Why spend so much money on a computer?

Ok i was just wondering why do people spend such a huge amount of money on computer parts when a $1000 rig will do just fine. My rig i built cost me only $850 and i can run every game on the market with no slow down and on high graphics. The only exception ofcourse is crysis where i run 35fps at High Graphics which is fine by me. But seriously is the extra money really worth the slight performance game. I mean what are you possible playing that requires a $1000 processor, 8 Gigs of Ram, like 5 harddrives, 2 Graphic cards, and so on. Sorry to make a rant thread, but i have really always wondered why people spend so much money on a rig. I mean it all seems like such overkill to me.Why spend so much money on a computer?
From a strictly financially based view, yes, your point makes. There is also the satisfaction of building your own customized machine, no matter how overkill it may be. The price justifies self satisfaction, in ways that may be beyond just performance. This is the same reason we buy sports cars and SUVs, when we may not need all that power. It may give us a sense of self pride, or reflect a higher social standing.It essence, for the same reason we buy expensive things that aren't computers that we don't necessarily need. Economics has always been like this and always will be as long as human nature remains the same.Why spend so much money on a computer?
It's like buying a ferrari, they make love to it.... XDNo serious it just like buying a expencive sports car, people know they newer/rarely will make use of all what te sportscar/PC is capable of, but it gives them a selfsatisfaction, and they can brag about it... ... -I got a Ferrari what are you runnig? You clean them, you take them for a testdrive, let our frend's come along for a spin, know evry detail about the specs and how to service. I totally agree that many people get all nut's about crysis, yes that is a beutyfull game but it's still beutifull at high, a decent midend card will run all games but crysis maxed out or atleast near maxed out, and the difference is lot's of money to get the best of crysis, but again it's about satisfaction not about the performance needed, some people can afford a italian sportscar, some people can afford a expencive PC.
If you can afford it, why not? That's to say if you aren't having to sacrifice in other significant areas of your life, just in order to get the best performing hardware. Personally I agree with you though. Hardware becomes obsolete and plummets in price so quickly, it's hardly worth it to go all out unless you can afford to upgrade every generation of product. Going all out on a nice car like a Ferrari, at least you know it's going to retain a large portion of its value, maybe even increase its worth. And it won't have any trouble handling the newest roads on the highest settings after a year.
Those people that get 3 280GTX's are just plain suckers!
Bigger e-penis.
oof topic ferraris are horrible track cars on the upside a total worked mitubish lancer will basically put it to shame on any circut any givin time ;)
I would say I agree but with a condition. Spending some cash on a computer can seem stupid but to some people it fun to have the newest and the best. Im not sure if my entire computer can be seen at the bottom ( the little after blog thingy) but if you can you will see that i did recently spend some money, mostly in an upgrade kind of way. I was set back around $850 (with help from Ebay) but i felt it was worth it going from the low to the high. My condition is that eventually a computer gets old and that if your enjoying it you should take care of it like any other thing and maybe put a little money into it. I guess its not a direct condition considering that your topic is about straight up buying a new one and mine was about upgrading... oh well. In any case eBay is the place to shop! great deals so you can get a comp for less :)
[QUOTE=''Neo_revolution7'']oof topic ferraris are horrible track cars on the upside a total worked mitubish lancer will basically put it to shame on any circut any givin time ;) [/QUOTE] so true on top gear, the lamob could pull way from the evo, and then the evo forced the lambo to spin :lol: and with the evo you get a useful car.
I think in most cases it's pointless to spend so much on a computer, but some people need it if they have bigger monitors and higher resolutions. A single 4870, for example, won't cut it on a 30'' monitor because the resolution is insanely high. Most people don't take advantage of expensive computers though so for the most part, it's just a waste of money.
[QUOTE=''swehunt'']It's like buying a ferrari, they make love to it.... XDNo serious it just like buying a expencive sports car, people know they newer/rarely will make use of all what te sportscar/PC is capable of, but it gives them a selfsatisfaction, and they can brag about it... ... -I got a Ferrari what are you runnig? You clean them, you take them for a testdrive, let our frend's come along for a spin, know evry detail about the specs and how to service. I totally agree that many people get all nut's about crysis, yes that is a beutyfull game but it's still beutifull at high, a decent midend card will run all games but crysis maxed out or atleast near maxed out, and the difference is lot's of money to get the best of crysis, but again it's about satisfaction not about the performance needed, some people can afford a italian sportscar, some people can afford a expencive PC. [/QUOTE]Wait other people don't make love to there computers lol
I think it's because we're all suckers for carefully graded pricing: ''Oh look, for only $40 more I can have double the speed. But wait, another $10 and I get the extreme edition! But that brings me up to the basic high-end model... Well, I don't want the second best product in the world...'' etc. Before we know it, we've made a huge investment and are hooked into seeing it never falls to being merely (God forbid) average, so we keep updating. We're all suckers.
Like these guys said, self-satisfaction. I'm such a perfectionist so it's either all, or nothing. If you're going to do it, do it all the way. I dont want my PC being all gimp.
Some people just have money to burn on super high end rigs to run benchmarks and brag about system specs and some of us actually PLAY games and use our PC's for something productive,we do the research and spend our money wisely getting the performance we need without being wasteful with ridiculous overkill.
I do it to make it ''future-proof.''
Because they have to make-up for other shortcomings ;) A PC can't be a Ferrari, a Ferrari can last for a long time, your high-end overkill PC will be obsolete the second you finish building it. There is a point where there is diminishing returns, you're better off waiting a while and making a big upgrade so the performance is noticeable.
I understand the sentiments of the original poster. However I do agree with the general consensus that the main reason is to satisfy their own ego. Besides, if you had money to burn you'd probably do the same (c'mon admit it), I know I would.
Nahh, a new HDTV, better speakers, there aren't even that many new great PC games out there now and for Folding i'm better off building completely new boxes with 8800GS/GTs in SLI or 9800GX2s.
1000 dollars is over kill.spend 1000 on your first build.save Mouse/Keyboard/Drives/Case and maybe PSU for next buildthen spend less on mobo/gpu/cpu
I've been building computers since I was little. It's pretty much a hobby for me, more than anything else. But I enjoy pushing the limits of the hardware, seeing how well new products run. And yeah, to see how awesome I can make Crysis look... :DMy computer's set for awhile, though. It won't need upgrading for another year or two, I imagine.