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I just had to call my bank to get them to lift the hold on my debit card after trying to buy 32GB of DDR4 and a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD. Not surprising since I just spent $850 on a 5960X..... and I've yet to decide on what to do for a motherboard, wait for the R5E to come back in stock or grab something else. I'm 100% sure I'm going to regret buying all of this but I'm young so I'm allowed to make terrible life decisions, right? 
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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I know the feeling, should have heard the conversation I had when I had three people approach me about building them decent computers. Though they where about to investigate me because at the time I was unemployed and having $1000 deposits and then purchases using almost all said funds  .
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 12:19:37
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you spend too much on computers.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 12:47:09
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Meh, I just dropped $1800 on a Laptop.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 13:00:03
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Rudster816
I'm 100% sure I'm going to regret buying all of this but I'm young so I'm allowed to make terrible life decisions, right?
Yes. You are correct... but I'm not sure spending too much on a computer would be considered a horrible life decision. When I hear horrible life decision I usually think of drug addicts, dropping out of school, or deciding to go ahead and marry Ray Rice after he knocks you out cold in an elevator. You'll be fine... The worst that could happen would be buyer's remorse... You'll get over it.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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And to think that I'm balking about spending about $6-700 on a used Macbook pro 13" sometime in my near future. Hopefully it'll be a more recent 2012-2013 version but *shrugs* need to funds first. I don't spend a lot on equipment these days. At least not as much as I used to. I probably could support a decent apartment for a year with some of the past purchases I have done. 
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 13:23:36
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When I hear horrible life decision I usually think of drug addicts, dropping out of school, or deciding to go ahead and marry Ray Rice after he knocks you out cold in an elevator.
I agree with you 100% ha ha ha.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 16:10:19
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Sounds like a great bank Rudster, just dont forget to reset ur debt card limit back. The way online crap, better safe than loosing a few $100's or more.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/15 16:25:52
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Tweaked
Meh, I just dropped $1800 on a Laptop.
Lol I wish I only spent that much on my laptop. You could have gotten 2 of those for my laptop (although it's hard calling this Alienware 18 a laptop haha).
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/16 00:58:58
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That's going to be an awesome set-up. The R5E is a badass board, but it's extended ATX, so it would require new case for me. This is the board I would want if I had that gear: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132260 I'd love to move over to a haswell-e set-up... but I just dumped all of my funds into my car audio recently. Just got my singer alternator yesterday, can't wait to get it in my car.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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It doesn't matter how much or how little I spend. Used to be before Newegg updated their Mastercard verification applet I'd almost always get flagged and get an email from Newegg telling me they couldn't charge the card, then have to go through the verification process with MC and resubmit the info to Newegg after. Boy that was irritating for awhile until they fixed it. Only after the app started working correctly did I realize for years it wasn't displaying and asking for the verification # as it was supposed to be doing, one of the perks of being an Opera browser user! 
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 10:27:16
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 13:08:38
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I'm gonna spend around $3500 on my new X99 build...lol
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 14:27:51
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The R5E is back in stock on the Egg (for now). Just pulled the trigger on one. I think I would have been perfectly fine with a Deluxe but for an extra $100 it seemed worth it. I probably would have bought the Deluxe over the weekend if the R5E didn't get restocked by then though.
My SSD\RAM did get here today though. This should be a pretty epic build...
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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My last build was an insane amount, but hey, why else do we work? I am scoping out a 5960X, but I have two 4960Xs already that I am considering using for a couple rigs. What am I thinking? Anyway, may do the new builds over the winter. Let me see how my schedule looks. This may be a folding rig or one for my wife, or both.  Sent from my Fancy-pants Pad using Tapatalk
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 15:22:33
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When you call your bank and tell them to increase your debit card limit to $6500 for the day.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 20:47:46
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When you are going to bed, and instead of saying that you are going to bed, you say that you are logging off. I got a bit to close to doing that onc Edit: ah spend too much on computers, not too much time on computers, my brain edited that in. Maybe when your PC is 6 years old, but no part of it is that old? I've replaced every single part at least once on my current computer, and have a monitor "collection" (never did get more than one of the exact same type so surround wasn't an option that could work very well, though I have been able to force it to sort of work a time or two, but was very buggy)
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 20:52:03
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Rudster816
The R5E is back in stock on the Egg (for now). Just pulled the trigger on one. I think I would have been perfectly fine with a Deluxe but for an extra $100 it seemed worth it. I probably would have bought the Deluxe over the weekend if the R5E didn't get restocked by then though.
My SSD\RAM did get here today though. This should be a pretty epic build...
Good luck with your build..I'm confused whether to go for the R5E or the Deluxe.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 21:23:47
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When I have my own product line?
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/18 21:29:08
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Rudster816
I just had to call my bank to get them to lift the hold on my debit card after trying to buy 32GB of DDR4 and a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD. Not surprising since I just spent $850 on a 5960X..... and I've yet to decide on what to do for a motherboard, wait for the R5E to come back in stock or grab something else. I'm 100% sure I'm going to regret buying all of this but I'm young so I'm allowed to make terrible life decisions, right?
Whee did you get the 5960X for that price?
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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Whee did you get the 5960X for that price?
I got it used.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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You have a brand new computer that you just bought, yet you couldn't afford to purchase a turbo for your car.... :(
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As I haven't found the need to update I haven't been paying attention..and forgive my ignorance..but
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/19 17:44:11
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So, you going to compliment that set-up with some of the GTX 900 series cards or something else? RushXTC
You have a brand new computer that you just bought, yet you couldn't afford to purchase a turbo for your car.... :(
You are not accounting for all of the traffic tickets he would be getting with that turbo as well.
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
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for me I would say when you are trying to collect every model of the X58 Classy Series because they were your favorite series.... and just to have them(still looking for a E770 and reasonable SR-2).... and then build an X79 dual Titan Work Station, and start planning for a micro X99 gamer, then fitting in some how... an X79 for the wife...
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/09/26 07:34:33
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Wow with all you guys buying all this new hardware, you gotta have a lot of old hardware, I got a friend who is running in a gts250 and a x6500? Or something idk. He would appreciate parts before he goes off to training (Army).
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/10/05 03:11:40
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Wow man i never spent more than $800 on computers at once. Always went for the used peripherals
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Re: You know you spend way too much on computers when...
2014/10/05 03:22:55
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Wow man i never spent more than $800 on computers at once. Always went for the used peripherals
I don't buy used but I am on the constant lookout for sales, bankruptcy stock, or wait for prices to come down after the initial introduction.
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