Age when you got your first PC

[azulgrana]

I haven't built a computer yet (I'm 17) but it's getting close, my first paycheck (ever) came in today, it went for a nexus 4 but the next ones will go for an awesome build.

[jamese669]

16

[Shrubpig]

A couple months ago, so 13.

[Blade of Grass]

im gonna start mine in a month or to so 16

Are you going to build the rig in your sig?

[joelthezombie15]

Are you going to build the rig in your sig?

well im getting ivy bridge-E and im hoping to get a 780 or two and a custom loop later on

[MzCatieB]

i was about 9, i took apart my parents desktop and put it back together

[Blade of Grass]

well im getting ivy bridge-E and im hoping to get a 780 or two and a custom loop later on.

Ah, ok, cause I was going to say, a 1200w PSU is overpowered for the rig in your sig :P

[joelthezombie15]

Ah, ok, cause I was going to say, a 1200w PSU is overpowered for the rig in your sig :P

ya i know but i hope to keep that psu for a long time and with the custom loop and sli i think it wont be to bad.

[FireFox]

I think I was around 11 or 12 years old as well, the computers I had before then were pre-built.

[DLM_012]

Freshmen year of high school so... 14-15?

[PartyHat]

Around 8 I built some crappy pc out of spare parts, it had an Athlon 64 x2, some MSI board, 7300gs and 1gb of ram.

I remember upgrading from a Pentium 4 3ghz with 512mb of ram and a Geforce 4, back when 512mb of ram was a big difference in what your computer could and couldn't do, it was just amazing.

A couple of years after that my mobo failed and I built my actual first build from scratch, 2gbs of ram, a q8200, geforce 9400gt, again, the difference just blew my mind, I eventually upgraded that 9400gt to a 550ti, and the 2gb to 4gb, then switched over to z77 but kept the gpu, although that build is still in my closet, it still runs most stuff you throw at it, so i'm pretty proud of that being my 1st build from scratch.

[CoffeeBlack]

19

[Nicktrance]

A completely new build: 16 because I couldn't afford one earlier, but I have been taking apart and rebuilding old builds since I was around 12 (possibly earlier, not sure :D).

[リチャード]

I'm turning seventeen in a week...

 

I built this computer four years ago...

 

So it must've been when I turned thirteen ^_^

[Willie]

15, built a family PC. Since then I've built about 5-10 for other friends and family, currently 17.

[K1ngofportal]

i was 15 now i'm 19!!  B)

[Hyydrah]

I was about 15, but have been tinkering around with them since I was around 10.

[Rommer2258]

back in 2005, so i was 15 

[fishymamba]

Got parts for my computer for my birthday when I turned 17. I wish I had started earlier, but I was into consoles before then. 

[Weesnaw]

16

[bob345]

built my first in 2008 so i was 14 then.

[ShadowLight18]

15 i think.

 

it was only like 2 years ago.

 

but i can't remember exactly.

[Snickerzz]

15 o.o

[S2000Gan]

I built my first custom computer 4 years ago when I was 17.

Wolfdale e6300 2.8GHz (dual core)

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

2x2GB DDR2

Nvidia 9500 GT

 

Before that I'd bjust been using a Dell Dimension 4550 that my dad got me 11 years ago when I was 10. xD

Pentium 4 2.4GHz

Intel 845PE (Motherboard)

2x1GB DDR (not DDR2)

AGP 2.0 x4 Nvidia 5200

Link to my current rig in my signature! :D

[FireFox]

Wolfdale e6300 2.8GHz (dual core)

 

Sorry to geek out but I had one of those and they are 65nm Conroe CPU's and they are 1.86GHz, Wolfdale (Penryn is the mobile version) was 45nm ;)