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I bought the parts for my rig in 03/09 from NewEgg and I thought it would be interesting to go back and look at the parts six months later to see what has changed. I factored out the combo deals and mail in rebates figuring they would come close to canceling out. Some of the items are no longer available from Newegg so I included them at the lowest price at which I could find them. Here are the results!

LG Super Multi Blue
I paid: $105
Now: $110

Core i7 CPU
I paid: $290
Now: $280

Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives X 6
I paid: $540
Now: $510

G.SKILL TITAN 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk
I paid: $325
Now: $340

SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
I paid: $280
Now: $225

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
I paid: $150
Now: $140

OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
I paid: $150
Now: $155

ASUS P6T Deluxe Mother Board
I paid: $300
Now: $290

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit OS
I paid: $180
Now: $170

Rosewill RNX-N4 IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless-N 2.0 Gigabit Router
I paid: $75
Now: $40

Rosewill RNX-N1 IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB2.0 Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle
I paid: $35
Now: $22

Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
I paid: $90
Now: $83

Logitech G7 Mouse
I paid: $73
Now: $73

Logitech Pro 2000
I paid: $30
Now $30

Antec Twelve Hundred
I paid: $160
Now: $170

XTRAC PADS Ripper Optical Mouse pad
I paid: $17
Now: $14

Logitech 980186-0403 Silver USB Desktop Microphone
I paid: $20
Now: $20

32'' LG 1080P HDTV
I paid: $700
Now: $500

Total Then: $3,323
Total Now: $2,968

I try not to look at what stuff cost me compared to what it cost now, I'd never stop crying.

But I don't think I could ever bring myself to pay $73 for a mouse, except if it was maybe a Space Navigator SE... I'd give my left nut for a Space Pilot Pro

Aside from the $200 price drop on the 32" LCD, I'm impressed with how much value your rig has kept in the last 6 months!!

Illuminati wrote:Aside from the $200 price drop on the 32" LCD, I'm impressed with how much value your rig has kept in the last 6 months!!

Yep, but don't expect that trend to continue now that i5 has been released.

my build is a little more...deactivated...

Board: EVGA 750i FTW, was $180, now $138+ if you can find it at all
CPU: E7200 was $119.99, now $103+ if you can find it at the right sketchy e-tailer
GPUs: ASUS EN9600 GSO TOP, was $82/$62(two separate purchases) now $96 at amazon

newegg doesnt carry much of what i still run

Illuminati wrote:Aside from the $200 price drop on the 32" LCD, I'm impressed with how much value your rig has kept in the last 6 months!!

+1

But I'm with Bubba.. I try to not look at how much my rig depreciates.

bubba wrote:I try not to look at what stuff cost me compared to what it cost now, I'd never stop crying.

But I don't think I could ever bring myself to pay $73 for a mouse, except if it was maybe a Space Navigator SE... I'd give my left nut for a Space Pilot Pro

You should try on the Razer Mamba!! I bought one, but only b/c Dell gave me a $50 credit for their online store. Awesome mouse, for the most part.. Retail price is $130.

Prices always fall. The only thing you can do is try and jump on really good deals when they happen. I also tend to buy one gen behind the latest gen especially with video cards.

Price always fall which is true but if you happen to buy "most popular" thing then, the price aint going to go down. Even if you wait 6months or a year...it just won't go down because of the popularity. At the end, it really depends on what components you get.