Quote Originally Posted by Btcc22 View Post
You're either going to pocket less than $1 or you've probably not stretched the $500 far enough. That or you're a cheat.
$500 - $337.78 = $162.22

I pocket the difference from between the budget and the price of the components. I'm not expecting that I'm going to receive exactly the amount I just checked, but I know I'm going to land around there. That's what the whole thing is about. And I'm cheating anyways because all my step-dad needs is a graphics card, some RAM, and maybe a new processor. But building a computer from the ground up is fun, so I went and selected everything I would need.