Your CPU progression

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1Ghz(999Mhz)
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
AMD AMD Turion 64 X2 1.7Ghz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core i3 370M
 
P4 2.8E S478
P4D 2.8
AMD Opty 160
Core i7-920
Q9450
Core i7-920 (D0)
Core i5-540m (Current Laptop)
Core i7-3820
Xeon QA88 ES 1.6Ghz
 
Pentium 133MHz
Pentium III 450MHz
Athlon slot A 700MHz
Athlon XP 2600+
Intel i7 920
 
286
386
486
Pentium 90 MHz
Pentium Pro 180 MHz
Pentium 4 (Can't remember the speed)
Pentium M 1.5Ghz
Pentium M 1.7Ghz
E6600
Q6700
i5 560M
 
MOS Technology 6510
8088
286
386
Intel Pentium 66
Cyrix MediaGX 133
Intel Pentium MMX 166
Dual Intel Celeron 500 (in an Abit BP6 ofc)
AMD Slot A Athlon 700
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ Palomino
Systems I still have but not running currently
Dual Intel Pentium 3 1.4s Tualatin
AMD A64 3200+ NewCastle
Intel Celeron D 346
Systems I still have and currently running
Intel Pentium D 920
AMD A64 X2 5000+BE Brisbane(x2)
AMD A64 X2 5600+ Brisbane
AMD Phenom 9850
AMD Phenom X3 720
Intel i5 450M
 
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P4Power said:
8MHz Intel 8086
8MHz NEC V30 with Turbo to 10MHz!
10MHz Intel 286
20MHz IBM 386SLC
33MHz Intel 486SX - In an old laptop that still works!
33MHz Intel 486DX

Got all the Pentiums in a tray from eBay some years ago for like $20.
60MHz Intel Pentium
75MHz Intel Pentium
90MHz Intel Pentium
100MHz Intel Pentium
120MHz Intel Pentium
133MHz Intel Pentium
150MHz Intel Pentium
166MHz Intel Pentium
200MHz Intel Pentium

166MHz Intel Pentium MMX
200MHz Intel Pentium MMX

180MHz Pentium Pro
200MHz Pentium Pro 256K
200MHz Pentium Pro 512K - was my firewall and router until last summer.

233MHz Intel Pentium II
266MHz Intel Pentium II
333MHz Intel Pentium II
450MHz Intel Pentium II - upgrade from the 333, ran Win2k and was my file/print server until last summer.

650E MHz Intel Pentium III x 2 - from a relative's upgrade.
1.0EB GHz Intel Pentium III

2.60GHz Intel Celeron - extremely underpowered, was given to me in an eMachines.

2.40GHz Intel Pentium 4 - had this in a laptop that replaced the 2.20.

2.50GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 - built a new bedroom computer to replace the Atom since I wanted to be able to play games from my bed if I wanted to.

CPUs I Still Use
1.40GHz Intel Pentium III-S - the last and greatest PIII, got it from eBay with a Dell Dimension for dirt cheap.

1.30GHz Intel Pentium 4 - RDRAM, oh god, still too expensive to this day! Built for fun.
1.60GHz Intel Pentium 4 - my first Pentium 4 computer and the one that really started me on all of this. Rebuild, the first one was fried in an electrical surge.
2.20GHz Intel Pentium 4 - upgrade from the Celeron in the eMachines. Also had this CPU in a laptop that died.
2.40B GHz Intel Pentium 4 - replacement for the fried 1.60.
2.80A GHz Intel Pentium 4 - fastest and rare 400MHz FSB P4, built a PC around it just for fun on the cheap.
2.80C GHz Intel Pentium 4 HT - played BF1942 for endless nights.
3.06B GHz Intel Pentium 4 HT - powers my huge 17" DTR notebook, also played many nights of BF when I was at my friend's house.
3.40C GHz Intel Pentium 4 HT - fastest Northwood ever, one of my favorites. I used this as my main gaming machine until the release of Vista.

630MHz Intel Celeron M ULV 353 - in my tiny 7" Eee 701, a rather good performer despite the low clock. Great little machine.
2.26GHz Intel Pentium M 780 - just built this one about 2 days ago. Had enough spare parts to build it, only needed the CPU and the MB. My non-gaming bedroom computer.

1.60GHz Intel Atom HT N270 - in my 10" Eee 1000HA. Plenty of speed for what I use it for.
1.60GHz Intel Atom HT 230 - my first Atom machine. I used it as my bedroom computer for a while until the 330. Now it is my router/firewall running Untangle.
1.60GHz Intel Atom HT 330 - upgraded my bedroom computer yet again and this is now my file/print/FTP server. Runs Server 2008 R2 with 4GB of RAM, handles whatever I throw at it.

2.16GHz Intel Core Duo T2600 - in my XPS M1210, my first machine based on a PM/Core architecture CPU. Extraordinary chip, came with XP which I upgraded to Vista (if you want to call it that) and then to 7. Not many processors can survive that many OS jumps and still retain their performance.
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo M T9900 - powers my new Latitude E6400. Blistering fast and clocks all the way down to 800MHz when on battery. With the extended battery and the battery slice that fits on the bottom of the machine it gives me 19 hours away from the mains!!
3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 - replaced the E5200 as my bedroom gaming machine. Uncannily fast, was going to OC it, but once I powered it on I realized it didn't need it.

2.13GHz Intel Xeon X3210 - this is what powers my workstation. Wanted to have a quad-core machine that I could do work on (I am a heavy multitasker) that didn't sound like a cyclone
2.40GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.0GHz - I upgraded to this gaming machine from the 3.40C, what an extreme jump! I have been wanting a new machine based on the i7, but I just cannot justify it when this does everything I can toss at it. This is the cyclone I referred to, not supposed to be quiet with 3x8800's in it!


Well, I think that shows my manufacturer preference... The reason I have so many machines is that I like to collect them and when I decide it is time to upgrade I eventually build another machine around the CPU I upgraded from.
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I guess it is time to list my updates and additions!

Changes:
1.60GHz Intel Atom HT 230 - now my Linux web server and distro update mirror.
1.60GHz Intel Atom HT 330 - now my parents computer. They love the hell out of it since it is silent, fast enough, and it has an NVIDIA ION in it if they ever venture on to YouTube.

3.50GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8700 - upgraded my E8600 box after I found this rare chip on eBay.

2.133GHz Intel Xeon X3210 - moved from my workstation to my server and then to its current place in my Untangle box. It upgraded a 1.866GHz Intel Xeon 3040 that was working just fine, but since I had this chip available now, I figured why not upgrade it.
2.666GHz Intel Xeon X3230 - upgraded the Xeon X3210 that was in my server.
3.166GHz Intel Xeon X3380 - upgraded my Xeon X3210 workstation. The X3210 went to power my new server.

New or New-To-Me:
1.50GHz Intel Itanium 2 x 2 - nabbed an HP zx6000 workstation from eBay just to play with because of the Itanium chips. It came with dual 900MHz McKinley-1.5M Itanium 2s, but I immediately upgraded it to the fastest chips it could handle, the 1.50GHz Madison-6M Itanium 2s. Currently dual-booting Windows XP Pro for IA64 (Yes, it does exist!) and Debian 6.

3.20GHz Intel Xeon HT x 2 - another eBay capture. Dell Precision 650 that came with dual 2.80GHz Prestonia Xeons with HT, but I upgraded it almost immediately to dual 3.20GHz Gallatin-2M Xeons with HT (the rare 2MB L3 models that Intel would eventually release as the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition).
3.20GHz Intel Pentium D 840 - yet another spare parts build. Just needed a power supply. I am hoping to upgrade it to a Pentium D 960 Presler soon.

2.333GHz Intel Core Duo T2700 - in a desktop like my Pentium M 780. I was able to build it mostly from spare parts except for the processor and board.

1.666GHz Intel Atom HT M N570 - loved my Eee with the N270, but wanted a dual-core version. Also has an NVIDIA ION2 for HD Flash and the like.
1.80GHz Intel Atom HT D525 - my current very low power desktop. I love the hell out of this thing! I threw in a GT 430 for good measure.

2.50GHz Intel Xeon X3320 - built from mostly from spares. Ended up giving this to a friend to do work on in college so he didn't have to use his loud and hot i7.

3.60GHz Intel Core i5-680 - built as a secondary gaming machine a little while ago. It may only have 2 cores and Hyper-Threading, but it is much stronger than I had expected. I routinely play BF3 on it without any issue!
3.333GHz Intel Core i7-980X EE - replaced my Q6600 @ 3.0GHz as my main gaming machine. Built the day the 980X was released. It may be two generations behind now, but it still holds its own even without an OC!

2.0GHz Intel Xeon E5-2650 x 2 - just built as my dream workstation! I can't even begin to utilize this 16-core / 32-thread monster!
 
Pentium 166 MMX
Pentium 2 333 MHz
Pentium 2 400 MHz
Athlon 600 MHz
Dual Pentium 3 1GHz
Core 2 Quad Q9550
 
MOS 6510
Motorola 68000
Motorola 68020EC
Pentium 166
Pentium 200-MMX
Pentium II 300
Pentium II 450
Pentium III 800
Athlon XP 3200+
Athlon 64 3800+
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Opteron 185
Phenom II x6 1090T
Phenom II x6 1100T
Core i7-3930

I also had a Cyrix 6x86 somewhere back there too. :D
 
Family PCs as a youngin:
Intel 486 (199?-1995)
Intel P54C (Pentium) 100 MHz (1995-1999)
AMD Chomper (K6-2) 433 MHz (1999-2000)

My own builds:
Intel Coppermine (Celeron) 633 MHz (2000-2002)
AMD Morgan (Duron) 1.2 GHz (2002-2003)
Intel Northwood (P4) 2.4 GHz (2003-2008)
Intel Wolfdale (C2D E8400) 3.0 GHz (2008-2012)
Intel Ivy Bridge (i5-3570K) 3.4 GHz (2012-?)
 
Got into the PC game rather late.

Intel Pentium 4
Intel Core2Quad
Intel i5 3570k

Consistent upgrades for me. Haven't built my own AMD machine yet, just some older Phenom based machines for friends.
 
Here's what I can recall:

My builds:
AMD XP 1800+ (Palomino) (first build) (will later upgrade to XP 2100+)
AMD XP 2400+ (TBred) --> AMD XP 3000+ (Barton-400) (second build)
AMD 64 3700+ (San Diego) --> AMD 64 X2 4800+ (Toledo) (current build)
Core i7 3770K (New build)
1.4 GHz P-III (Tualatin) (Retro PC)

Laptops:
3.2 GHz P4 (Prescott) --> 3.2 GHz P4 (Northwood) (Dell Inspiron 9100)
Core i7 720QM (current laptop) (Power Notebooks PowerPro i7:22)
 
For my personally owned gaming rigs.

AMD Athlon Slot-A 1GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Intel C2D E6850
Intel C2Q Q9550
Intel Core i7 2600K+
 
Figure it be a fun thread to make to see what everyone has owned/built over the years on what CPU platform. I'll start:


First computer: Spring 1993
Intel DX 33mhz with Turbo *Didn't know what overclocking was*
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Second home computer: Spring 1998
Intel P2 233mhz w/MMX *Attempted overclocking on Intel board, ruined HDD instead, dad furious*
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First self built computer: Spring 2001
AMD Athlon Axia 1.33ghz *First overclock to 1.4ghz. Hey, I felt proud*
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Second built computer: 2002
Athlon XP Thoroughbred 2100+ 1.73ghz *Never overclocked but first custom water cooling setup from Danger Den*
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Third built computer: Summer 2003
Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8ghz *3.2ghz, first real overclock and stable*
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Fourth built computer: Fall 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ *Never figured out how to overclock*
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Fifth built computer: Fall 2008
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfsdale *3.8ghz semi stable overclock*
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Sixth built computer: Fall 2011 *current*
Intel i5 2500k Sandy Bridge *4.6ghz stable overclock*
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I've went through quite a cpu different CPU's through the year, lots of good memories! And some stupid ones.. Like the A8... Dumbest laptop decision I have ever made.
Intel P3 800mhz
Intel P4 2.4ghz northwood
AMD Athlon 3700+
AMD Athlon x2 3800+
Intel Pentium Dual-core 2140
Intel Core 2 Duo e6550
Intel Core 2 Duo T6400
AMD Phenom II 965
AMD A8-3500m
Intel Core i5 2500
Intel Pentium B970
 
Pentium 4
AMD 955
Intel 2600k


Well that's lame. I have other CPUs [4x Opteron 6128s] but haven't used them [yet]
 
intel pentium 4 socket 478
amd opteron 179 socket 939
intel q6600 socket 775
intel q9650s soicket 775
intel i3-550 clarkdale socket 1156
intel i5-2500k sandy bridge socket 1155
intel i7-3770k ivy bridge socket 1155 (current)
 
something 86, too young to remember
486
P2 450
Athlon 800
Athlon XP 1800+
P4C 2.4
Core 2 Duo E6300 <--- the best gd cpu of all time.
Xeon 3110
I7 920
i5 2500k
 
Pentium Pro
Pentium 3 (forget exact model)
Celeron D socket 478
Pentium 4 socket 478
Pentium E2140
Pentium E4500
Pentium E6300
C2Q Q6600
Phenom II X3 720
Core i7 930
Core i7 2600k
Core i5 2500k

It's been a long road.
 
Pentium 75
Pentium 133
Pentium 200
Pentium 450
Athlon 1000
Athlon 1200
Athlon 3200XP
Athlon x2 4400+
Intel Q6600
Intel i7 875k
Intel i7 3770k
 
pentium 4 630 - athlon x2 6400, i7 920, e8400, q9550, i5 760, i5 2500k

about that middle part, yeah Im an idiot
 
Pentium II, Pentium III 550Mhz, Pentium 4 630, Q8400, i5 2500K, i5 3570K, i7 3770k.
 
486 DX-2 66 Mhz - Purchased
Pentium Pro 166 Mhz - First 'in place upgrade'
Pentium II 300 Mhz Slot I - Gifted System
Pentium II 450 Mhz Slot I - Acquired this chip, lucky drop in upgrade.
Pentium III 550 Mhz Slot I - Gifted this chip - bought a board.
Athlon 700 Mhz Slot A - First 100% ground up build; Purchased and sold this system a week later.
Athlon 800 Mhz Socket A - Built this one as well, learned from last one.
Pentium III 1 Ghz Socket 370 - Built this for a friend, that friend reneged on paying for it. Lesson learned.
Athlon XP 1800+ Socket A - Built this one to replace the P3.
Athlon XP 1900+ Socket A - Built this one for Pops and inherited it a year later - setup LAN in the room for FPS gaming.
Athlon XP 2400+ Socket A - Built two of these, one for me, one for pops. 1st of many almost heatsink/core cracking scares with the Alpha PAL 8045.
Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 754 - First CPU purchased on the forums.
Athlon 64 3400+ Socket 754 - Given this for helping someone.
Opteron 165 - Second CPU purchased from the forums. Last AMD Chip and still one of my favs.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - Third CPU purchased from the forums.
Intel Core 2 Duo Q9550 - Christmas gift from a great friend.
Intel Core i5 3570k* - Same friend thought it was time to upgrade. Have to build this sucker still.

And that's 20 years worth of 'sockets' for me, all mains and not including laptops.
 
Intel P4 1.6
Intel P4 2.4
Intel P4 3.0
Intel P4 3.2
Intel P4 3.2 Extreme Edition (on Prometia Mach II)
Intel P4 3.4 Extreme Edition (on Prometia Mach II)
AMD FX 51 (on Vapochill LS)
AMD FX 53 (on Vapochill LS)
AMD FX 55 (on Vapo)
AMD FX 57 (on Vapo)
AMD 64 3200+ (939) (on Vapo)
AMD 64 3500+ (939) (on Vapo)
AMD 64 3700+ (939) (on Vapo)
AMD 64 3800+ (939) (on Vapo)
AMD 64 4000+ (San Diego) (on Vapo)
AMD X2 4600+ (on Vapo)
Opteron 170 (on Vapo)
Intel Core 2 E6600 (on Prometia Mach II)
AMD FX 8350 (on Vapo)
Intel i7 2600k (on Prometia Mach II)
 
I was late to the PC party. Only been in it for 3 years.

i7 920
i7 930
i7 940
i7 970
i5 2500K
i7 2600K
i7 2700K
i5 3570K
i7 3770

I had the LGA 775 platform but I never finished the build. Bloomfield was released right after I got the parts.
 
Intel 486DX4
AMD 586 overdrive
AMD K6 II 300
AMD K6 III 450
AMD Athlon 1100
AMD Athlon XP 1800
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Intel Q6600
Intel QX9560


That covers 1994 to present.
 
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
8088XT-8MHz (First "IBM clone")
486-DX50 (Yes, DX - non clock doubled chip)
386-DX33 (Used to run my BBS)
486-DX4 100 (Intel) OC'd to 120Mhz
Cyrix 6x86 120 (hated it)
Pentium 90
Pentium 166
Pentium Pro 200
Pentium II 233
Pentium II 300 (SL2YK, and SL2W8 boxes actually)
Pentium II 450
Pentium III chips of various types
AMD Athlon 1GHz (thunderbird I think?)
...Memory gets a bit fuzzy as it mattered less to me...
Several AMD Athlons, Opterons
Several Apple products (G4 laptops, G5 desktop, Mac Pro 2,1)
Intel Core i7 920 (D0 revision)
 
486DX @ 25 MHz - First chip I remember having. Not sure what my Tandy's chip was.
Intel Pentium @ 75 MHz - Oh wow, like light and day difference between the 25 Mhz.
AMD 586 @ 133 MHz - Faster but not that much.
AMD K6 @ 233 MHz - Good speed boost.
Athlon @ 700 MHz - First PC built with my own money.
T-Bird @ 1.4 GHz - This was my favorite chip of all time. I loved it so much!
P4 @ 2.2 GHz - Practically an easy bake oven. I hated this chip.
Athlon 64 @ 2.4 GHz - Very fast, didn't make me feel like I was about to catch the house on fire.
E6600 @ 2.4 GHz - My second favorite chip and first multicore cpu. Was a beast.
Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz - My first quad core. Very sexy chip.
Phenom 965 @ 3.4 GHz - Wasn't happy with this chip, was marginally better than Q6600 at best.
2600K @ 3.4 GHz - So glad I got this chip. Love it! Third favorite chip so far.


I'm sure I had others in there but those are the ones I remember best. Good memories this thread brought back.. :-D
 
Hmm, I think:
Intel 686 DX4 100Mhz (I think. This was my parents computer they bought mostly for me).
Cyrix 6x86 PR 150+ (First build. Thank you J. Purcell! I wore out the phone asking him questions)
Pentium 200 (My first OC. 212Mhz I think, lol)
Celeron 450
Athlon 1.0Ghz (Don't remember the model. Nice CPU though)
Athlon 1.4Ghz (Thunderbird maybe...)
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz Northwood
Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Amazing CPU at the time. Biggest wow factor upgrade ever for me)
Core 2 Duo e6400 2.13Ghz (I was not impressed, heh) Followed shortly by...
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (Slightly more impressed. Current CPU)

I have been eyeballing an upgrade for over a year, but the last few CPUs have not felt like the big upgrade I expected. New build will have a fast'ish mid range cpu combined with an SSD and a ton of ram. My GTX 560 should serve me through the next build. Maybe. :)
 
First computer was a Dell and I don't remember what was in it. Next was an Ibuypower with an AMD 940. First build was an AMD Phenom II 965 be. Just upgraded to an Intel I5 3570k.
 
Pentium 166MHz w/ MMX
AMD K7 450MHz
AMD XP 1400+
AMD XP 1800+
AMD64 3200+ (Newcastle)
P4 2.8GHz w/ HT
Core2Duo 1.8GHz (Allendale)
Core2Quad Q9450
i7 3930k

AMD X2 3800+
AMD X2 5000+
Core2Quad Q8300

Centrino 1.8GHz
Centrino Duo 2.4GHz
Intel P6100
Intel i7 620-M

Various cell phone processors
Dozens of unused processors sitting on shelves at home
 
286
386
486
Pentium 75
Celeron 333
Pentium 4 1.6A
Pentium 4 2.4A
Core 2 Duo E8400
Core 2 Quad Q9550
Core i5 3570k
 
Pentium 1 166MHZ
Pentium III
Athlon XP 3000+
Celeron M 520

Currently in service by me or family:
i7 920, C2Q Q8300, Celeron G530, C2D L7500 (el cheapo lappy)

Oh! My commodore 64 still works too!
 
Pentium III
Athlon XP 3000+
i5 750
i7 3632qm

My mobile is currently stronger than my main...
 
Wow... I may have to edit this as long-dormant brain cells awake over time.

6502 (Atari 1200XL)
486 DX/2 66
Pentium 100
Pentium 2 333
Pentium 3 450
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon XP 2600+
... no upgrades for a while ...
Core 2 Duo E6700 (HUGE jump in performance =) )
Core 2 Quad QX6700
Core 2 Quad Q9400
Core i7 920
Core i7 960 (wife stole my 920 when her's died... 960 was the cheap price point for replacement).

... and at this point, I don't have a reason to upgrade. With 24GB RAM, this machine does pretty much everything I need it to. Even in needing a new lab / dev machine, where I would usually upgrade my desktop, I didn't this time. The AMD FX line has excellent mid-range performance for a fraction of the cost of going with Intel. For just under $200 USD I had a full system (mobo, processor, ram, case, power supply, but no storage) with an average performance rating higher than my i7 960.
 
athlon something at 600 mhz
barton at 3200 mhz
i7 930 at 4ghz


its gonna be a long time until i upgrade :(
 
Ocean said:
athlon something at 600 mhz
barton at 3200 mhz
i7 930 at 4ghz


its gonna be a long time until i upgrade :(
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That's funny, I had an Athlon XP 3200+ and jumped to an i7 930 which ironically enough have overclocked to 4.0 GHz as well.

And I, like you, plan to wait a while before I upgrade as well. The only reason I would is to drop my 930 into something else, because I'm quite pleased with it.
 
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
AMD Athlon X2 4400+
Intel Q9550

Don't plan on upgrading until the next generation of Intel's come out since I'm content with the performance the Q9550 offers when paired with a SSD.
 
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