What year was this PC built?

[I7-860]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bvNrgL

My brother handed me down this PC. I think it was built probably 2011 or 2010 but I am not sure. 

[rn8686]

I cant tell you the the year he built it, but the CPU came out at the end of 2009 (Q3) so I would assume around 2010. 

[PineyCreek]

I had an i7-950.  First gen i7, bought in 2010.  You're looking around 2010.  i7-860 came out late 09.

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/41316/Intel-Core-i7-860-Processor-8M-Cache-2_80-GHz

[I7-860]

2 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

I had an i7-950.  First gen i7, bought in 2010.  You're looking around 2010.  i7-860 came out late 09.

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/41316/Intel-Core-i7-860-Processor-8M-Cache-2_80-GHz

 

3 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

I cant tell you the the year he built it, but the CPU came out at the end of 2009 (Q3) so I would assume around 2010. 

I think this as well since I think that the gpu was released around 2010 as well. Its kind of crazy because this pc can still hold up pretty well. Well at least for my needs as of now.

[PineyCreek]

1 minute ago, I7-860 said:

 

I think this as well since I think that the gpu was released around 2010 as well. Its kind of crazy because this pc can still hold up pretty well. Well at least for my needs as of now.

Definitely.  I just recently built a new system but my old system has the i7-950 and a GTX 770 GPU, and it plays many things just fine.  I'm going to use it as a media and gaming PC connected to my TV.

[I7-860]

3 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Definitely.  I just recently built a new system but my old system has the i7-950 and a GTX 770 GPU, and it plays many things just fine.  I'm going to use it as a media and gaming PC connected to my TV.

What are the specs of your new system?

[PineyCreek]

Just now, I7-860 said:

What are the specs of your new system?

Check my profile if you'd like:

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/470535-pineycreek/

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, I7-860 said:

I think this as well since I think that the gpu was released around 2010 as well. Its kind of crazy because this pc can still hold up pretty well. Well at least for my needs as of now.

Yeah, older stuff still works surprisingly well, despite what people with great hardware will tell you. My Q6600/Radeon 6850 combo wrecks all the games I need it to play.

[Daniel644]

next to impossible to say for certain, parts are available for purchase for years after they come out (like you can still find NEW FX6300 CPU's and those things are like 5 years old), if you've NEVER reinstalled Windows you could in theory go to add/remove programs and sort by installed date and look for the oldest date in there, but if Windows has ever been reinstalled that won't be accurate.