How much did it cost YOU to build your portable(s)?

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:36 am

Rekarp wrote:can I have a mulligan on this one?

god same here

mine has been gradually gaining cost...

55 = fc twin
45 = audiovox ex-50 screen
12 = case
20 = misc electrical parts
25 = battery

i dunno theres prolly more but with all that 157 so far...

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:40 am

my *attempted* dreamcast portable wasted about $150

Lady Indecisive · Post by **Lady Indecisive** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:59 am

vskid wrote:
Darth Fett wrote:
daguuy wrote:
Electric Rain wrote: You fried 7 N64s?!

P.S. Nice signature... *eyes drift to the right side...* You sure you're not gonna get in trouble for that?
I only fried 4, I have some extras. She's not nude or anything, I'm not breaking any rules
Dude, I'm going to be in a load of trouble if one of my parents happens to glance at the monitor while I'm reading one of your posts.Do ya think you could change it?
Same here, so I adblocked it (get Firefox, and the adblock plus extension).

Had my N64 not died and I not lost interest, my N64p would have ended up about $100-150, $150 would be including tools.

Same with me as with Darth Fett,im dead meat if my parents look at the computer when im reading one of your posts. Is it too much trouble to ask you to change it?

Post by **Triton** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:20 am

i get random stuff real cheap or free sometimes so that keeps costs down for me but here are some average prices

lcd 30-50$
systems 5-60$ (really varies, not counting wii/xbox ps3 etc)
controllers 5-10$
case 10-30$ (including bondo etc)
tools $10+ (things like dremels hot glue guns etc)
batteries 20-80$or more (depends on nimh or li-ion or li-poly)

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:40 pm

my mkIII about i want to say about 250$

55$fctwin
135$screen
and some other odds and ends like paint, clear coat, plastic, and bondo

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:45 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:my mkIII about i want to say about 250$

55$fctwin
135$screen
and some other odds and ends like paint, clear coat, plastic, and bondo

what screen did you use to rack up 135?

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:57 pm

ATOMICMAN wrote:
Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:my mkIII about i want to say about 250$

55$fctwin
135$screen
and some other odds and ends like paint, clear coat, plastic, and bondo
what screen did you use to rack up 135?

I'm assuming he used an AEI screen.

My unfinished as-of-yet NOACp has cost me so far about $58 (no batteries or audio amp yet though).

$20 - Hip Gear screen with broken audio amp
$30 - Yobo NES
$8 - 2 NES controllers

All bought on ebay.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:23 pm

yup, aei 3.5 inch screen

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:29 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that with the extra supplies and stuff I got for the N64p, I could make a PS1p (the old gray one) absolutely free. So that averages $125 each for N64p and PS1p.

schmellyfart · Post by **schmellyfart** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:28 am

Lets see my PSp costed a total of around $75.

And my Ghetto boy (still have to post a "finished" thread) was also around $75.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:32 am

Gamecube cost me about Â£210.

Given that things are more expensive here anyway, I wouldn't say that was bad.

twilightprincess · Post by **twilightprincess** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:13 am

Darth Fett wrote:
daguuy wrote:
Electric Rain wrote: You fried 7 N64s?!

P.S. Nice signature... *eyes drift to the right side...* You sure you're not gonna get in trouble for that?
I only fried 4, I have some extras. She's not nude or anything, I'm not breaking any rules
Dude, I'm going to be in a load of trouble if one of my parents happens to glance at the monitor while I'm reading one of your posts.Do ya think you could change it?

screw u it makes forums interesting and not nerdy.
And ur all wimps if ur parents see it say look its only benheck, gosh

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:52 am

twilightprincess wrote:
Darth Fett wrote:
daguuy wrote:
Electric Rain wrote: You fried 7 N64s?!

P.S. Nice signature... *eyes drift to the right side...* You sure you're not gonna get in trouble for that?
I only fried 4, I have some extras. She's not nude or anything, I'm not breaking any rules
Dude, I'm going to be in a load of trouble if one of my parents happens to glance at the monitor while I'm reading one of your posts.Do ya think you could change it?
screw u it makes forums interesting and not nerdy.
And ur all wimps if ur parents see it say look its only benheck, gosh

Benheck has a higher standard than other forums. If we allow that, then what will come next?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:02 am

twilightprincess wrote:screw u it makes forums interesting and not nerdy.
And ur all wimps if ur parents see it say look its only benheck, gosh

Wut u sayin i cant understand ur posts cuz they are full uv aimnspeak dood.

My (abandoned) PSoneP cost about $55 before I stopped. That included:

Console - $30
Screen - $25
Battery - $0 (well, they were a bunch of NiMH AAs but I use them instead of alkalines and they've more than paid for themselves.)
Case - $0 (didn't get that far.

)

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:11 am

My portable cost way too much than it should have.

At an average of $50 per item for 4 SNES's and 2 screens, that's already too much.
Then there was the $40 of styrene, and $40-$100 of miscellaneous parts.

Battery was rather expensive, because it got shipped UPS ground, over the border. I ended up paying more for shipping than the actual item. I now hate UPS. But itwas around $40. ($45ish for shipping. Crazy! UPS rips you off! Don't use UPS! Down with Brown, and all that jazz!
)
And there's still paint. But I'm close to being done, so I think it's safe to say the cost won't be much more.

$450-550. Canadian.

I have a feeling it'll get easier from here.

Yay for not giving up!