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The Holy Trinity - iMac, iPad and iPhone. Somebody clearly isn't on a student budget.

Looks fantastic, performs amicably. Such is Apple.

Sorry not trying to be a hater! Just release your inner nerd and go for some REAL specs

Reply 921

mangoh

Original post by Fuaadh0

Mine

Let me guess... You like Apple!

Nice setup man total cost? (can't see if iPad first/second etc...

Reply 922

C_G

So much money in this thread...

Reply 923

SMed

Original post by C_G

So much money in this thread...

Everything, literally everything you see in my workspace pic below cost less than one iMac or Macbook. Computer, speakers, monitor, desks, chair, lamps, furniture, everything.

Reply 924

username912610

Original post by SMed

Everything, literally everything you see in my workspace pic below cost less than one iMac or Macbook. Computer, speakers, monitor, desks, chair, lamps, furniture, everything.

I wish had a room like this, but I share one with my brother :colonhash:

. But then again I'm heading off too uni next year.

Reply 925

Chrosson

Original post by SMed

Everything, literally everything you see in my workspace pic below cost less than one iMac or Macbook. Computer, speakers, monitor, desks, chair, lamps, furniture, everything.

Not in total I assume?

Reply 926

C4OShea

Original post by Kruz

I wish had a room like this, but I share one with my brother :colonhash:

. But then again I'm heading off too uni next year.

is that another R3 i see there?

Reply 927

C4OShea

Original post by Chrosson

Not in total I assume?

Imacs start from 999 so i wouldn't bet against it. But reckon his rig would spank the imac

Reply 928

jada897

Just realised that my desk is tiny haha!

Reply 929

H011y94

Usually my phone lives here too, but I was using it to take the photos(that's it's sheepy case) :wink:

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 930

princecaspian

Original post by SMed

Finally got some much needed office furniture. Got a small chest of drawers for under the desk where I can finally throw in all my stationary and nerd junk. Also put up that bookcase today to get rid of the stacks of books and piles of stuff sitting on the floor in the corner.

Got the Virgin V+ HD box on top of the drawers under the desk to the right, connected to the monitor, with audio running through the PC's sound card.

Also got a subwoofer under the desk now, much needed for games and films/tv.

It's mostly done now.

Can i ask were did you get you black desk pad ?

Reply 931

SMed

Original post by Chrosson

Not in total I assume?

CPU: i5 2500K (bought in the US for £135)
RAM: Patriot 8GB dual channel DDR3 1600Mhz (bought in the US for £37 (£31 if I can figure out to do the rebate))
Case: Fractal Design R3 (bought used for £40)
GPU: Asus ATI Radeon HD 7850 (bought new for £180)
Cooler Gelid Tranquillo (bought new for £23)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 600 watt modular (bought new for £70)
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (bought new for £76.99)
Storage: Hitachi 2.5" 500GB HDD (already had) + Crucial M4 128GB SSD (bought new for £135)
Monitor: Dell Ultra Sharp U2311H 23" IPS (bought used for £124)
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (bought new for £32)
Mouse: Logitech MX518 (bought used for £25)
Speakers: Fostex PM0.5 active monitors (bought used for £100) and Mission active subwoofer (bought used for £40)

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TOTAL so far: £1018

The desks were free, printer was £30, lamps £16 for both, book case was £30 or £40 I think? Drawers were £20, chair was £30.

I suppose you could get a poverty spec iMac if they start at £1000.

Reply 932

SMed

Original post by princecaspian

Can i ask were did you get you black desk pad ?

Overclockers.co.uk. They're usually about £10 or so. Got mine on offer for £7 and free shipping as a member of their forums. Fantastic mat, I love it. Mine's 900mm, but they even do a 1200mm one too.

Reply 933

Chrosson

Original post by SMed

Guitar? That's what I was surprised about.

Edit: that said, your pricing kinda puts things in perspective. Nicely done.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 934

SMed

Original post by Chrosson

Guitar? That's what I was surprised about.

Forgot about that! :biggrin:

Well, my Dad did give that to me a few years ago. It's probably worth a couple of hundred at the most, so still below a decent iMac.

Reply 935

jla7

Original post by gamer91

crap quality due to phone, but you get the idea...

i want this lol :biggrin:

Reply 936

SMed

Original post by Chrosson

Edit: that said, your pricing kinda puts things in perspective. Nicely done.

Yeah, could easily have done cheaper now, but I splurged on things like GPU, monitor and PSU. In fact, the PSU was a £20 Corsair C430 and GPU was an £80 6850 before I upgraded. I wanted that monitor because it's excellent for photography work.

Reply 937

elia

Original post by SMed

Everything, literally everything you see in my workspace pic below cost less than one iMac or Macbook. Computer, speakers, monitor, desks, chair, lamps, furniture, everything.

What does your monitor shelf comprise of and where can I get one? :colondollar:

Reply 938

SMed

Original post by elia

What does your monitor shelf comprise of and where can I get one? :colondollar:

It's an Ikea Lack shelf that I found a long time ago. It's sitting on top of some old broken bookshelf speakers that aren't connected to anything. I've got blu-tack at every corner of every point of contact, especially the large fostex speakers on top.

The Lack shelves are cheap, and you can put them on anything I suppose... two bricks? :tongue: