to 3200+ speeds. I was kinda going for budget gaming machine, under 1k. I probably coulda dropped off the WD and got a cheaper HD, but its nice to have things load fast.

[Maxvla]

P4 2.4b - $160
Abit BD7II - $90
512mb Kingston PC2700 - $70 (ouch. paid 140 back in november..)
ATI 9500pro - $195 (got this for 100 bucks )
Creative Audigy - $75 (paid 65 like 2 years ago )
Hauppauge WinTV card - $50
Hollywood Plus Decoder Card - $40
80gb WD SE - $80
60gb Maxtor - $71
12x DVDRom - $30
48x Liteon Burner - $50
400W Sparkle PSU - $67
Vantec Fanbus - $20
Chieftec Maxtrix Case - $80
Watercooling setup including block, radiator and pump - $200
Benq FP767B 17" Flatpanel Monitor - $400

Total w/ Monitor - $1,678
Total w/o Monitor - $1,278

[Galen of Edgewood]

Shuttle XPC SN41G2 = $305.00
AMD ATHLON XP 2400 = $74.00
Segate Barricuda IV 60 GB 7200 RPM = $79.00
Crucial DDR PC2100 256MB = $37.00
52X CD-ROM = $17.00
Microsoft Intellimouse Optical = $14.00
Keyboard old AT connector with a PS/2 Converter = Priceless
-Honestly, I've no idea. Say $10?
ViewSonic PS790 (now known as the GS790) = $259.00


With Monitor = $840
W/O Monitor = $581

I need to get more RAM.

[kirkyg]

Originally posted by Colossus
I rarely have hardware older then 6 months... So it doesnt depreciate that much

Yea but your pocket book sure does

kirkyg