Quote Originally Posted by Leixor View Post
Did you build that or buy it pre-built? If you built it or added the GPU later how much did that 7800GTX set you back? I paid just under 200 for my x850xt and now like 5 months later it's down to $124. Oh well that's the way the PC world goes eh. [/b]
I built in some additional stuff, replaced the Graphics card (the original one was a GeForce 6200SE. That card is worse than the 3800), bought external hard disks, the printer, the hubs, etc.
What was already in?
The processor, the RAM, the OS (I insta formatted it as soon as I had it in my place though. It had Norton and other system resource hogging apps preinstalled), 2x 150 GB (though one got permanent hardware failures and I had to remove it), and the Neon Lights.

The 7800GTX cost me about €500,-.. Which comes down to a $635ish. By now, it's only like €200. >__>
Still, I don't really care. It plays the latest games on the highest graphical intense settings without framerate loss.

Indeed, that is how the PC world goes around. I don't mind, it's for all the better. Now, 1Gig of RAM in one chip is only €35 here. 1-2 years ago when I wanted another Gig of RAM (DDR) in one chip (so 1x 1024 rather than 2x 512) it was going to cost me over €300. I decided not to get that additional gig, and I didn't. One of these days, I'm going to get it for only 10% of the price it was back then.