I've been through 28 cpu's in the past 10 years. Y tu?

[ttn1]

OK if memory serves, starting in 1987:

Timex Sinclair 1000 3.25 Mhz
Apple IIc
IBM XT 8Mhz?
286 25Mhz - It only cost an extra $400 to add Math Coprocessor and 4 MB of RAM
386DX 33Mhz
486DX4 - 100Mhz
AMD 586DX4 133Mhz
K6 200Mhz
K6-2 300Mhz
K6-2 350Mhz still in use as web/mail/file server
Celeron 300A@450Mhz still in use as workstation
K6-2 500Mhz still in use as mp3/file/LTSP server
K6-3 400Mhz downstairs workstation
2 - MediaGX 180Mhz one used as cable modem router and another is an LTSP workstation
Winchip2 200Mhz Iopener
K6-2+ 450Mhz LTSP workstation
BP6 Dual Celeron 366Mhz@500Mhz Main workstation

I don't plan on buying anything more until I truly have a need for it. I have been holding out since the BP6.

That's only 19 CPUs in 15 years, I guess I'm not truly an Anandtecher.

 

[blakeatwork]

Mmm...

Timex ( not sure what model)
Apple II
286 around 5-8 mHz I think
386 - 25Mhz
POS 486 (that was a lemon)
P133
PII 300
PII 450
P!!! 500 (currently in wifey's PC)
Athlon 1000 (current)

 

[erub]

386 (SX?) 25 MHz
486 33 MHz
P200 MMX
Athlon 650
P3 930

I guess I'm running behind...5 CPU's in 10 years.

 

[NetworkDad]

80286 XT 8 Mhz with option turbo button to 12 Mhz
80386 SX @ 25 Mhz
80486 @ 50 mhz
p-1 100
p2 300
K6-333
Celery 500
Duron 850

 

[CraigRT]

hm, lemme see.

286 8MHz
486 DX 33MHz
Pentium 166
Pentium 200MMX
K6-2 450
Celeron 500
PIII 700
PIII 700@933 when i got a good overclockers board
AMD Athlon 1333
AMD Athlon XP 1800+

Those are just the CPU's that have been in my "main" rig.

other CPU's i have had in my house: PIII 450, PII 400, K6-2 550

 

[Blayze]

Ive been through


P75
P200MMX
Pentium Pro 200
Celeron 300a, 466, 633
K62 350 (mobile)
Athlon 800

 

[gogeeta13]

8088
486sx
p75
p133
p166
p2-333
p3-500
duron 700
duron 800
tbird 1000
xp1600

edit: that is for a main rig. my other rigs expirienced celerons and other p3s and shtuff

 

[Rallispec]

386
2 486's
macintosh 33mhz performa
macintosh 90mhz powerpc
p133
p3 500
p4 1.4ghz
celeron 700mhz


in the past 10 years.

 

[MustPost]

about 6 or 7 CPUs in 5 computers in the last 10 years. This is a virtual boom of computers compared to the 8088 to 80486 jump.

 

[JC]

Let's see...
Z80 (Timex-Sinclair 1000)
8088
486SX/33
Cyrix 5x86-120
AMD 5x86-133
K6-300
K6-2/500
Duron 600@900 (Compuwiz special)
Athlon 1200
Athlon 1400 (present system)

....plus many P1s, other K6-2s that have just kinda passed thru here, not my main system.

 

[Viper GTS]

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<< and a piece of $hit 950 thunderbird. ( i will never ever buy amd again) (Cybergenie Server) >>



I swore pretty much the same thing after my first TBird experiences.

The Tiger MP was enough to make me try again, & I haven't regretted it for an instance. The problem is chipset support, not the CPUs themselves. Stick with good chipsets, & you'll be fine.

Viper GTS >>



i agree with that the chip probably has no problems, its all the crap motherboard s out there, and as far as chipsets go everybody and their mother has their opinion on good athlon chipsets, if you pick one and it doesnt work they will come back and sayy ohhh that was a bad chipset you should have gotten this, or make ridicoulous claims like i dont know, my "same chipset" has been running for the last 3 years with no reboots.


My dually P3 has the best motherboard ive seen, the serverworks chipset is awsome. My p4 has a refrence intel board in it, it works but is nothing special. >>



If you're willing to give AMD another shot, the AMD chipsets are rock solid. Not the absolute fastest available, but rock solid - which to me is more important. My Tiger MP has been more stable than my BX system. That says a lot to me.

Viper GTS

 

[pulse8]

386 16Mhz
486 33Mhz
One of those Cyrix chips
Pentium 166
AMD K6-2 300
AMD K6-2 475
Pentium 3 FCPGA 600@800
Pentium 4 1.6A@2.4

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

For as long as I can remember, i've had a computer.

Apple IIGS@ Who knows, maybe 5mhz lol
486DX
P2@233
Celeron@333
PIII@766
Somethin@1.4Ghz (too lazy to check)

That is 6 in 18 years of my life.

 

[mchammer187]

386 DX
Celeron 266
Athlon Classic 800mhz
Athlon XP 1700+
Northwood 1.8A

 

[PsychoAndy]

sysytems i've had:

66 MHz 486 (Thats PRE-Pentium 1. Got it 2 weeks before P1 debut)
233 k-6 AKA: biggest POS on the planet, gave up on amd and bought....
733 p3. been happy ever since

 

[TallBill]

386, 486, 2 p75's, 1 p133, 1 p233, 1 p2-300, 1 k6-2 400, 1 k62 550, 1 duron 800, 1 duron 1200, 1 athlonxp1600, 1 athlonxp 1800

so... 13 total..

 

[Frosty3799]

pentium 100
pentium 2 400
k6-2 400
athlon 900
slot athlon 500
slot athlon 600
duron 700
duron 750
t-bird 900 (socket)
t-bird 1.4
XP1600+
currently looking into a p4 1.8a

thats... 11, and going on 12 within the past... 7 years

 

[TerryMathews]

Let me see if I can come up with a complete list here... This is in chronological order from when I owned it, not order they came out in.

M68020/16MHz (Mac LC)
i486dx/33MHz
M68030/25MHz (Mac LCIII)
i486dx4/100MHz
P200MMX (430TX Abit PX5, man am I still fond of that one...)
PPro 180 (Still in use as a NAT+Firewall, IMAP mail server, and SAMBA file/print server under Linux Mandrake 8.1)
K6-2 400MHz (Installed in the Abit PX5 using the 2x=6x multiplier remap trick)
K6-2 400MHz (This time in an ASUS P5A)
Dual P3-500MHz Katmai cores (Tyan Tiger 100 mobo-440BX)
AMD Athlon 500MHz (MSI MS-6167-great mobo still using this combo to this day)
AMD Athlon 500MHz (MSI MS-6167-why argue with success... Using a GFD, this chip is STILL running 100% stable at 700MHz STILL USING THE 1/2 cache multiplier.)
2 computers using Intel Celeron 400MHz (Intel 440LX mobo)-later upgraded to 533MHz then sold
2xIntel P2 overdrive 333MHz @ 350MHz each (PPro SMP mobo, only supported EDO RAM, but was still a great combo)
2xSMP Celeron 533 (Abit BP6, man was I glad when I got rid of that POS... It was nothing but trouble)
AMD Athlon 600MHz (MSI MS-6167-can you detect a trend?)
Intel P3-600MHz @ 800MHz Coppermine core (VIA 133MHz chipset)
Intel P3-600MHz @ 800MHz Coppermine core (MSI BXMaster)
AMD Thunderbird Slot-A 700MHz @ 850MHz (ASUS K7M-got it on a trade here. Nice mobo and proc combo, still using in Linux to this day with a GF2MX)
IBM PowerPC G3 400MHz 1MB cache @ 476MHz (Apple PowerMac 9500-great PCI PowerMac)
AMD Thunderbird Socket-A 1400MHz @ 1500MHz (ASUS A7V133-my main combo)
M68040/33MHz (Apple Quadra 950)
PowerPC601/66MHz (Apple Quadra 950 with PowerPC Upgrade card)

I'm missing stuff that I can't remember time frames on here. For exampe, StrongARM 206MHz in an iPaq, whatever proc is in an Apple IIgs, my TiVo, etc. Also doesn't include machines that I am not proud of even though they serve a useful purpose like Apple PowerMac 5200/75MHz, the worst designed PowerMac ever.

 

[MikeO]

I've only been through 5:

486 >> Pentium 90mhz >> Pentium 200mhz >> PentiumII 350mhz >> Athlon T-Bird 900mhz

My next upgrade is going to be Athlon XP1800+

 

[chiwawa626]

486 50mhz >> cyrix 133 >> p3 450 >> tbird 900 >> Wont upgrade till my system is minimum specs for something lol