You have ~$3k to spend.

LonyoLonyo Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58201Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Your computer sucks and you just moved out on your own.</div>OK, hypothetical situation.
You've just moved out on your own, you have $3k to blow and you're currently using a Pentium 4 era computer.

What do you do with $3k?


Personally I'd probably do this:
$750 on a nice enough TV (42" or something).
$500 on an HTPC with Bluray drive.
$1250+ or so for a nice new PC (maybe an i5 or something)
$250~$500 whatever change is left from the other categories on a monitor (24" or so) and some speakers.


This is based on the concept of someone spending $3k on just a new PC, which IMO isn't such a good use of said moneyz.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    I'd buy a holiday and an 80s mini from ebay.
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    Spend 600 on a computer.
    Spend 200 on a big TV.

    Put the rest into savings. Anything else you spend it one will just become worth less with time. Never know when you might need $2200.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Its kinda pointless to dump a lot of money into a computer unless you do some major number crunching with it, its best to spend $900 most on a computer that can run the games you want to throw at it and just use the rest for whatever, like the tv.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    The person who created this $3k computer at heaviest plays Team Fortress 2. Check that out.
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  • PipiPipi Join Date: 2009-12-09 Member: 69550Members
    Wow, seriously with a $3k computer you can fly a spaceship.
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  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1745620:date=Jan 3 2010, 07:35 PM:name=Pipi)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pipi @ Jan 3 2010, 07:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1745620"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wow, seriously with a $3k computer you can fly a spaceship.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The space shuttle has 1MB of ram in its primary flight computer.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited January 2010
    But it's a very sturdy and stable computer.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    why not sleep on at least a third of that 3k put it in a 6 month cd or something painfully stupid and safe investing wise and build an awesome comp from 2 grand?
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1745616:date=Jan 3 2010, 07:12 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jan 3 2010, 07:12 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1745616"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The person who created this $3k computer at heaviest plays Team Fortress 2. Check that out.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A game that can be run by practically any computer made in the last 5 years, depending on how nice you want it to look.
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    To hell with buying a new computer. You just got your own place! Buy booze. Lots of it. And maybe some pretzels.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1745633:date=Jan 3 2010, 09:39 PM:name=That_Annoying_Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (That_Annoying_Kid @ Jan 3 2010, 09:39 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1745633"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->why not sleep on at least a third of that 3k put it in a 6 month cd or something painfully stupid and safe investing wise and build an awesome comp from 2 grand?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What he said, yeah...
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  • AnthoniAnthoni Join Date: 2009-04-10 Member: 67129Members
    edited January 2010
    I would put the cash in my bank account and hold off until I had more financial & housing stability. What good is a $3k computer going to do you if you have no house/ apartment to plug it in?
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  • BadMouthBadMouth It ceases to be exclusive when you can have a custom member titl Join Date: 2004-05-21 Member: 28815Members
    I would give it all to that nigerian prince who promised me a million bucks, when he sent me an email.
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  • AnthoniAnthoni Join Date: 2009-04-10 Member: 67129Members
    lol, better yet, use the $3,000 to start a phishing scam.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1745620:date=Jan 3 2010, 08:35 PM:name=Pipi)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pipi @ Jan 3 2010, 08:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1745620"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wow, seriously with a $3k computer you can fly a spaceship.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Well, i did build a $2500 computer back in 2001, but that was back when a regular slow desktop ran around $700-1000 :)

    I miss gaming then, remembering "omg you have one gig of memory what do you need that for?" makes me laugh now.
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1746345:date=Jan 8 2010, 04:21 PM:name=Drfuzzy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drfuzzy @ Jan 8 2010, 04:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1746345"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, i did build a $2500 computer back in 2001, but that was back when a regular slow desktop ran around $700-1000 :)

    I miss gaming then, remembering "omg you have one gig of memory what do you need that for?" makes me laugh now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The last computer I built was when the 9800 xt was top of the line. My card even came with a free serial-code for HL2, which wouldn't come out for another 1.5 years or something.
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  • TekdudeTekdude Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15455Members, Constellation, Forum staff
    <!--quoteo(post=1746888:date=Jan 11 2010, 07:35 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Xyth @ Jan 11 2010, 07:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1746888"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The last computer I built was when the 9800 xt was top of the line. My card even came with a free serial-code for HL2, which wouldn't come out for another 1.5 years or something.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Hey, the last PC I built had a 9800 XT as well. It died back in October though, so I went and bought this $3,000 PC and then Lonyo got all worried that I wasn't spending my money wisely and so he created this topic to try and backup his opinions.

    I still have the voucher card for my HL2 copy, somewhere.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1746889:date=Jan 12 2010, 12:50 AM:name=Tekdude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tekdude @ Jan 12 2010, 12:50 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1746889"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hey, the last PC I built had a 9800 XT as well. It died back in October though, so I went and bought this $3,000 PC and then Lonyo got all worried that I wasn't spending my money wisely and so he created this topic to try and backup his opinions.

    I still have the voucher card for my HL2 copy, somewhere.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Our environment is our friend.
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  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    lolwut!


    If it was me, I'd use about $1K to buy a mid-level modern computer to play my games and save the rest in a long-term CD. But maybe that's my frugal asian part talking.
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  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester
    In my case, back in the day
    I had 6 grand. and bought a car.


    In the modem era, I would probably spend a lot of it on a new computer, after all if you were to play all you games at 1080p, which if you are buying a tv you might as well, you are going to need a newer video card.

    the rest would be based on how expensive fixing my boiler later today turns out to be.
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    Christ, don't be a nerd, blow it on a wicked holiday or a ton of coke and ######s. Do something fun.
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1747195:date=Jan 13 2010, 04:12 PM:name=twoflow)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twoflow @ Jan 13 2010, 04:12 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1747195"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Christ, don't be a nerd, blow it on a wicked holiday or a ton of coke and ######s. Do something fun.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That's what <b>I</b> said! And some pretzels.
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