Age when you got your first PC

[CommanderRykerHaunSolo]

I was 10 almost 11 and helped build my mom's computer. I actually remember some specs! Here they are

CPU: AMD athlon 64x2 (aww shit son)

GPU: Nvidia gt8800

PSU: some 650 Watt psu that came with case

RAM: 6 GB of Kingston ddr2 ram in a 3GB dimm, a 2Gb dimm, and a 1 GB dimm.

[handymanshandle]

I will be 15 or 16 when I build my first computer. (I'm saving up for it atm.) After the fact (Computer, OS, Software, Peripherals, Desk/Chair, and Games) I expect it to be under $4500.

Intel i7 4790K - GTX 980 -16GB DDR3 1866MHz - Samsung 850 Pro (512GB) - WD Black (3TB) 

-Misc.-

 LG 34UC97, Razer Blackwidow Ultimate (MX Blue), Logitech Performance MX, Sennheiser RS 170, Ikea Micke (desk), Ikea Malkom(chair), Sony Vegas Pro 13, FL Studio, Photoshop CC or CS6, Illustrator CC or CS6.

[-ism]

Idk when I was probably 10 or 11 I think when I took a computer I got for free apart and then rebuilt it.

 

All I remember about it was that it was a Pentium 4 and it was HP.

 

I think the case was this:

 

[Clubber]

WOW...for that kinda $ you should be shopping for a car. 

[xtasemusic]

same as minjon , 18, pretty cool experience, Have always kept  the fans from the first case 5 years later ! 

[SteveGrabowski]

I was 18. The CPU was a 233 MHz AMD K6, it had 32MB of SDRAM back when everyone was using EDO, and I had a 500MB hard drive. For the life of me I can't remember the video card I had. But it was a pretty badass system for the day.

[randy hutajulu]

I was a console lover, my first PC was using pentium III. After that i stay with consoles until my PS3 was beaten by YLOD. After that i made 2 rigs both using i7 2600k. One with radeon 6870 and the other one with 4850.

Then i upgrade it. One has i7 2600k (still) and GTX 680. and the other one has i7 4770 and GTX 780

[JefferyD90]

12

[Briggsy]

8 years old I believe. I took apart my brothers 486 computer and rebuilt it (out of curiosity) when he wasn't home. first PC I actually put together myself... I was probably 13 or 14.

[airpline1]

I was 14, and now I'm 15, so not such a huge time ago... but what the heck But I have disassembled and reassembled many, many electronic items before.

[Tawkin]

Hmm .. First PC-Build ... 80286 beast .. I was 19 in 1988

 

First Computer ... Lambda ZX-81 Clone ... 1981, i was 12

 

First modified computer .. My C64 .. put in a reset switch .. must've been around 1984.

[FueledByBacon]

When I was in grade 4 I fixed a few of the PC's in my school and was given one (9 - 10), several years later (3 - 4) I ended up building a PC with parts scrapped from a PC I received as a gift on Christmas, since then I've built several other PC's and helped with several hundreds of additional builds around the internet (NCIX Forums, Toms Hardware, Bit-Tech, Friends, Gaming Buddies, etc). I like building PC's, it's a shame I can't make more money doing it or I'd stop butchering fish / meat and focus on that instead.

[Wardojack]

I actually built my PC on my 15th birthday, but I'd been meaning to do it for over a year before and messing about with allsorts of random electronics for god knows how long before that.

[geforceftw]

I was around 9 or 10

[PC owner with questions]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this before (I think I saw it one another forum) but how old were you the first time you built/modified a computer and what were the specs? (if you remember)

I was 10

[Zambonie]

Eh. I havn't built a computer yet, but I'm going to be getting parts anytime now.

So pretty much the answer is 12.

[amdart11]

11, I started young but I got my older brother who was 13 at the time to help me.

[Himmelganger]

I was about 14-15 when I put in a soundblaster pro, and the 1x CD-rom drive into my family's 80386 based computer.  The cd drive didn't even have a cd tray, you put the cd-roms into a cartridge and them put the cartridge into the cd drive like a big diskette. I think it was around 1990-1991, this was my first physical moding, as for software modding, I started that around age 12, with writing config.sys and autoexec.bat files to run games, and eck out as much of the base ram one could get, while at the same time set up ems and xms ram, which ate up base ram, an interesting balancing act. Ussually you were always chasing that hard to get limit of 600k of base free ram for use with high end games like Falcon 3.0 or Wing Commander.

[doublehelix]

13

[SadTech]

I was about 14, back then though it was a little different putting PC's together.

[Analog]

I was 15-16, don't remember exactly, now 21. I basically replicated Linus' original How to Build Your Own PC guide. All parts were exactly the same, except for the case where I opted out for a Cooler Master Cosmos and the PSU, I got a Cooler Master 1000W semi-modular one, which I am using till this date, 3 builds down the road. 

[sperkowsky]

11

[Timopomer]

15

[LoLGamer]

12.

It was for my birthday.

My parents didn't want me to buy the parts.

(in case i got scammed)

But guess what.

I still use my custom rig to this day.

 

Its now Saturday

I wish it was Sunday

I wish i had a Sundae

[semi colon]

watchin pimp my setup and got wondering when i got my first computer. I got a baage computer with a CRT when i was 7, how old were you guys when you got yours.