Your CPU progression

i love these threads, oh the memories. This is what i can remember, there might be some I forgot.

Pentium 100mhz
Pentium Pro 166mhz (still have)
Pentium 2 233mhz
Pentium 3 500mhz
Pentium 3 500mhz (still have)
P4 1.7ghz (willy) (still have)
P4 2.4b
P4 2.66
P4 2.4b (C1 stepping :cool:)
P4 2.4c
P4 2.4c (died - oc'd to 3.6ghz, gave it to my brother, he killed it :( )
Athlon XP 2100+
Athlon XP-M 2400+
Athlon XP-M 2600+
Athlon XP-M 2400+ (still have)
A64 3800+ (Single core)
A64 3200+
A64 3700+ (s939)
Opteron 146
Pentium D 805 (still have)
C2D e6600
C2D e2140 (still have)
C2D e6600
C2D e8400 (still have)
Core i7 920
 
AMD Athlon 2500+
Core 2 Quad Q6600

Not as [H] as the rest of you guys :p
 
Intel Pentium 66 MHz
Intel Pentium 100 MHz
AMD Athlon 700 MHz
AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
AMD Opteron64 170
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Intel Xeon X3210
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500... with no plans on any upgrades... I've built through several 775 machines and experimented with a lot of those different CPU's just for fun.
 
Intel 386DX 33 MHz
Intel Pentium 166 MHz
AMD K6-2-300 MHz
Intel Pentium III 450 @ 616 MHz
Intel Pentium 4 2.4c @ 3 GHz (current)
 
Nobody has a DEC Alpha huh? MS even made a special 64-bit version of Windows 2000 for it. Still the fastest from 20 yrs ago.
 
386/33 2MB RAM
Pentium 90
Penitum II 300
AMD Athlon 650
AMD T-Bird ~900
AMD T-Bird 1.2 Ghz
AMD Athlon XP 2000
AMD XP 2500 Barton
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Core 2 Duo E6600
Core 2 Quad Q6600(current)
AMD Phenom II X3 720(2nd PC)
 
Main PC Progression since I started building my own.
Cyrix 166
AMD 233
AMD K6/2 350
Celeron 366
P3 450
P3 650
P3 750
AMD Tbird 1ghz
AMD MP 1600+ (x2)
P4 2.4
P4 2.8
P4 3.0
X2 3800+
C2D 2.13ghz
i7 920

I don't even know what other various CPUs I've owned. There have been a lot.
 
reb00tin said:
Nobody has a DEC Alpha huh? MS even made a special 64-bit version of Windows 2000 for it. Still the fastest from 20 yrs ago.
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Not for personal use. I had several Alphas over the years in my office when I worked for DEC but I don't recall any of them running Windows (all Digital Unix/Tru64). The last one was an EV6 and it was a nice machine.
 
286
486sx
pentium 133
celeron 300(I think, never ran it at stock so I don't remember)
pentium 3 1ghz
p4 2.4
p4 2.4c (traded it for the other p4 and a couple bucks)
edit: P4 2.6 (gave it to my brother he still uses it)
C2D E6600 (current)
Q6700 (pending trade with a friend)

There were a few Tandys, Apples, and old pentium pros along the way that I got for free and messed with once I had the P4.
 
Apple IIe
Amiga 2000
Pentium 60
Penitum 166
Pentium II 450
Pentium III 600
Athlon XP 2200+
Athlon XP 3000+ (or something like that)
C2D E6600 (WOOT! (HOLY SHIT! Goodbye AMD)) 3.6 Air
C2D E8400 4.0 Air (still own)
C2D E8600 4.4 Air (still own)
i7 920 4.0 Air (still own)
I've built well over 100 PCs for people of varying types....
Future? Pretty much set for a while....
 
From memory on my home machines:

Pentium Pro
Pentium II 233
AMD Thunderbird @ 800mhz
AMD Athlon XP 1600
AMD Athlon XP 2000
AMD Athlon XP 2700
AMD Athlon XP 3200
AMD X2 3800+ @ 2.4 ghz
Core 2 Duo e6750 @ 3.4 ghz
Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 4.2 ghz
 
No-name 286
No-name 386
Pentium 100 Mhz
Celeron 500 Mhz
Athlon Thunderbird 1.0 Ghz
Athlon Thunderbird 1.33 Ghz
Pentium 4 2.53 Ghz
Core2Duo e6300 @ 3.2 Ghz
Core2Duo e8400/Xeon X3110 @ 3.6 Ghz
Core2Duo T9400 Laptop
 
Intel Pentium 100MHz
Intel Pentium II 266MHz
AMD Athlon K7 500MHz
AMD Athlon K7 900MHz
AMD Athlon K7 850MHz (My CPUs kept dying, so I switched back to Intel)
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz
AMD Athlon X2 3800
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

I don't seem to upgrade as much as I do with video cards. I've upgraded to every generation of GeForce cards that came out from GeForce 256 DDR to the 8800GT. Also had Voodoo2, Voodoo3 and Voodoo5. ATI 9700, X1900,

Most unsatisfying piece of hardware acquired:
-AMD K7 500MHz, X2 3800
-GeForce 266 DDR, 2, 3, 6800GT, 7800GTs (SLi)
-ATI 9700, X1900

Most satisfying hardware acquired:
-Intel Pentium II 266MHz, E6600
-3dfx Voodoo2, Voodoo3, Voodoo5
-GeForce Ti4200, 8800GT
 
intel 486 dx2 33mhz
intel p1 200mhz
intel p2 450mhz
intel p3 800mhz
amd xp 2100+
intel 2.4d
amd opteron 165
intel xeon 3210
intel e8400
intel q9550
 
Intel Penium 75MHz
Intel Pentium III 500MHz Katami core (slot 1)
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1GHz AXIA core, Max OC to 1.5 but usually stable at 1.33 with the Infamous Thermoengine
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8GHz w/ HT
Intel Pentium XE Dual Core 3.2GHz w/ HT
AMD Athlon X2 4400+
Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6600 2.4GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz @ 4.0GHz w00t

Video Cards other than Onboard when I didnt know any better:
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16MB. First video card.... Amazing
Voodoo 3 3500 AGP 16MB.
ATi Radeon 64MB
GeForce 2 ULTRA 64MB
GeForce 3 Ti 500
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9700 Pro
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce GTX 285 x2

Best Upgrades for me was in 1999 when I got the Pentium III 500MHz.... comming from the Pentium 75MHz... And the Radeon 9700 Pro in 2002 (Best Video Card for its time)
 
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Let's see if I can remember ......

Commodore 64
Intel 486 SX SX = sucks lol Packard Hell PC one of only 2 OEM machines I ever owned beside the Commodore 64.
Intel Pentium 75 MHZ
AMD 233 K6
AMD 333 K6-2
AMD Athlon 700 MHZ
AMD Athlon 800 MHZ
AMD Athlon 1000 MHZ @ 1200 MHZ via Golden Fingers addon.
Gateway PC that had an Athlon 1200 when I worked for them. Employee Purchase for cheap thing they had back in the day
AMD Athlon XP 1400
AMD Athlon XP 1700 @ 2.3 GHZ First killer overclocker.
AMD Athlon XP 2000
AMD Athlon Mobile Barton 2600
AMD Athlon 64 3200
AMD Athlon 64 3700
AMD Athlon 64 4000
AMD Athlon FX 55
Intel 920 Pentium D @ 4.0 GHZ another killer Overclocker.
Intel Core 2 Duo E-6750 @ 3.7 GHZ
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 @ 3.6 GHZ
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8 GHZ

Think this is acurate but not 100 % on some of the earlier Athlon series
 
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100 pentium -128mb ram/win 95
400 pentiumII- 384 mb ram/win 98se
sempron 2800 socket A - 1gb ram / XP
2.8/800 pentium4 Socket 478 - seemed slower than the sempron - 1gb ram /XP:(
E6400 conroe - 2gb ram / XP
Q6600 -4gb ram / XP

This is for our main computer...
 
Pentium 100Mhz
Pentium II 233Mhz (@283)
Celeron A 366Mhz (@583 or so)
AthlonXP 1.4Ghz
AthlonXP 2.0Ghz
AthlonXP-M 2.0Ghz (@2.5Ghz - my favorite, R.I.P.)
Athlon64 2.0Ghz
Athlon64 2.4Ghz
Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz (@3.0Ghz)
 
Looking back, I always seem to get through 2 processors for every motherboard I own.

Motorola 68020 (Amiga 1200)
-> Motorola 68030 + FPU Upgrade
-> Motorola 68040 + Power PC 603e Upgrade - Probably the worst value cpu I ever bought considering how much it cost and how much use I got from it.

I was a real Amiga zealot, Mac fanboys had nothing on me. Finally gave in and got a second hand PC with the intention of working from home (lol, that didn't last, it had half-life already installed)
AMD K6-II 300 MHz
-> AMD K6-II 550 MHz Upgrade (@500 MHz, because that's all the board would do.)

AMD Duron 800
-> AMD Duron 1.3 GHz Upgrade (Still in semi-use as the 'spare' machine at my parents)

AMD Athlon XP-1700
-> AMD Athlon XP- 2400 Upgrade (Still in use by my parents)

AMD Athlon 64 - 3200 (Winchester core, was a good overclocker)
-> AMD Athlon X2-4200 Upgrade (In bits after I grabbed the GFX card and drives for the i7, probably going to my sister)

Intel Core i7 920
-> Hopefully there will be an affordable replacement for this socket in 2-3 years


Over the same period I've also gone through various Intel chips at work, 200 MHz, 350, 800 1.8 GHz and my current P4 3.4 GHz space heater / CAD machine.
 
can't recall,
lets see
amd athlon 3700+ san deigo
opteron 165
opteron 170
opteron 175
e6600
q6600
i7 920
 
hmmmm....

386SX 25
486 DX4-100
Pentium 233MMX
overclocked to 266 for a few years
AMD Thunderbird 1.2
Athlon XP 2700+(?)
and my current (aged) Athlon XP 3200+

oh, except can't forget an old Celeron 800 or something I got to build when in college, and a dual Pentium Pro 200 that still runs.
 
- Some 386 don't remember exactly
- Pentium 233 MMX
- Pentium 2 266MHz
- AMD K6-2 400Mhz
- Pentium 3 524Mhz
-->Pentium 3 6xxMhz
- Dual Pentium 3 1Ghz
- Dual Pentium 3 1.26 Ghz
- AMD Sempron 3000+(socket 754)
- Pentium 4 3.0Ghz

I think I had some more P2/3 era chips but they weren't run long.

Almost forgot my laptops:
-again don't remember what 386, but I still have it around here somewhere
- Pentium 133 Mhz
- Pentium 300 Mhz
- Pentium 5xx Mhz
- Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz
- Pentium M 1.73 Ghz
- Core 2 Duo T5550
- Intel Atom 1.6Ghz
 
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p4 2.2ghz no HT
p4 3.0ghz HT
intel c2d e6300
intel c2d e7200
intel core i7 920

on the side:
intel celeron m 520
intel core duo t2300e
intel core duo 2500
intel pentium dual core e2180
AMD am2 4800+
 
some p1 desktop
some p1 laptop
p2 233mhz
p3 500 something mhz
(the preceding were handed down to me)
p4 2.4ghz
amd athlon 3500+
intel conroe e6600 2.4ghz
intel core i7 2.66ghz
 
(not including "family computers"):

Main Desktop PC:
Celeron 366 (Socket 370)
AMD Duron 700 (Socket A)
AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz (Socket A)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Socket A)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Socket 939)
AMD Phenom X4 9500 (Socket AM2+)
(next probably Core i5 or Phenom 2 X4 Black)

Server:
Celeron 366 (see above)
VIA C3 933MHz
Intel Celeron (P4) 2.53GHz
(next probably Phenom X4 9500 from above)
 
My list:

PII 200 MHz (MMX) 32MB EDO
PIII 300 MHz (Slot1) 96MB EDO
PIII 600 MHz (Coppermine) 256MB SDRAM
PIV 1500 MHz (Willma/Rambus) 512MB RDRAM PC800 (wicked memory!)
PIV 2.0 GHz (Northwood) 1GB DDR-400
PIV 3.0 GHz (Northwood) 2GB DDR-667
PIV 3.4 GHz (Prescott) 2GB DDR2-667
Core2 3.0GHz E8400 (Wolfdale) 4GB DDR2-800

Never built anything AMD, Intel fan-boy here!
 
Pentium 2 - 350mhz
Pentium Celeron - 600 mhz
Pentium 3 - 800mhz <--- Still use it sometimes lol
Pentuim 4 - 1.6ghz
Pentium 4 - 2.66 <-- Just sold that computer 2 days ago :( it was good to me
Pentium Centrino - 2 ghz (laptop)
i7 920 - 3.33ghz...gonna increase more once i blow $320 on water cooling lol

So yea, skipped the duo generation.
 
Desktops
386 - 13Mhz
Pentium - 75Mhz
Pentium II - 450 Mhz
G5 - 2.4 Ghz
e4300
q6600

Notebooks
Pentium IIIM - 750Mhz
Turion 64 - 2.2Ghz
P8400 - 2.26Ghz
 
Oh good lord...this should be fun.

486DX4 100
Cyrix M2
Pentium 3 100
AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+
Pentium 4 521
Pentium D 920
C2D E4300
C2D E6550
C2Q Q6600
Phenom X4 9850
Phenom II X4 940
C2D E8400
C2Q Q9650

Not sure what's next....will be a while though. Went through quite a few different CPU's in the past couple years. That won't be the case these next couple.
 
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon 64 3000+
Core 2 Duo E6750
Core i7 860 (Current desktop)

But I've owned a ton of Macs... More or less in chronological order, some overlap for some products.
Mac Classic B&W
Power Macintosh 6100/60
Performa 6400/60
Power Macintosh G3 266
Power Macintosh G4 'quicksilver' dual 800 Geforce
Power Macintosh G4 'mirrored drive doors' dual 867
PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz
MacBook Pro 15" Core Duo 1.83GHz
Mac mini Core Duo 1.67GHz (Current HTPC)
MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz
MacBook Pro 13" Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz (Current laptop)
 
off the top of my head here....

started with a 486dx
Pentium 133mhz
Pentium 166mhz
Pentium II 233mhz
Dual Celeron 300mhz
Pentium III 1ghz
Dual Pentium III 1ghz
Pentium 4 1.7ghz
Pentium 4 2ghz
Sempron 3000+
Pentium 4 2.8ghz
Sempron64 3400+
x2 3800+
back to sempron 3400+
now X2 240 @ 3.5ghz
 
8088 4.7mhz
Pentium 75 mhz
Pentium 233 mhz
Athlon 750
Athlon XP 1800
Athlon 64 3500
Athlon X2 4800
Intel Core i7 920
 
Pentium 4 2.8E
Pentium 4 3.2E
Pentium 4 2.4AE
Pentium D 920 2.8GHz @ 4.75
Core i7 920
AMD 7750+ X2 BE

a little odd progression I know, but its price/benefits to me
 
I generally get a whole new computer every 2 years or so. I've been computing for so long I probably forgot something, but here it goes:

Commodore 64 64KBs Ram
286 12mhz 1MB Ram
486 25mhz 8MBs Ram
Pentium 90 I think
Pentium 2 of some kind or another.
Pentium 4 1.3ghz 512MBs Ram
Pentium 4 3.2ghz 2GBs Ram
Core 2 Duo Extreme 2.93Ghz 6GBs Ram
Core i7 965 3.2Ghz 12GBs Ram
 
8088 - 4.77MHz
386sx- 16MHz
486 - 75MHz (laptop)
Pentium II
Celeron 300A (OC'd to 450MHz Thanks OCP!)
Athlon Thunderbird
Pentium 4 1.6, 2.0, 2,4A, 2.66, 3.0 Northwood, 3.0Presscott
Athlon 64 x2 4200
Opteron 170
C2D E2200
C2D E8400
Xeon X3350
Core i7 920
 
I had bought a new CPU and therefore I had to update my post. :)

Intel Core i7 920 (D0 stepping)
 
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