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4. How much money did you spend on the rig as it is right now?

I think I have spent like US$ 5,000 on my rig.

5. How often do you update/buy a new rig?

When interesting new stuff (releases) comes out.
 

6. What components are used?

Rig Config:
Corsair Obsidian 800D / Enermax Galaxy Evo 1250W / Asus Rampage III Extreme / i7 980X @4.6Ghz (24/7) / 3x 2GB G.Skill Trident DDR3 2000Mhz 9-9-9-24 @2078Mhz 9-9-9-24 / 2x Asus 5970 / 9800GT (PhysX) / 4x Hana SSD 64GB Raid0 / Samsung SyncMaster P2770H 27�

Water Cooler System Config: Reserator 1 Plus + Reserator Fan Kit ZM-RF1 (Radiator1/Reservoir of 2.5L) / Radiator2 XSPC RX360 (125x410x58.5mm) + 3x Fans Enermax Apollish 120mm 71CFM / Radiator3 XSPC RX120 (125x162x58.5mm) + Fan CM Excalibur 120mm 85.6CFM / Pump1 Eheim 1000 / Pump2 Jingway DP-1200 / CPU Block Koolance CPU-360 / VGAs Blocks Koolance VID-AR597 / Tubing Clearflex 60 ID 1/2 OD 3/4

7. Why ATI or NVIDIA, why Intel or AMD?

I prefer ATI because of its cost x benefit and the good performance on benchmarks. I like Intel because of its great performance on benchmarks.