Age when you got your first PC

[pewpewmerica]

Well I am 13 now and I will build my first PC this weekend with new and old compontents from my current PC C:

[legopc]

10 years old and if i say atom i hope you guys know enough 

[Willson94]

17, coming up to 1 year and 4 months ago now.

[JellySicklez]

16

[c4pt1n54n0]

The first time I modified a computer was an upgrade to a 700MHz Pentium III Dell Latitude, I was probably about seven, when I turned twelve I started saving up for my first computer that i built from scratch, and that summer I built it (my birthday is in October) then when I was fourteen I saved up from the beginning of summer to my birthday, and built Octavius: FX 8120 at 4.2 Ghz, Asus HD 6850, 16 gigs of amd performance ed. RAM. within those years i built and upgraded other PC's for friends and family as well, I'm 16 now and just built Prometheus for my friend: 3930k at 4.5 Ghz, 24 gigs of HyperX Blue, XFX Double D 7970, h100i, but he hasnt been using it, so now I am

[HottyRat]

I'm building my first one this summer, so 17 :)

[Chenty]

The one I built last year was my first personal one, but I built my first one about two years ago so age 20.

[Kayn]

16, november of last year

[billythekid2012]

I was 12 just turning 13

[fsx1997]

12

[Phoenix]

I was 24 when I completed my first full build from new parts.

[tovleander]

First complete build of new parts: 29, and a half.

Been swapping parts and "demolished" computers since 386.

[<boss2939>]

13 and one month a6 5400k now turning 14 no one helped me since most of my family members are afraid to unplug a keyboard because they think it might blow (thats what she said)

[Cobalt]

15, my actual build :D

[d33g33]

about 17, I think it was an AMD XP2200+ :D

[solomongrundy]

i was 18 or 19 when i built my first pc from scratch.

 

AMD Duron (pencil modded to unlock multipliers) ....i eventually upgraded to a Thunderbird

Thermaltake silent boost heatsink

Abit KT7A Rev 1.3

256 Micron SDR 133mhz

Voodoo 3 2000 

Inwin A500 tower

 

 

Overclocking was a lot of fun back then.

[time623]

I was 13.. No help from anyone, just a lot of youtube! XD.

[calebp123]

I was 13

[AraSarkisyan]

12.

[ExDreamer]

around 16

[Oseirus]

Apparently I got a pretty late start... my first time was 3 years ago, at age 20. I had NO clue what I was doing and to this day I'm amazed it's lasted as long and performed as well as it has. Triple channel memory in a dual channel board, GTS 250 paired with an Intel Q9550 @2.83 GHz, fan layout is all kinds of screwey, generic PSU (since replaced), runs hotter than most furnaces ... hell, the video card isn't even in the right slot. Probably the worst way to blow $1100...

 

The good news is that now I know what I'm doing, my next build should go so much better.

[Dim]

Eighteen; I finally saved up enough money to actually build my own, though I've been replacing components like RAM since I was but a wee child.

I like to think I was always an enthusiast, I just could never afford parts  :D

I did a fair amount of planning and as a result ended up with a fairly well-rounded system... but I got the CM Storm Enforcer, and I have to say that was the largest mistake I've made, for a number of reasons. Although cases are largely preference.

[calarahil]

I was 16. I had a job I paid for my computer I didn't have mommy or daddy pay for it. 

[Keystone Nyan Cat]

15 years :) Although I was learning and understanding all I could about computers and watching benchmarks and stuff since 2 years.

[hamsor]

10