Alden Richards recently took to Twitter to share his newly built gaming/streaming PC. The hashtag #AldenPautang then went trending.
The reason for the trending hashtag is because Alden’s gaming rig is worth a lot of money. And people from the twitterverse couldn’t help but admire that Alden has amassed a lot of money from his work that he can afford a Ferrari, Rolex, and this gaming rig. Below are some of the tweets:
By the way, this is the original post of the modder who built Alden’s rig.
I’m sure all these tweets are just a fun way of celebrating the actor’s success. But how much exactly does this kind of setup cost? Well, we did a quick research on how much each component is priced, so you don’t have to. We’ve checked various shops to check on these prices, as well as online PC stores, Lazada, Shopee, and Amazon. Note that the price on each component may vary from store to store. These prices are more of an estimation.
Alden Richard’s Gaming Rig Components
| Intel Core i9 9900K | PHP 28,600 |
| ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (WiFi) | PHP 18,500 |
| ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 ti OC Edition | PHP 71,500 |
| 2x ASUS VG279Q | PHP 20,850 (PHP 41,700) |
| ASUS ROG Thor 850W | PHP 13,590 |
| 2x G.SKILL 2x16GB TridentZ RGB Series DDR4 3600MHz | PHP 10,350 (PHP 20,700) |
| Samsung 1TB 970 EVO Plus PCIE NVME M.2 SSD | PHP 12,650 |
| Crucial MX500 2TB SSD | PHP 12,495 |
| Lian-Li 011 Dynamic XL Black | PHP 9,790 |
| Logitech G903 | PHP 6,950 |
| Corsair K70 | PHP 7,350 |
| 2x Deepcool 200EX RGB strips | PHP 690 (PHP 1,380) |
| Elgato 4k60 Pro | PHP 14,599 |
| Blue Ember condenser mic | PHP 5,080 |
| GoXLR Mini | PHP 11,060 |
| Herman Miller Embody | PHP 81,010 |
| 2x Elgato keylight | PHP 11,489 (PHP 22,987) |
| Elgato Stream Deck | PHP 8,245 |
| Flexispot Electric Height-Adjustable Desk | PHP 28,000 |
| 4x Thermaltake Riing 12 RGB fans | PHP 2,199 (PHP 8,796) |
| FTW sleeved cables | PHP 1,180 |
And finally we have the custom water cooling loop components.
| Barrow CPU block with temp sensor | PHP 6,063 |
| ASUS 2080 ti RGB water block | PHP 7,228 |
| Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS radiator | PHP 8,134 |
| Barrow 18W D5 PWM Pump | PHP 5,640 |
| PETG Tubes | PHP 998 |
| RGB flow indicator | PHP 882 |
That totals at around PHP 455,107, give or take. Yep, almost half a million pesos. And that doesn’t even include the labor/talent fee for the custom builder, and shipping cost for some components. No wonder it is such a big deal to people, especially PC enthusiasts and gamers. So to Alden Richards, if you are reading this, pautang naman!
