I found this interesting, the pricing for a good system, 10 years apart. In 2011, I built the following (with the advice from this forum I might add). It was not top of the line, but was pretty sweet back then, notice the kick-ass 4 GB of RAM, and the dual GPUs
10 years ago this was "the shit"!
edit: looking at my old posts, I think this was actually 2008!!!
Component | Chosen Item | Price |
MOTHER BOARD | ASUS P5Q Pro ATX LGA775 P45 DDR2 2PCI-E16 Crossfire 3PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 | $138.88 |
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket LGA775, 3 GHz, 1333 MHz | $189.98 |
GRAPHICS CARD | Visiontek Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E 2XDVI-I Video Card (x2) | $597.78 |
RAM | Mushkin HP2 6400 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 5-4-4-12 (1.8V) 240pins | $99.99 |
DVD BURNER | Pioneer DVR-215D(Black) SATA DVD-Writer 20x | $26.92 |
BLU-RAY BURNER | LG BH12LS35 Black 12x Blu-ray Writer 16x DVD+/-R/RW Write Drive LightScribe SATA | $119.00 |
PRIMARY HD | Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer | $84.88 |
HARD DRIVE 2 | Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer | $84.88 |
HARD DRIVE 3 | Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer | $84.88 |
MONITOR | ASUS PA246Q, 24.1" LCD Widescreen P-IPS Professional Monitor, 1920x1200 | $469.00 |
POWER SUPPLY | PC Power & Cooling (S75CF) Silencer 750 Quad Crossfire 750W ATX V2.2 | $149.99 |
CASE | Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Ultimate Gamer Case | $91.82 |
SOUND CARD | AuzenTech X-PLOSION Cinema 7.1 DTS Connect Dolby Digital Live PCI 32BIT | $84.80 |
HEATSINK FAN | Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Direct Touch 3 Heatpipe Heatsink | $31.32 |
SIDE FAN | Scythe S-Flex 120mm (1200rpm) FDB Bearing Chassis Fan (SFF21E) | $14.99 |
OS | Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit (OEM) | $102.99 |
EXT. HARD DRIVE | Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer | $84.88 |
EXT. HD CASE | Vantec NexStar3 (NST-360U2-BL) USB2.0 3.5" Aluminum IDE Hard Drive Enclosure | $35.00 |
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| | $2,491.98 |
The one I just built, again, not the top of the line, but pretty sweet, is twice as much
$5,064 (and the old build included the monitor!)