1. How old are you and 2. Does computer specs mean a lot to you?

[Cdubneeddeal]

I'm 34 and to me computer specs are meaningless now. No offense towards anyone who are in their 30's and into computers. Everyone has their hobbies. Just trying to gauge an age when perhaps the flair of Tri-Sli, 20 gigs of RAM, SSD, wears off.

 

[Matthiasa]

I am an age and my computer spec means that I can play games because the graphics card died.

 

[Tristicus]

17, yes. I like having my 4850 and Q9300 with 4gb of RAM. Anything lower and I would hate using it daily as my main PC.

 

[nageov3t]

28.

I stopped being super into computers after I graduated college and turned my hobby into a job. I still game and my computer is still pretty good, but upgrades nowadays are on an as-needed basis (for the most part) instead of throwing crap into my computer just because I have some extra cash or for bragging rights.

 

[Eli]

28

Nope, not anymore.

 

[tyler811]

17, yes. I like having my 4850 and Q9300 with 4gb of RAM. Anything lower and I would hate using it daily as my main PC.

and mommy paid for it also


Also I am 10 and have no idea what computers specs are unless specs are short for species and in that case I do not have a clue as to what species my computer is.

 

[IAteYourMother]

21. I just built my first desktop from scratch last week. It's kind of cool.

 

[pontifex]

30, somewhat.

i don't go all out and always have the latest and greatest. as long as it plays my games at decent speeds, etc, then I am fine. I don't even really mess with my PC that much any more. So many years working tech support has killed my computer interest. I used to keep up with all kinds of stuff, now I'm not sure I could tell you what the latest cpus and video cards are.

 

[state 08]

23. I stopped caring after my 2nd year in college. Haven't upgraded my computer in about 3 years now.

 

[drinkmorejava]

22. Stopped caring after high school. I graduate this year, and I'm still using the same desktop that I built the summer before sophomore year of high school. All I've done is swap hard drives and power supplies when they've died, added another gig of ram (2 total) earlier this year, and downgraded to a 4650 after my 6800gt died. 6 years now.

 

[rcpratt]

I'm 22, built my first desktop when I was 19 or 20 and then updated it once more last year (i7/5850/X25-M G2), but with graduation looming I've gotten much more uptight about money lately and don't see myself upgrading for 2-3 years at most, hopefully.

However, I do need my computer to do more than just run. I work very quickly on my computer and if it slows me down at all, it's not good enough. In the future, I see myself upgrading to the low end enthusiast range every ~4 or so years.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

29 and I love tweaking my computer more than I like using it. Look at my signature for my computer specs. Not a cheap part in sight and I mainly use it to surf the Internet.

 

[Arkaign]

33, I'm in IT, so I like to have a fast PC for all of the stuff I have to do with it, but I don't need the bleeding edge, and I never liked SLI or Crossfire (not that much of a gamer).

 

[darkxshade]

Admittedly, I care less about specs than I did when I was younger but that's not to say I won't care at all eventually. Even after I'm 30, I'd still care to a degree on how well it performs unless you don't mind running a ultra budget pc for the rest of your life.

 

[vi edit]

32 and the need for specs died when I bought a 1st gen Xbox about 8 years ago. Since moving my gaming to a console video cards, overclocking, ect mean nothing to me.

 

[Saga]

I'd venture to suggest that it's not really the "hobby" aspect that keeps people from staying on the top of the performance curve, but the "performance" aspect.

If you play a lot of video games specifically on the computer, obviously it will appeal to you to constantly keep on the upper echelons of the hardware spectrum. If you don't play a lot of PC games, why would you upgrade to a 480GTX and SSD's in raid for your google search machine and/or facebook farmville machine? A laptop that costs less than either of the parts listed above individually will do the trick and last six+ years.

It's more based on utilization, as with all things in life. It's not age specific by any means. One of my uncles is nearing 65 and he's still buying $1000 graphics card setups because he still plays FPS's online hardcore. Dude was the first guy to show me the ropes on Tribes and UT back in the day.

 

[Tristicus]

and mommy paid for it also


Also I am 10 and have no idea what computers specs are unless specs are short for species and in that case I do not have a clue as to what species my computer is.

Bahaha. My mom has paid for my clothes and food (and shelter, the obvious). Everything (sans my car, which is being borrowed as a gift) entertainment and want wise has been paid for by me or given as a gift for a holiday.
I've been B/S/T'ing since I was 12 or so.
Try again.

 

[zinfamous]

overlapping ages for poll choices = broke.

also, mildly concerned about specs. Needs to be good for about 5 years or so; that seems to be my upgrade path. I like it to be quite fast, stable when first assembled, after that, I tend to forget what's in the box.

 

[glenn beck]

33, could care less, all I own is a laptop, it can browse the web, works for me

 

[rocadelpunk]

25, stopped caring after/during high school. There was a time though when I was worried about eeking out every ounce of performance - tweaking, overclocking, lapping, what step/lab my cpu came from.

Now all I really care about is that it's quiet.

 

[Chriscross3234]

22. Stopped caring after high school. I graduate this year, and I'm still using the same desktop that I built the summer before sophomore year of high school. All I've done is swap hard drives and power supplies when they've died, added another gig of ram (2 total) earlier this year, and downgraded to a 4650 after my 6800gt died. 6 years now.

I'm the exact same way. I'm 21, I stopped caring after high school and I'm still using the same rig that I built in my junior year. The only upgrade I've done is my 8800GT and I still haven't installed more RAM (only at 2gb), even though they are dirt cheap nowadays.

 

[SunSamurai]

1. How old are you and 2. Does computer specs mean a lot to you?


wat?

 

[speg]

26, do not care. I'm using a 6.5 year old desktop and a 3 year old notebook. I mostly just use a web browser and media player. I think the power of computing has plateaued many years ago for general use, anything more would be wasted for my needs.

 

[I Saw OJ]

26, dont care as much anymore. Although it could be because I dont have the cash now to upgrade my PC thats a few years past its prime.

 

[adairusmc]

27, and it somewhat matters, but not as much as it used to.

I no longer stay at the ultra high end for most things, which is why I opted to get a core i7 860 instead of a 920 or a 1366 chip. I did get a Radeon 5970 though that I hardly use for anything other than displaying lightroom.