Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Would be a simple solution, but every time I start to get some cash together for anything PC related(most of the time) bills pop up out of nowhere, repairs need to be done to the car(body work) car needs a service, rego due in 2 months ~le sigh~ what's worse is my car is my job, without it i'm screwed lol
In life there's always something important that needs to be paid for, and a new computer is really never one of those things. But you know how I think about it? I spend an inordinate amount of time working/playing on my computer. It keeps me at home, out of trouble, when I would otherwise be out spending money and getting into all sorts of nonsense. SO, I take the cost of a high end computer build powerful enough to push 1080p blu-ray, max out settings on all of the games I play, and generally smoke any app or task I could throw at it, and then divide that cost by 24 (or 36, if I am willing to schedule my next major upgrade 3 years down the road). The result is the monthly ammortized cost of building a new entertainment hub (re: pc).
When you figure it that way, even a high end build that costs a couple of thousand dollars can actually be quite reasonable compared to, say, going out to dinner and a movie, followed by drinks at your favorite bar several times a week.
Using this logic, the system I just built cost me about $100/month. That's just slightly more than my gym membership, and slightly less than I'd spend going out to a bar/club just twice without a gaming system at home to keep me busy.
😉The moral of the story is, buy a RIVE -- it's a bargain. lol
Asus RIVBE • i7 4930K @ 4.7ghz • 8gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133 CL8
2xSLI EVGA GTX 770 SC • Creative X-Fi Titanium • 2x 840 SSD + 1TB Seagate Hybrid
EVGA Supernova 1300W• Asus VG278H & nVidia 3d Vision
Phanteks Enthoo Primo w/ custom watercooling:
XSPC Raystorm (cpu & gpu), XSPC Photon 170, Swiftech D5 vario
Alphacool Monsta 360mm +6x NB e-loop, XT45 360mm +6x Corsair SP120