Your CPU progression

Intel Pentium III 800 Mhz / 384 MB PC100 memory / 30GB Hard drive
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz / 512 MB PC133 memory / 40GB hard drive
AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.2 Ghz / 1GB DDR 400 memory / 200GB hard drive / 7900gs 256MB
AMD Athlon x2 3800+ 2.0 Ghz / 2GB DDR 400 memory / 160GB Sata Hard drive / 7900gs 256MB
Intel Pentium Dual-core e2140 1.6 Ghz / 4GB DDR2 667 memory / 320GB Sata hard drive / 7900gs 256MB
Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.2 GHz / 8GB DDR2 800 memory / 320GB sata Hard drive / 9600GT 512MB
Intel Core2Duo T6400 2.0Ghz / 4GB DDR2 800 / 250GB sata hard drive / 9300m 512MB
 
486DX 33mhz
Celeron 300A @ 450mhz
P3 800
P4 1.6A
P4 2.66B
T8300

The 300A was such a good chip for overclocking
 
This was a fun list to make. I never really thought about how much AMD has been a part of my life. Ever since my Core 2 Quad I don't even think about them anymore - until now!

Intel 386 (something)
AMD 400 MHz AMD-k6-2
INTEL Pentium III 800Mhz ( A particularly stunning upgrade for me)
AMD XP 1500+ (Burned up – I decided I would test it real quick without the heatsink)
AMD XP 1800 +
AMD 64 3200 Venice
AMD Opteron 165 at 2.4GHZ
Intel Q6600 at 3.0Ghz
Do I see the i7 in my future? Maybe
 
Looks like I'm an Intel guy on my personal/home workstation. It's been AMD at work for the most part.

[Past]
INTC 486DX2-66 / 8 MB / Diamond Stealth 64 - Great ACad, DTP machine for back in the day.
AMD 5x86-133 / 8 MB / Voodoo 2 - DOS gaming machine.
INTC Celeron 300A @ 450 Mhz / 256 MB RAM / Viper 770
INTC P3-800/133 / 256 RAM / Ti4200
INTC Dual P3-700/100, OC to 933 / 1 gig RAM / Viper 770 - Server, MSCE lab

[Current]
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ / 1 gig RAM / Ti4200 - Retired. Server duties now.
INTC I7-920 @ 4.10 Ghz / 6 gig RAM / 9800 GTX+ - Win7/OSX Hack Pro, DTP BEAST that I still can break! I do wide format photographic/banner printing.
 
Intel Pentium II - 350MHz
Intel Celeron - 1.0GHz (Socket 370)
Intel Pentium III - 1.0GHz
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz Northwood
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle (Is that what it was called, or is beer on my brain)
AMD Sempron 2800+
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Newark
AMD Opteron 170
Intel Core i7 920
 
Intel Pentium 75MHz
Intel Pentium 133MHz
Intel Pentium 2 233MHz
Intel Pentium 3 500MHz
AMD XP Barton 2500
AMD X2 <forget the model>
Intel C2D 6700
Intel C2Q 6600
Intel Xeon 5530 (x2)
 
Freezebyte said:
WTF, you went from a C2D back to an X2? :confused:
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Yeah, needed the money right after I built my C2D rig and sold it on here... Then built a new system a few months later (for cheaper) :) Honestly, I notice no difference between the C2D and the X2 for what I do
 
Pentium 133
Athlon XP 2400+
Athlon 64 3000+
Athlon 64 3500+
Turion 64 ML-34
1.6GHz Intel Atom N270
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
 
AMD 2500+
AMD X2 4200 - the day of conroe release (price drop)
Intel e6600 @3ghz - when e8400 was released (bought used)
Intel 920 i7 C0 @3.76ghz - 2 months ago (bought used)

I'm always a bit late in the game :p
 
Intel P3 1Ghz
Intel Pentium D 820 @ 3.0 (3.5 Bench)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.0 (3.5 Bench)
Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz (Macbook)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53Ghz (Macbook Pro)
Intel i7 920 @ 4.0 (4.4-4.55 bench)
 
MOS Technology 6502(Apple II)
486 DX2 80 Mhz
AMD Athlon 500 Mhz Slot A
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C S478 Northwood
Intel C2D T5550 laptop
AMD Phenom II 720 BE x3
 
Oh boy

486 33
Intel Pentium II 233
Intel Celeron 600
AMD Athlon XP2600 (still running in my home server 5years straight)
AMD Sempron 2800
AMD Athlon 64 3700
AMD X2 4400
Intel C2D E6600
Intel C2Q 6600
Intel i7 920

I know I missed a couple, but thats most of them
 
Had SOOO many upgrades, downgrades and sidegrades...try to remember them all...I'm sure a few slipped my mind. Notice no P4s in the mix...LOL. I saw them as overpriced for the performance gains.
Intel PIII 500
Intel PIII 800
Intel PIII 933
Intel PIII 1000
AMD T-bird 1ghz
AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1600
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500
AMD Athlon XP Barton 3200
AMD 64 3200 Clawhammer (1 mb cache)
AMD X2 4200
AMD X2 3800 (OC WAY better than the 4200 so it was an upgrade :) )
AMD Opteron 146
AMD Opteron 165
These next ones were in 3 different rigs, so the times/upgrades are a bit mixed up as I upgraded one, moved the old one to a diff PC and so on.
Intel E4300
Intel E2180
Intel E5200
Intel E6300
Intel E6400
Intel E7300
Intel E8400
Intel Q9550

Lastly, what I have now in my 4 PCs
Intel i7 860
Intel E8400
Intel E8400
Intel E7300

Wow...didn't realize how many cpus I ran thru over the last decade. NICE!

I'd like to see what my brother's list would look like...I know he started a year before me with the PII & had Celerons not to mention MANY more CPU swaps throughout the years.
 
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Intel Celeron III
Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT
AMD 64+ 3200
AMD 64+ 3800
AMD 64+ 3800 X2
AMD 64+ 4200 X2
AMD X2 5600
AMD X2 7750
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 (Bought and experimented with 5 E5200's)
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (Bought and experimented with 2 Q9550's)
Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650

Best out of all the chips was the E5200 & Q9550, hence why I still have one of each around. The worst was the 7750 and 4200 X2 The worst chips I have had to work with. Horrible overclocking and results. Gave them away to family for upgrades for their pcs. The next chip on the list is going to be a 920 D0, Built a Pc for a friend with it and was impressed by its performance.
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+ i3 530 to the list.
 
This is the time line of my main rigs. I've had a bunch of pentium x's, sempron's, athlon xp's, thunderbirds what have you but those where always secondary machines.

Athlon 750mhz
Athlon 3000+
Athlon 3200+ (venice)
Athlon X2 3800+
Athlon X2 4600+
Opteron 170
Opteron 1212
Pentium D 930
Core 2 E4400
Core 2 E8400
Core 2 Q9450
Phenom 2 940
Phenom 2 965

Phenom 2 965 (c3) shortly.
 
Intel 8086 4.77 MHz or 8 MHz in turbo mode
Intel 486 DX 33 MHz
Pentium 90
PII 300
AMD T-Bird 1.2 GHz
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon 64 3400
Athlon X2 4400
Core 2 Q6600
i7 920 (now 2 of em)
 
SpeedBump613 said:
Also thinkin bout an i3. Not sure if its worth it. Doubtful there will be a noticeable performance diff, but its always fun to play with the newest stuff. If I do...one of the 8400s will have to go bye bye. :(
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Still waiting on the board/ram to come to test it out fully. I have 3 530's right now that me and a friend purchased for the test bench. If it surprises me in performance it might just replace my 775 setup.
 
some p1 in my first pc
a p2
a p3 500mhz
a p4 2.6
p4 3.06
amd 642.4
amd s939 x2 4800@ 2.75:)
got married + a kid= no more pc upgrades:(
 
This is my compilation of cpus... definitely not in any specific order.

Motorola 6803 @ 0.89 MHz (TRS-80 MC10)
TI TMS9900 @ 3.0 MHz (TI/99A)
Motorola 6809 (Coco2)
Motorola 6809 (Coco3)
8088 4MHz
80386 DX25 (still have)
Cyrix 80386/80486 40Mhz Overdrive
Intel 80486 DX 33
Intel 80486 DX 50
Intel 80486 DX2 66
AMD 80486 DX4 100
Cyrix 5x86 120
Pentium OD 120 (still have but broken)
Pentium 90
Pentium 75
Pentium 100
Pentium 233 MMX (Still have on my Tyan Titan Turbo!)
Intel Celeron 300a x2 (OC to 450, have both and both still work, ASUS P2Bs)
Intel Pentium 3 600E (OC to 900, still have)
Intel Pentium 3 650EB (still have)
AMD Athlon 1600+ XP (still have)
Intel P4 2.0 GHz
Intel P4 2.4 GHz non HT x4 (still have)
Intel P4 2.8 GHz with HT (still have)
Intel P4 3.0E with HT (still have)
Intel Core2Duo E4300 (still have)
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 B3 (still have)
Intel Core i7 920 (still have, current gaming rig)
Atom 330 (still have)

I am positive I'm missing a few, but this is the bulk of the list.
 
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Intel 80486 SX 33Mhz
Cyrix 166+ Mhz
Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz
Intel Pentium IV 2.4Ghz Non H/T
Intel Pentium IV 3.0Ghz H/T
Intel Core2Duo E7500


that's all folks....latest is the E7500 running fine for the past 2 years at 3.4Ghz..
 
Not chronological but just a list of what I can remember:
AMD Athlon 1700, 1800, 2500, then finished with a 2700
AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Intel PIII 500MHz
Intel P4 3.0/800/1MB
Intel Pentium Dual core E2160
Core2Duo E6300
Core2Duo E8400 < Current Processor
 
I usually buy cpus that are easily overclockable..



winchip 200 @ 225mhz haha!
Amd duron 650 @ 900mhz?
Intel 1.6a Northwood @ 2.4
Amd 3200 XP 1.8 @ 2.2 blah!
Intel e6300 1.8ghz @ 3ghz (current)
 
Doh, I pulled a stupid and posted a new one of these without searching first, so here is my entry.

I thought this might be fun, to see how people have progressed with their rigs over time.

I was just thinking about mine, and found it difficult to remember, but here it goes from my best recollection:


It all starts when I was allowed to use my parents old XT computer for educational games at age 8...

1988: 8088 (I forget the clock rate, probably 4Mhz)
1991: 286 8Mhz (OC:ed to 12MHz, This was both my my first own computer and the first one I took apart and put back together again at age 12, it scared the crap out of my parents)
1994: 486sx 25mhz (OC:ed to 50Mhz, This was my first - from scratch - PC build, For OC all that was needed was the addition of an HSF which it did not have stock)
1995: Pentium 90Mhz (OC:ed to 120Mhz)
1997: Pentium MMX 200mhz (would not OC at all)
2000: AMD Duron 600mhz (OC:ed to 800Mhz)
2001: AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz (Would not OC at all, this thing ran HOT)
2001: AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz
2001: AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz (same CPU as above after crushing the 1.4 (and it's replacement, my second 1.4) with an asetek vapochill
2001: AMD Duron 600mhz (OC:ed to 800mhz) After I destroyed the 1.2 with the vapochill and got fed up and sold it)
2002: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (No OC. I had gotten tired of loud fans, and it was fast enough)
2004: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (socket 754) (OC:ed from 2Ghz to 2.4Ghz)
2009: Intel Core i7-920 (Was able to hit 3.8ghz stable air cooled with built in cooler in Shuttle SX58H7, but it was LOUD, so I'm running stock until I need more speed.)
 
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Motorola 68000
Motorola 68030
Motorola 68040
Intel 468DX2 50
Cyrix 166+
Intel Pentium 100
Intel Pentium 166
Intel Pentium 200MMX (most expensive CPU I ever bought $525)
Intel Celeron 266 (Slot 1)
Intel Pentium II 300 (Slot 1)
Intel Pentium III 350 (Slot 1)
Intel Pentium III 600 (Slot 1)
Intel Pentium III 733 (Slot 1)
Intel Pentium III 1ghz (Needed a Slocket card)
Pentium 4 2.8 Prescott
Pentium 4 3.4 Northwood
Core2Duo E8400
Core2Quad Q9400
Core2Quad Q6600
 
Desktops / Towers:
Some slow RISC CPU (in a Mac LCIIe)
Pentium Pro 200Mhz
Athlon 1Ghz Thunderbird
Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Core2Duo E6420
Xeon Core2Quad X3220
Core2Duo E6400 (HTPC)


Laptops:
Intel 386 (35Mhz?)
Pentium M 1.7Ghz
Core2Duo ULV 1.2Ghz

Wife's:
CoreDuo 1.4Ghz (laptop)
Atom 1.6Ghz (netbook)
 
c64...386...p133...pII 450...pIII800...AMD 1.3 thunderbird...PIV3.0...AMD64X23800+...Q6600...i think that was lineup...lol
 
I do not remember the exact years but I do remember models!

Pentium 66Mhz
Pentium 2 266Mhz (I think....it was an old Gateway desktop..lawl)
Pentium 3 500Mhz
AMD K6-2 - Don't remember the speed...i think around 500mhz
AMD Athlon 2600+ (My first OCed chip, only OCed about 200Mhz heh)
Pentium 4 2.66Ghz - My first laptop
AMD Opteron 144 (CANBE woot! - My first good overclocker!)
AMD Athlon X2 Brisbane 4000+
Intel Core2Duo e8600
Intel Core2Duo T5550
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE @ 3.6Ghz OC'ed - Current
Intel i7 720QM - Sweet Asus Lappy Goodness


I know I forgot a few short term PCs I built. Oh well.
 
1.4ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird
2000+ AMD Athlon XP Palomino (1.8ghz)
2.4ghz Intel Pentium 4 Northwood C w/HT 3.0ghz OC
3000+ AMD Athlon 64 Venice (1.8ghz)
3200+ AMD Athlon 64 Venice (2.0ghz) 2.5ghz OC
2.66ghz Intel Core i5 750 Quad-Core 3.2ghz OC
3.2ghz Intel Core i7 960 Quad-Core w/HT 3.6ghz OC
 
Mac SE30
Pentium 75mhz Packard Bell
Amd 100mhz overdrive? (amd chip that fit into the pentium socket) - not sure it if was faster or not
Pentium 2 400mhz custom custom build
Pentium 3 1000mhz custom build
Pentium 4 2000mhz custom build
AMD64 3400 clawhammer 2.2ghz custom build
AMD64 X2 4800 Brisbane 2.5ghz custom build
 
1999 (?) - AMD K6-2 333 mhz
2002 - AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Throughbred)
2007 - Intel Core2Duo E4200
2010 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE

There have been multiple laptops thrown in there from a Powerbook G4 to C2D.
 
1. Whatever was in my Commodore 64
2. I can't remember
3. Pentium 4 1.8GHz
4. C2D e6300 1.83GHz
5. C2D e8400 3.70GHz
6. Core i7 860 4.0GHz
 
i am old.
my first cpu was the cpm-500 then
ibm pc xt
ibm pc at
286 16mhz i think
msx 1.0
386 dx
386 sx 20
486 overdrive
cyrix 6x86 233
pentium 233 mmx
pentium 4 1.5ghz
p 4 2.2
p 4 2.8
p 4 3.4ghz
core 2 duo 6600
c 2 d 6700
intel i7 920
next: i7 1366 970
 
Pentium 3, 500 MHz i think
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ BE
AMD Athlon Tyler core, 1.6ghz
AMD Phenom I X4 9850
AMD Phenom II X2 550
Soon- AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE

edit: so in other words, no intels for a while, other than my friend Q9400 which is at my house pretty often(and hasnt left for a few months)
 
Intel 486/66/DX2
Intel Penium MMX 200mhz
Intel Celeron 300mhz oc'd to 450mhz
AMD K6 II PR 350
AMD Athlon 64 FX51
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2ghz
AMD Phenom II X4 965
coming soon Intel Core i7 930
 
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