What's your definition of an enthusiast?

[Buckley]

So what makes someone a PC enthusiast in your opinion? Knowledge, dedication, money spent?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Someone who's enthusiastic about (presumably) technology...

[mansoor_]

Your question has infinite scope. 

[M-ursu]

Enthousiastic= Person with PC with 4 titan blacks.... just kidding

[Sousuke]

So the real definition is :

 

A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject

 

My definition:

 

Someone with a high amount of knowledge and who is interested in an activity or subject, as the real one makes all men "Sex" Enthusiasts

[Katsu-K1L]

The people who buy the Extreme series Processors

[Unhelpful]

So what makes someone a PC enthusiast in your opinion? Or even something else

Enthusiastic about tech/computers. Knows enough to do water cooling (even if they choose not to do it) or somebody who is willing/wants to learn.

[EmotionalSloth]

People who don't download RAM

[Shaqo_Wyn]

In the PC building world an enthusiast is someone who's willing to pay, whatever the cost, to have the best of the best in terms of performance and/or aesthetics. Or at least, that's how the companies battling for our money see it. 

[Buckley]

In the PC building world an enthusiast is someone who's willing to pay, whatever the cost, to have the best of the best in terms of performance and/or aesthetics. Or at least, that's how the companies battling for our money see it.

Exactly how I feel

[Sauron]

I think what makes an enthusiast isn't how much money he spends on tech or how much he knows about tech. What defines a tech enthusiast is dedicating every penny you can spare to your passion and at least half of your free time to gathering knowledge on the subject and physically practicing your hobby, together with being interested in having the best possible solution for the money spent. An enthusiast also feels gratified and excited whenever his/her rig (or rigs) gets an upgrade or (and especially) when a brand new one is built, even if it isn't the most powerful thing ever. An enthusiast also likes to tweak what he has to squeeze every last bit of performance out of it.

[Doxxy]

People who don't download RAM

but its real! i download andn ow my pc 10x fast!

[Almercenary]

Probably knowledge and passion.

[mr moose]

You don't have to spend any money to be an enthusiast, train enthusiasts don't always ride on trains, sometimes they just watch them and learn a bout them.  Same with pc, photography, art, reading, or any other hobby,  if you are excited and want to learn about the hobby you are an enthusiast.

[Kyuubixchidori]

people who care about a subject enough to go on a forum about said subject daily. 

 

Id say something your passionate about, if you get excited even though its far out of your reach, yet you still spend time looking/learning about it. 

[Guest Generallee]

a fool

[Kherm]

I would say that an enthusiast has to be someone who is not only passionate but actually knows what they are doing. Also, they can not lean toward a particular company (APPL, for example)

[Swndlr]

someone who dedicates a lot of time (not necessarily a lot of money) and care into technology, assuming that when you say enthusiast on a tech-based forum, that's what you are referring to also, someone who stays up to date and is willing to devote their time to help others learn about the same things that bring joy to them... GREAT EXAMPLE: Linus

[Albatross]

An enthusiast is a person with passion for a particular subject that they go out of their way to learn and interact with said subject to try and learn as much as possible about it. Who also goes out of his or her way to teach others about it or to talk about it as much as possible and in the most detailed way possible.

 

Oh wait, title and OP are not the same questions...

 

I guess a PC enthusiast is someone who is the above only is aimed at PCs/etc etc.

[theroflcopta]

Someone who begins planning/building things not for pure functionality or use case. YOu know someone who gets a 780ti when they play games a 760 would be good enough for. I think idk

[Guest]

Knowledge, tech collection

[Si3Rra_7]

Normal person : Woo , new batman movie coming out !!!!

Pc Enthusiast : Woo , new intel cpus with improoved thermal interface material are coming out ! Also wow 3000 mhz ram , and 1500W PSUs best year ever !

[Najuno]

For me an enthusiast combines knowledge and expirience with a desire to go a bit further or a lot further than common users do. That regards everything, not only the hardware itself. It is the research, gathering information and surely built a rig that always tops the last project.

 

A true enthusiast is willing to go into extremes and tries things with taking the risk things are not always working out the way they were planned . And last but not least enthusiasts have a propper set of tools and helpers to build what they want in the right way.

[chilicheeseburger]

I'd say someone whose main interest is in a specific subject and who knows a lot about that subject.

Also someone who's eager to learn more and more.

[loccilucas]

Somebody who knows more than avarage about PC's and can build a PC. Thats my definition.