CPU Progression (2015 update)!

Intel 486
Intel Celeron 433
Intel P4 2.4C
Intel P4 2.8C
AMD Athlon X2 4200+
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core i7 920
Intel Core i7 2600k
Intel Core i7 4770k
Intel Core i7 5960X
 
Zepher said:
68030 @ 25mhz - My Amiga 3000 desktop.
Intel 486DX2 50
68040 @ 25Mhz Amiga 2000HD with accelerator card
Cyrix 166+
Intel Pentium 133Mhz
Intel Pentium 200MMX
Intel Pentium II 300Mhz
Intel Celeron 266Mhz - I think this was the one that ran at 450Mhz
Intel Pentium II 450 Dual CPU
Intel Pentium III 500Mhz
Intel Pentium III 733Mhz
Intel Pentium III 1Ghz
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz
Intel Pentium 4 3.6Ghz
Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Intel Core2Duo E8400
Intel Core2Quad Q9400
68040 @ 25Mhz - Amiga 3000T system
Intel Core2Duo E5200
Intel Core i7 870
Intel Core i7 2600k
Intel Core i7 3770k
Intel Core2Duo E6700
Intel Core2Quad Q9550
Intel Core i7 4790K

I am probably missing a few and these are only desktop machines.

I have these in a box somewhere in my room, not sure what to do with them,
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You're CPU list is basically the same as mine, even including the Amiga's but right before the Amiga's I had a C-128 and C-64. With the Amigas's, had a 1000, 500, 2000, 1200 and 4000. I just sold the loaded 4000 with a Toaster / Flyer and 060 for ... a hell of a lot of money which was surprising.

The Amiga 2000 I had I acquired from a guy named Jim ( forget his last name ) and it was one of Tim Jennings ( Newtek founder ) old Amiga 2000's he used to code DigiPaint on. This was when I was in Topeka when Newtek was still downtown.

The DX4 I had was a 100.

The AMD Slot CPU I had that I bought around 1999 / 2000 for $800 dollars and it was a beast. In fact it destroyed Intel but this would prove to be the last time AMD was ever head of Intel in the CPU dept. I forget the name of the CPU however.

There are some other different models but all basically the same. I am enjoying the 5820k now @ 4.5ghz w/ 16gb of DDR4 @ 3,000.

Also guessing you're in your 40's like me
 
Intel 486 DX/2 50 - first family computer
Pentium 233MMX @ 262 MHz - my first computer!
Celeron 300a @ 450 on BH6, with TNT was a Quake TF and Half-Life demolishing machine!
Celeron 533A (Celermine) @ 800 on same BH6 with volt modded BIOS. My Quake 3 and Counterstrike dream machine!
Athlon XP 1600+ (didn't overclock). Used for Battlefield 1942 and Freelancer!
Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 @ 2.4 GHz. Built solely for Half-Life 2 and Battlefield 2.
Athlon 64 x2 3800+ @ 2.4 GHz (most expensive CPU ever purchased!) I stupidly paid launch prices for this, instead of waiting 6 moths for the release of Conroe. Used for years on TF2,!
Intel Core 2 Duo 8200 @ 3.2 GHz
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.2 GHz.

I have much love for that old BH6 build. I used on my server at 800 MHz until at least 2005. in 2011 I powered it back on, made sure it was still working, and then sent it to a forum member here for safe keeping /extreme overclock :D

After all, why would I waste such a sweet motherboard with such an inpressive voltage range like the BH6? :D


BONUS: the game responsible for my insatiable hardware tweaking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw247s0oMK0
 
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SixFootDuo said:
You're CPU list is basically the same as mine, even including the Amiga's but right before the Amiga's I had a C-128 and C-64. With the Amigas's, had a 1000, 500, 2000, 1200 and 4000. I just sold the loaded 4000 with a Toaster / Flyer and 060 for ... a hell of a lot of money which was surprising.

The Amiga 2000 I had I acquired from a guy named Jim ( forget his last name ) and it was one of Tim Jennings ( Newtek founder ) old Amiga 2000's he used to code DigiPaint on. This was when I was in Topeka when Newtek was still downtown.

The DX4 I had was a 100.

The AMD Slot CPU I had that I bought around 1999 / 2000 for $800 dollars and it was a beast. In fact it destroyed Intel but this would prove to be the last time AMD was ever head of Intel in the CPU dept. I forget the name of the CPU however.

There are some other different models but all basically the same. I am enjoying the 5820k now @ 4.5ghz w/ 16gb of DDR4 @ 3,000.

Also guessing you're in your 40's like me
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Ya, I am 42, will be 43 on the 19th.
I had the Toaster 4000 in my Amiga 3000, was an expensive upgrade in 1993. $2500 for the card and over $700 for the Ram and second hard drive. I ended up trading the Toaster for that 486 PC when Lightrave came out and eliminated the need for the Toaster to be in the Amiga for Lightwave to run, which is the only reason I bought the Toaster.
I replaced the Toaster with a Picasso II card which was a really cool display card.

Owning the Amiga and Toaster and knowing how to use it led to actual jobs, worked at a TV station for a couple of years doing slates and title animations, and learned to be a cameraman.
I ended up doing wedding vidoes in the latter part of the 90's until June of 2013. That last wedding in June 2013 I was only supposed to shoot the ceremony, but my friend had problems with his knees and feet couldn't shoot the reception and my hips were going out, so I had to call my brother to come and shoot the reception. I just sat down the entire reception since I couldn't not stand up at all.
June of last year is when my right hip totally went out on me and my friend who I shot weddings with for over 20 years with passed away. He left me all the video equipment, which I sold most of it since I wasn't able to use it anymore. I still have one Canon XH-A1 kit with tripod, Sony Wireless Lav, and some other misc items to sell.
In December last year, my left hip went out so it's very hard for me to get around.
Been trying to get disability over the years but I keep getting denied, which is kinda frustrating. Neck and back are fused, hips are messed up, shoulders are going out, so I just sit in front of my PC all day since I can't do much else.
Need to sell my 1988 Firebird Formula, the Canon camera kit, and my Amiga 3000T to get some funds as I have zero cash and no way to make any money.
I can't sell my PC stuff as those are the only things keeping me sane, I've left the house maybe a dozen times in the past year. Mainly because it is so hard to get around and very very difficult getting into and out of a car. Takes like a minute or two to get in and out of normal cars, and I need help getting into my friends 2010 Camaro.
One of my good friends bought me a walker last week which helps me get around the house, was using a cane for the past year and am surprised I never fell over since I have to use both hands on the cane basically put all my weight on it when I move my legs.

oops, didn't mean to ramble on, I just feel so frustrated not being able to do simple tasks now or being able to do the things I used to enjoy doing, like driving, Auto-X, bike riding, walking around amusement parks and riding roller coasters, going to the movies, etc....
 
2001: Pentium MMX 233, S3 Trio
2002-3: K6-2 500, TNT / Geforce 2 Ti
(Incoming by far the most massive jump ever)
2003-5: Athlon XP Tbred B 1700+ @ 1833MHz, GF4 Ti4200 to 9800 Pro
2005-6: P4 3.0E to A64 3500+, 7600GS. P4 was free, but still lousy upgrades in hindsight
2006-2010: E6300 @ 2.8GHz to Phenom II X2 @ 3.8GHz, X1800XT to 9600GT to HD5770. X2 couldn't unlock to 4 cores was a terrible buy.
2011-14: 2500K @ 4.3GHz, HD5850 to 7950B
2014-15: 4790K. Completely unnecessary buy but I just wanted to pamper myself now that I had money unlike 10 years ago. Also bought a $60 used Xeon E5450 and P45 mobo for the geek novelty factor.
 
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