Your CPU progression

Pentium 133 MHz
Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 GHz accidentally burned and overheated
Athlon Palomino 1700, 1.47 GHz (iirc)
>Laptop Pentium 3 mobile 1.13 Ghz
Core2Duo E8400
>Laptop C2D SP9600
i7 860
 
I do not know if I can remember all the CPU's I've used over the last decade.

Loose list of personal builds and OC's but I did not keep track of everything I have used, also not including builds completed for others:

Athlon T-bird 1.0Ghz
Athlon XP 2100+ (2.3 Ghz)
Athlon XP 2700+
Athlon 64 3000+ (clawhammer) (2.5 Ghz)
Athlon 64 3200+ (newcastle) (2.6Ghz)
Athlon 64 3000+ (DTR) (2.75Ghz)
Opteron 146 (3.0Ghz)
C2D E4300 (3.3 Ghz)
C2D E4500 (3.5Ghz)
C2D E8400 (4.0 Ghz) - In use
i5-750 (4.0 Ghz) - In use
Athlon II X3 425 (3.2 Ghz w/stock volts) - still have
Athlon II X2 250 (No OC) - In use
Phenom II X2 555 BE (unlocked to quad) (3.6Ghz w/stock volts) - In use
 
Pentium ??? Can't remember
Pentium 3 700mhz Slot A
AMD Duron 1.1ghz
Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz HT
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Phenom 2 X6 1055T
 
Lets see...(this really shows my age a bit...)

WDC 65C02
Intel 486-sx 25
Cryrix 486 dx2-80
AMD k6-300
AMD Athlon 2500+
Intel E6600
Intel i5-750
 
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Gateway 486 dx2-66
Gateway P166 w/ 32 mb ram (16mb extra ram cost me $700)
Nutrend P2 450

Built->
P3 733
Athlon 1.3
P4 1.6a
P4 3.06
AMD Athlon 3000+ Clawhammer
Opteron 170
Xeon 3060
Q6600
Q9650
i7 920
Xeon 3440
 
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  • 1989: 8086/XT (Family PC)
  • 1995: Pentium 90 @ 100 Mhz (Great overclock don't you think? :))
  • 1998: Pentium 233 MMX
  • 1999: Pentium-II 400 Mhz
  • 2001: Athlon Thunderbird 1.2 Ghz (Still in service as Win98 gaming machine)
  • 2004: Pentium-4C 2.8 Ghz (It and/or the motherboard suddenly shut down and never woke up again)
  • 2007: Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz
Feeling that upgrade itch again, but the E6750 is fast enough for now, so I'll wait...
 
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Computers I actually paid for on my own:

Celeron 300
AMD K6 400
K6 450
K6 500 (I know, wtf)
Athlon 700
Athlon 1000
Athlon 64 1800+
Athlon 64 2200+
Athlon 64 2800+
Athlon 64 3200+
C2D E6750
Phenom 955

And now I don't spend large amounts of cash on incremental upgrades. I wasted a lot of money in my first ten years of computer building.
 
286 8mhz 1988?
386 dx-33 1992?
P2 333 1997?
Athlon ? 1999?
Duron ? ????
P4 1.6A ????
E6300 2005
E5200 2009
i3 530 @ 4.2ghz right now

Damn can't remember all the dates or the processors to be exact. I know I had bunch of other CPU's in between but those are the CPU's I personally owned and used. My first computer had a floppy disk and no hard drive. It had 16 color CGA high tech monitor. LOL
 
Let's seeeee...

That *I* paid for, something like this:

P2 300
Athlon 1400
Athlon 3500+
I5 750 (now)
 
Tandy 286
Intel 386 DX100?*
Intel PII 233
Intel Celeron 300a@450
Intel Celeron 366@515
Dual Celeron 366@515
Intel Celeron 600@900?*
AMD Duron 800@1100?*
AMD Tbird 1000@ ???*
Intel PIII@1000
Intel P4 2400
AMD XP1500
AMD XP1700@???*
AMD 2600@???*
AMD 3200+ laptop
AMD 3500+
AMD 4000+
AMD X2 4200
AMD Opteron 145@3010
AMD Opteron 165@2600
Intel Atom 330
AMD PhenomII@2300
Intel E2160@2400
Intel Q6600@3400

* = I can't remember exactly.
I actually still have some of these oldie but goodies.
 
I can't remember all of mine but here are the highlights

Intel 386
?
AMD 333mhz something or other
AMD 3200+ Barton - first OC
AMD FX-55 - big disappointment
Intel [email protected] (current)

Needless to say, I don't upgrade very often, I usually skip a generation and overclock to make up for it.
Next up will be a Sandy bridge quad
 
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Pretty sure I've posted in here before, but I have new additions.

- 286DX
- 486DX (33MHz)
- 486DX4 (66MHz)
- Intel Pentium 3 500MHz
- Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz
- AMD Athlon 3200+
- AMD Opteron 170
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (Laptop)
- AMD Phenom II 940 BE
- AMD Phenom II 955 BE
 
E6600 which was capable of reaching 3.4Ghz or so... and then a year later the Q6600 since affordable quad became all the rage. Haven't felt a need to upgrade since.
 
Here's my CPU progression list for my main desktop setups in the past:

Intel Pentium 60 MHz (1994-1998) | Packard Bell Legend 100CD
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz (1998-2001) | Dell Dimension XPS R400
Intel Celeron (Tualatin) 1.2 GHz (2001-2002) | Dell Dimension XPS R400
Intel Celeron (Tualatin) 1.4 GHz (2002-2004) | Dell Dimension XPS R400
AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+ @ 2.675 GHz (2004-2006) | DFI NFII Ultra Infinity | DFI LANParty NFII Ultra B
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2006-2007) | ASRock 775Dual-VSTA | ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.0 GHz (2007-2008) | ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Xeon 3350 @ 3.2 GHz (2008-2009) | ASUS P5K Deluxe | ASUS Maximus II Formula
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.6 GHz (2009-Present) | ASUS Maximus II Formula

The upgrade from the PII 400 MHz to a Celeron 1.2 GHz (using a Powerleap Slot adapter) in the same machine was the most noticeable jump in performance out of all the CPU upgrades I've done in the past. It was around then when I really got into computers.
 
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Intel Celeron 300A @450
Intel celeron 466
Intel Celeron 667
AMD Duron 800
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Intel P4 2.66
AMD Phenom II x4 955 @3.8ghz
 
Since buying and/or building my own pc's:

P4 2.0 ghz
P4 2.8c @ 3.4ghz
E6600 @ 3.4ghz w/ Tuniq 120 (3.7ghz w/ water)
i7 920 D0 @ 4.2ghz w/ water
 
CPU's I've owned chronologically:

AMD K6-II 166Mhz & 66MHz EDO RAM
INTEL P-III 450Mhz Slot 1 & 100Mhz SDRAM
INTEL P-III 800Mhz Socket 370 & 133Mhz SDRAM
AMD Duron 1200Mhz & 100Mhz PC100 @ 200Mhz DDR
AMD Athlon 1333Mhz & 133Mhz PC133 @ 266Mhz DDR
AMD AthlonXP 2400+(2000 Mhz) & 266Mhz PC2100 DDR SDRAM
AMD AthlonXP 2800+(2083 MHz) & 333Mhz PC2700 DDR SDRAM
AMD Athlon64 3800+(2400 Mhz) & 400Mhz PC3200 DDR SDRAM
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+(2200Mhz x2) & 400Mhz PC3200 DDR SDRAM
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+(2200Mhz x2) & 400Mhz PC3200 DDR SDRAM
INTEL Core 2 DUO E4500(2200Mhz x2) & DDR2-800
INTEL Core 2 DUO E4500(2200Mhz x2) & DDR2-800
INTEL Core 2 DUO E8400(3000Mhz x2) & DDR2-1066
INTEL Core 2 DUO E8600(3333Mhz x2) 7 DDR2-1066
INTEL Core 2 DUO E8600(3333Mhz x2) 7 DDR2-1200
 
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Motorola 6809 (my CoCo II from HS, still works & can read a 29 yr old 5.25 floppy)
Pentium 75 Mhz (overclocked to 90)
Pentium 120 Mhz (overclocked to 166?)
Celeron 366 Mhz (overclocked to 550)
Celeron 1.1 Ghz
Pentium 4 2.4C (overclocked to 3.0Ghz, kids have it now)
Core2Duo E6600 (overclocked to 3.33 Ghz)
Core2Quad Q6700 (overclocked to 3.5 Ghz)
Click to expand...

Now I can add an i7-930 currently OC'ed to 4Ghz to my list :D
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ S939 (First custom build CPU, beat the pants off my old P4)
Intel C2D E8400
AMD Phenom II X4 955
 
Intel P4 2.6
Intel P4 3.2
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Intel Core2Duo E8400
Intel Core2Quad Q9550
Intel i7 930
 
486 DX4 100mhz
Dual Pentium 350's
Pentium III 800Mhz
P4 2.8 Ghz
C2D E6600 (OC'd to 3.2Ghz)
 
1995 - Intel Pentium 166 @ stock
2001 - Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz @ stock
2004 - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ stock
2007 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz @ 3.0GHz
2010 - Intel Core i7-875K 2.93GHz @ 3.733 (so far)

As you can tell, I wasn't really interested in PC gaming for a few years between my Pentium and Pentium 4. The Pentium 4 was probably one of the worst decisions I ever made (and I immediately had buyer's remorse after looking at reviews); however, I've been happy with my purchases ever since.
 
These are the procs I've had in what would be considered my "primary" pc at the time. For the earlier ones, this would include the "Family PC" before my brother and I got our own PC's.

Many Years -- 486 33mhz,
Many Years -- 486 DX4 100mhz
3 years -- AMD K6-2 350mhz -- The first PC I had to myself.
2 years -- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 900mhz -- The first PC I built myself
3 years -- AMD Athlon XP 3000+ -- My College Workhorse.
3 Months -- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (this was swapped out with a friend of mine who wanted me to build a PC with a dual core...as payment for building it he ordered a C2Q and traded with me).
3 years+ -- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 -- Still going strong. This was my college machine for my last year...would have stuck with the XP 3000+ but my Senior Project required a stronger PC.

Additionally, my mediacenter line is here

Athlon XP 2600+ -- Repurposed PC for HTPC tomfoolery
Athlon XP 3000+ -- Repurposed my first college PC into an actual HTPC box after the above passed away from 3 years of extreme usage (running nearly 24/7 with non-computer folk)
Athlon X2 3600 -- The 3000+ mobo burst into flames when a partygoer spilled beer on and into it.
Athlon Phenom Quad Core -- Don't rememeber which type, picked it up on Black Friday on the cheap as an impulse buy. I don't use this machine anymore and my Dad's using the machine as his primary PC.
Intel Atom N230 (Aspire Revo) + Intel Atom D510 (Custom NAS)
 
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486 DX2 33MHz
Intel Pentium 233MHz
Intel Pentium III 450MHz
AMD Athlon 750MHz (slot A) (OC'd to 1GHz w/ goldfinger)
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (OC'd, but can't remember to what)
Intel Pentium M 1.3GHz
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Intel Pentium Dual-Core e5300 2.6GHz
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T (OC'd to 3.5GHz) (can OC more, but don't feel the need to yet)
 
AMD K6-2 550mhz May 2000
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.4Ghz January 2003
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 1.73Ghz February 2003
AMD 3200+ Barton 2005ish
Intel E6600 April 2007
Intel Q6600 June 2008
 
486
Pentium 120Mhz
Pentium II 400Mhz
Athlon XP 1.4Ghz
Athlon something (forgot)
Core2Duo 2.4Ghz
Core2Duo 3.1Ghz
i7-920 2.66GHz / Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8Ghz
 
Intel 8086 (Tandy 2000)
MOS Tech 6502 (Apple IIe)
WDC 65816 (Apple IIGS)
486SX 25MHz (the defective kind)
486DX2 33
Pentium 100
Pentium Pro 166
Pentium II 300
Pentium III 667
AthlonXP 1600+
Sempron 2400+
Athlon64 3000+
CoreDuo T2400
Atom N270
Core i7 720QM
 
Intel Pentium 200Mhz
Intel Pentium 4 1.4 Ghz
AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8Ghz
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4 Ghz
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
 
My Main rigs:

Intel Pentium 120Mhz (OC to 133!)
AMD Duron 950 MHz
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1.4 Ghz -> OC 2.1GHz)
AMD Athlon64 3000+ (1.8 Ghz -> OC 2.5 GHz)
AMD Opteron 170 (2.0 GHz -> OC 2.7 GHz)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (2.5 GHz -> OC 3.1 GHz)
Intel Core i7-950 (installing today!)

Family Rig: Athlon 64 3800+
HTPC: E5200 Wolfdale (2.5 GHz)
Folding Rig: E6500 Wolfdale (2.93 GHz)
Netbook: Intel Atom N270
 
P100
AMD K5 500Mhz?
Duron 700MHZ
Athlon 1.2Gig
Athlon XP 2500+
C2D E4500
PhenomII 555
 
Pentium 60
Pentium 233 MMX via PowerLeap adapter
Athlon 700 Slot A (only CPU I've ever cooked)
Athlon 700 Slot A (900 core)
Athlon XP 1600+
Athlon XP 1600+ AGOIA
Athlon XP 1700+ DLT3C T-Bred B
Athlon XP-M 2400+ Mobile Barton
Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer CG
Athlon 64 3700+ Clawhammer
Core 2 Duo E6300
Core 2 Duo E6600
Core 2 Quad Q6600
Core i5 2500K
Core i7 5820K
Ryzen 5 5600X
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
 
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Quite late getting into pc's so i havent had that many.

Athlon 64 s939 4000
Intel C2D E6600
Intel C2Q Q6600
Intel C2Q Q9550
Intel Core i7 920 DO
 
Early 90s up till mid-late 90s, whatever my brother used was my cpu (only ones I remember were going from 386 to 486, and a Celeron 300A sometime after that).


My own computer:


AMD K6 (300Mhz)

AMD Athlon T-bird (1.3Ghz)

AMD A64 3000+ (1.8Ghz)

AMD Opteron 165 (1.8Ghz x2)

Intel E8400 (3.0 Ghz)



Next up:

Intel Sandybridge 2600K (3.4 Ghz)
 
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