How should I spend my money?

by **Robby** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:01 pm

Well, I recently won a fair amount of money in the lottery and was thinking about using some of it to buy a new PC. I'm going to be using it for gaming purposes only so I want the best one, or close to it, out there. I think spending up to ten grand on it is reasonable and wanted help picking it out if anyone's interested. Here's what I've come up with so far:

DIMENSION XPS GEN 5 Pentium® 4 Processor 670 with HT Technology (3.80GHz, 800 FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
Keyboard Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Monitor SAVE $150! 24 inch UltraSharp 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X850 XT PE
Hard Drive 1TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA II HDDs)
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 9 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Mouse Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Modem No Modem Requested
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
Sound Cards Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability
Speakers Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Works Suite - Includes Word 2002, Streets & Trips 2004
Security Software New! Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 15-months
Digitial Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography Photo Album™ SE Basic
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options SAVE $60 (after rebate) 4Yr Ltd Warr, 4Yr At-Home plus nights and weekends
XPS Specialized Support Dimension XPS, Specialized Support
CompleteCare Accidental Damage (except NY and FL) SAVE 10 %! Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Svc to 4Yr Lim Warranty
Internet Access Service No ISP requested
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner Combo: Sonic DigitalMedia and MyDVD Plus (DVD+RW only)
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Financial Software (Preinstalled) No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Optional Ports IEEE 1394 Adapter
Wireless Networking Card Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter
Memory Keys 512MB Dell USB Memory Key
Media Center Enhancements Dual TV Tuner + Remote Control - watch one channel while recording another

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:04 pm

Well if your spending 10 grand, you shouldn't have nothing to worry about except your electricity bill is going to be very high, but how much money did you win? It's not everyday you see somebody that won alot of money in the lotto.

by **idiot** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 pm

Charity

by **COOLmac©** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:29 pm

how much did you win man..i won a measly 20 000 pesos.thats a ruff 350dollars 8-)

if you have money to spend. spend it while it last..its an added bonus to life. (Y)

by **Riot** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:37 pm

Splurge motherfucka

by **Kemp** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:43 pm

Go to watch the 2006 NBA All-Star Game and the 2006 NBA Finals. Its good to feel the atmosphere and see the players you enjoy to watch.

by **air gordon** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:55 pm

invest in real estate(Y)

by **FendeR`** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:58 pm

Spend your money however you want, but personally I think buying a computer with it would be a bad choice. You could invest it, you could save it up in the bank, collect some interest and buy maybe a car, who knows. Whatever, the choice is yours.

But if you are going to get a computer, I wouldn't get a Dell (although that is a really nice computer). I've heard good things about www.abspc.com . You choose the parts of your PC on their site, and then they put it together and ship it. But I will tell you that I had a shitty experience with a similar site, ibuypower.com. If you follow my advice, make sure you get a good waruntee (actually, that should go for any computer you get that is that expensive). And also, do you research before you make that big a purchase. There are plenty of techy forums out there with people who can help immensely (I've seen it).

by **air gordon** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:12 pm

do not put it in the banks. the interest rates are low for saving accts & cd's. well at least around here... just my 2 cents

by **COOLmac©** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:33 pm

just dont be a prodial son type.....spending all t once n d later eatin pigs food :mrgreen:

take ood care of your added bonus in life man (Y)

congrats in winning the loterry

by **Indy** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:34 pm

idiot wrote:Charity

by **Boyk** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:37 pm

Hookers and Partying

Nah, well it depends how muc hya won, if ya won heaps then yeah i agree wit hair gordan Real Estate.

I know so many people who are well off coz of that.

But if ya wanna computer then yeah do that.

by **COOLmac©** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:39 pm

just dont be a prodigal son type.....spending all of it once and later eating pigs food :mrgreen:

take good care of your added bonus in life man (Y)

congrats in winning the loterry

by **Big-D** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:03 pm

im broke as hell.but i dont need money. dont be a fool man buy a cheap pc and only the essentials.if your just going to blow your cash your going to hell in a handbasket. donate to some charities or poor families.depending on how much money you got.if i had lots of money i would.

by **Jona** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:03 pm

You lucky bastard! :lol:

by **Cloudy** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:14 pm

Buy some cool shoes! Then spend some on the new nike co lab shirts... now you subscribe to the yearly 9 dollar sneaker freaker magazine!
after that u spend the money on computer not that good, and save some for future upgrades...
then if your a good boy give some to ur parents, if not go spend it on girls... 8-)

by **Jackal_** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:32 pm

I second the Hookers and Partying motion. (Y)

Invest man.. best thing you can do.. air-gord said it best.

by **Old School Fool** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:56 pm

Buy yourself the Sony Playstation 3.

by **Jackal_** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:01 pm

Old School Fool wrote:Buy yourself the Sony Playstation 3.

Then throw it outta the window while laughing histarically. Then go down to your nearest Best Buy and purchase a Xbox 360 :p

by **Fresh8** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:02 pm

Put it in some kind of term deposit... earn more with interest

Or charity would be nice as some have pointed out

If you want some material goods, get something you need and would have got even if u didn't have the money

by **Riot** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:28 pm

Legend in Love wrote:
Old School Fool wrote:Buy yourself the Sony Playstation 3.

Then throw it outta the window while laughing histarically. Then go down to your nearest Best Buy and purchase a Xbox 360 :p

Hell yeah.

by **Jackal** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:21 pm

Send some to me. :mrgreen:

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:17 pm

Is that a fake mod icon on you Jackal :lol:

by **Filip** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:22 pm

No it isn't.

by **Jackal** on Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:24 pm

As the man said, nopes, alas it isn't.

I was also going to ask where Robby has been hiding himself? Just because Malone retired, doesn't mean you had to man. We need some sensible posters, think of coming back?

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