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    Default What would you do with $5000?

    I'll just start by saying that I don't have $5000 and I won't have a spare $5000 to spend for a long long time.

    But . . . I was wondering what you guys would do with $5000. For the sake of fun, don't just say 'pay off student loans, car, etc.' That's what I would also do realistically. I'm wondering, down to pennies, how you would spend all $5000 on things that you would normally not get because your money goes elsewhere. Stuff like video cards, monitors, comics, art, fancy paint jobs on your motorcycle, candy, travel. Be specific. No estimating.

    I'll post later. I've got to go finish roofing my shed.

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    I'd get a quad-socket motherboard for my case. It can handle it, little to no problem.
    Then 4 16-core server processors.

    Then get 2 GTX690s.

    Then I'd get a 3-to-6-loop watercooling system.

    Then I'd get a 1500W PSU to handle it all.

    Then see what I had left, go from there.
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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    I doubt $5000 would cover all that:

    2x GTX690 = $2000
    4x 16 core CPU's = $2200 +
    Motherboard: $800

    There's your $5000 already, without RAM, storage, cooling or PSU.

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    Dang it...


    ...



    ....Sponsorship for part of it???
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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    Alright, I'm not sure if I have $5000 worth of small things on my want list, but I can always add more since that's the game.

    Monitor Stand: $70
    Livelight Project PCBs: $20
    Benchtop Router: $100
    Stereo Tube Amp Kit: $225
    SNES Powerpak: $145
    64drive Retroactive: $200
    Walking Dead Books 4-7: $80
    Razer Hydra PC motion controller: $117
    Electro-Harmoni​x 2880 Super Multi-track Looper: $400
    Scissor Boom Mic Stand: $50
    Lego Minifigures: $120
    Last Night on Earth expansions: $200
    Native Instruments Maschine: $600
    Heil PR40: $325
    Logitech C920: $75
    Fire Pit Ring: $130
    Radeon HD 7970: $480
    Sun Shield Sunglasses: $8
    Cheap Slave Flash: $10
    Fostex 4" Full Range Drivers: $80
    Old Geezer Art Print: $30
    4x Portal 2 Turret Flashlight: $64
    Blue Canary in the outlet by the Lightswitch: $13
    Cave Johnson Portrait: $40
    2 Tier Add on stand for my 2nd keyboard: $24
    30" Bending Brake: $65

    Okay, so I'm only up to $3671. Shipping would kill a lot of that. I would say something like . . . build a new front deck/porch or something like that to kill off the remaining $1300, but that would be breaking my own rules. I'll add more later I guess. This is harder than I thought, or maybe just tedious to list. There are certainly more books I would like, but I don't want to list them. I could also add something like a tablet, but it's hard to say what one I would want to get. Windows Surface? Ipad? Android something?

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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Reflow Oven, PCBs, build my file server (probably the cheapest thing on my 'list' xD), more electronics stuff and a DSLR. All that would probably cost more than the $5k.
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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    I'd buy AT&T stocks and spend the dividend checks once a quarter. Or maybe let it compile a while and put the money back in AT&T stocks and then enjoy more money later

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    CNC machine. Definitely a CNC machine. And start working on parts for a larger laser cutter.
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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    A new build

    CPU - Core i7 3770k
    Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe Mini ITX Motherboard
    RAM - Corsair Dominator LED 1.5V 1866 cas 9 16GB (2x8GB) (Not out just yet but are just perfect)
    SSD - SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 480GB x2 (in Raid 0)
    PSU - Corsair AX650 Gold Power Supply
    GPU - ASUS GeForce GTX 690 4GB

    The Case and cooling to go with, to be modded of course for windows on both sides and a few more bits and pieces.
    Case - BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case White
    Rads - XSPC RX240 Radiator x4
    Fans - GELID Wing 12 120mm UV Blue x18 (one to go in the PSU too)
    Tubing - PrimoChill PrimoFlex Pro LRT Tubing UV Blue 1/2ID 3/4OD
    CPU Block - EK Supreme HF Plexi
    GPU Block - EK GTX 690 Plexi
    RAM Block - EK 2 DImm RAM Waterblock Plexi
    (All blocks to be properly nickle plated bu RRtech and made to match the Bitspower fittings that will be everywhere)
    Pump - Swiftech D5
    Res - EK D5 top
    Dye - UV Blue

    Some other stuff to go in too.
    Mouse - Saitek Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Contagion Gaming Mouse
    Keyboard - Ducky DK9008 Shine Mech Keyboard Blue LED (Cherry Brown)
    Monitor - ASUS VG278H 27in Widescreen 3D Monitor

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    Default Re: What would you do with $5000?

    id get another 60 ledlcd for my living room, so i can dual monitor my HTPC, plus a bunch of random stuff.

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