[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[SlayerZ99]

Calculating absolute lowest pay I predict Ill have about $1000 for a computer come next school year.
Thats working 10 weeks in the summer, 7 hours a day, 5 days a week with $350 a week. My boss said some weeks Ill earn $600, so it looks like Ill be building a computer this summer.

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[Doomonkey]

Calculating absolute lowest pay I predict Ill have about $1000 for a computer come next school year.
Thats working 10 weeks in the summer, 7 hours a day, 5 days a week with $350 a week. My boss said some weeks Ill earn $600, so it looks like Ill be building a computer this summer.

Remember taxes.

[Yola²]

New Build:

Asus Sabertooth 990FX - $179.99
2x G.Skill Ares Series 16GB 1866 RAM - $109
AMD FX-8350 Vishera @ 4.0 GHz - $199.99
EVGA GeForce 690 4GB - $999
Corsair 80 Plus Platinum 860W PSU - $229.99
Cooler Master Storm Stryker - $159.99
Corsair Force Series GS @ 128 GB - $129.99
2x WD VelociRaptor 1TB = $229.99
Assorted cooling and other items - $200

Total - $2,779 but realistically I spent a total of $1,750
Can't wait for the parts that I ordered to arrive so I can get this machine together

[SlayerZ99]

Remember taxes.

Under the table...

[Doomonkey]

Under the table...

Cool.

[Yola²]

Calculating absolute lowest pay I predict Ill have about $1000 for a computer come next school year.
Thats working 10 weeks in the summer, 7 hours a day, 5 days a week with $350 a week. My boss said some weeks Ill earn $600, so it looks like Ill be building a computer this summer.

Lol, you are getting paid $10 - $20 an hour doing what?

[dkamm65]

Lol, you are getting paid $10 - $20 an hour doing what?

He's a male stripper.

[SlayerZ99]

Lol, you are getting paid $10 - $20 an hour doing what?

Roofing and carpentry.

[Yola²]

Roofing and carpentry.

That seems an absurd amount then, typically insured roofers and carpentry workers get paid ~$15 per hour.

You being a minor AND uninsured makes me think as to how anyone would trust you on their roof, not that I'm calling bs, I'm just saying I wouldn't hire an underage person when I can hire a skilled, licensed, insured, professional at the same price.

[devildogelite]

The look of the 912 looks so ugly to me. It looks like one of those cases that are overdoing the rough style way too much.

I love the Corsair and Lian-li cases.

The c70 in military green is worse in the fake rough look department to me. Any Corsair case with rounded edges looks dumb. Though the 800d and anything similiar looking is pretty nice. Some Lian-li cases are really nice except for the fact they usually run a $100 more than a comparable case from another company.

That seems an absurd amount then, typically insured roofers and carpentry workers get paid ~$15 per hour.

You being a minor AND uninsured makes me think as to how anyone would trust you on their roof, not that I'm calling bs, I'm just saying I wouldn't hire an underage person when I can hire a skilled, licensed, insured, professional at the same price.

Tons of roofers and other contractors like that use unskilled labor, they also pay them under the table. Normally someone like that does the whole thing under the table. So the job is cheaper for the person, and the contractor makes more money since it's not taxed. It's no less believable then whatever jobs  you do.

[Yola²]

Tons of roofers and other contractors like that use unskilled labor, they also pay them under the table. Normally someone like that does the whole thing under the table. So the job is cheaper for the person, and the contractor makes more money since it's not taxed. It's no less believable then whatever jobs  you do.

Imo the 912 is a pretty good looking case, exception being the ugly white painted "HAF" on the side panel.


You missed the entire point of what I said, if I can hire a full team of skilled, licensed, and insured professionals for $15 an hour, or I can hire one guy who meets the same qualifications but the majority of his team is not up to the same par, yet he still charges $15 a hour, why in the name of anything in hell would I hire the latter?

I never said I didn't believe him, not at all, and whether you choose to believe me or not, doesn't really matter to me as I'm not here to discuss it with you.

[SlayerZ99]

I work with what you could call a professional. And according to my State's career info the median a  roofer makes $23.78 an hour. and in the 10 percentile its $14.7

[Nasoa]

Is this the most I can get for the money?
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Nasoa/saved/#savedbuild_302812
pcpartpicker doesn't know about some of the combos like the case+hard drive for $150 and for some reason doesn't use microcenter's $40 cheaper proccessor. Let me know if I'm forgetting anything (I'm not paying for the monitor and windows).

i'm a worrywart, that PSU's fine right? It's gotten good reviews.

[Yola²]

I work with what you could call a professional. And according to my State's career info the median a  roofer makes $23.78 an hour. and in the 10 percentile its $14.7

If you work what you posted and make $600/week you would be making $20 an hour, 3 dollars less than a licensed, insured professional.

I would definitely pay the extra $3/hour in case a 14 year old falls off my roof and now I'm paying every penny of your medical bill.

[SlayerZ99]

If you work what you posted and make $600/week you would be making $20 an hour, 3 dollars less than a licensed, insured professional.

I would definitely pay the extra $3/hour in case a 14 year old falls off my roof and now I'm paying every penny of your medical bill.

The weeks Ill be making $600 a week will be weeks Im working up in Maine. We'll work from sunrise to sunset so about 12 hours working on roofs a major businesses and companies. Im not 14 Im 16. And my boss is insured. I don't think Ill be falling off any roofs during the summer.