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What has been you guys CPU upgrade path?

M

MountainKing

Senior member
Well here is mine.
1993: 486sx 33, 4 mb ram 170mb Hdd.
1996: Cyrix 166+ 8 mb ram 4.2GB Hdd.
2000: Pentium III 1ghz 256MB ram 30GB HDD.
2006: Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB RAM, 250gb Hdd.

I want to hear about you guys. Hehe
 
1996: Some Pentium I cant remember the name, with on board s3 Virge gfx, 2 GB hdd, have it in a box...looked for it... cant find it🙁

2001: Pentium III 766mgz 128gbs ram 20gb hdd

2006 or 2007:AMD Athlon 5600+ Brisbane 90nm 3GB ram 500gb hdd

2008: Core 2 Quad 9550 4GB ram 500gb Hdd.
 
1998: Celeron 333MHz, 64MB ram, 6.4GB HDD.

1999: Pentium III 500MHz, 128MB ram, 8.4GB HDD.

2001: Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz, 256MB ram, 20GB HDD.

2003: Pentium 4 Northwood 2400MHz, 1024MB ram, can't recall HDD size.

2009: Core 2 Duo E7400 2800MHz, 4GB ram, ~500GB diskspace.

2011: Core i7 2600K 3400MHz, 8GB ram, 167GB SSD + 2TB HDD.
 
1996 Intel 486DX4 100MHz 16MB RAM w/ Vesa Local Bus Hercules Graphite Terminator
1998 AMD K6-2 350MHz w/ 32MB PC100 SDRAM w/ 16MB Rendition Verite PCI graphics card
2000 ASUS CUBX Intel Pentium 3 700 MHz w/ 256MB PC133 SDRAM Win 98SE / 2000 Pro G400
2002 AMD Athlon XP 2100+ w/ ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe w/ 2 x 256MB = 512MB DDR Dual Chan
2007 Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 w/ ASUS P5N32-E SLI nForce 680i 2x512MB = 1GB DDR2 DRAM
2010 Intel Core 2 DUO E8400 w/ ASUS Striker II Extreme nForce 790i 2 x 1 GB DDR3 = 2GB
2012 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2 x 2 GB DDR3 1600MHz on above same motherboard
 
1997: Intel 486DX
2001: Intel Pentium 3 Celeron 1.1Ghz
2004: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.2Ghz
2008: Intel Pentium E2180 2.0Ghz
2009: Intel Q6600 G0 2.4Ghz
2010: Intel Q8200 2.5Ghz
2011: Intel Core i5 2500 3.3Ghz
 
Pentium 75 - late 1994 / early 1995
Pentium 200 - around 1996
Pentium III 450 - around 1998/1999
AMD 900 k7 - around 2003
AMD athlon 3200+ - around 2007
AMD athlon II X4 620 - around 2009
 
Intel

1999: Pentium II 400MHz
2001: Pentium III 600MHz
2002: Celeron 1.6
2004: Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood
2006: Pentium D 915
2002-2007: Pentium D 945
2008: Core 2 Duo E4500
2009: Core 2 Duo E6550

AMD

2005: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
2006: Athlon 64 X2 5800+
2008: Phenom X3
2009: Athlon II 240
2009-2010: Phenom II X2 555 BE
2010: Phenom II 940
2012-2013: FX 4100
2013: FX 8320
 
I can't remember the years anymore but:

Pentium III 500mhz - First PC and last pre-built system
AMD Athlon(Thunderbird) 1ghz
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83ghz
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55(ClawHammer) 2.6ghz
AMD Opteron 165 1.8ghz - First multi-core cpu
AMD Phenom II x2 555 BE 3.2hgz - Current PC
 
1997?: Pentium 133MHz
1998?: Pentium 166MMX*
1999: New build, Celeron 300A @ 450MHz
2000: Pentium III-550*
2002: New build, Athlon XP 1800+ 1.5GHz
2004: Athlon XP 2500+ 1.8GHz
2008: Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2GHz*
2010: New build, Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz
2011: Phenom II X4 960T @ X6 (current)*

* - bargain upgrades
 
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Pentium 150mhz
Pentium II 350 mhz
Athlon 800mhz
Athlon 1700+
Athlon 3500+
Athlon X2 3800+
Core 2 Quad 6600 at 3ghz - first real overclock on my main machine
Core i5 2500K at 4.4ghz

I've built a lot of other computers but these were my daily machines.
 
These are my builds - My first PC was a 386 33Mhz with EGA graphics.

Duron 1ghz
Athlon XP 2500+
Athlon 64 4000+
Athlon 64 X2 4200 @ 2.7Ghz
Pentium dual-core e2180 @ 3.2Ghz
Core 2 Duo 6750 @ 3.6Ghz
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz
Phenom II 925 @ 3.6Ghz
Athlon X2 BE-2350
Athlon II X2 240e
Athlon II X3 445
Phenom II 960T @ 4.0Ghz
Phenom II 1035T
Core i5 3570K @ 4.8Ghz
 
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8086, bout all I remember from that one. Got it from a garage sale for $125 w/monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Told my parents I knew what I was doing, I didn't have damn clue at the time.
386 4mb RAM
486 8mb RAM?
Pentium 100mhz/133mhz 16mb/32mb RAM (upgrades ftw)
Pentium II 233mhz OC'd to 266mhz 64mb then upgraded to 128mb RAM
Celeron 667mhz with 256mb then 512mb RAM
Pentium III 866, went into the Celeron computer just above as an upgrade, then to 1gb RAM
Pentium 4 2.8ghz (iirc?) 2gb RAM
Pentium Dual Core E6300 2.8ghz 4gb RAM P5Q-E Motherboard
C2D E8400 OC'd to 3.6ghz 4gb RAM P5Q-E Motherboard
C2Q Q6600 OC'd to 3.6ghz 4gb RAM P5Q-E Motherboard
i7 920 OC'd to 3.6ghz 6gb RAM AsRock x58 Supercomputer Motherboard

And that's all she wrote, I didn't include all the "extra" systems I've had throughout the years ranging from (and usually multiple of each at some point) Pentium 4's to Athlon XP's to Athlon 64 X2's to Via's to Cyrix's and more I know I'm forgetting.

Jeez, when I write it all down, I've gone through a lot of computer hardware in ~13 years, and I'm only 26!
 
I remember upgrading a Gateway 2000 with an Intel 386DX33 with an AMD 386-40. WOW how times have changed!
 
ohhhhh cripes... I guess I should keep it to my main gaming box for this one.
{pre IBM compatible non x86 not listed but were part of my computers list}
8088ST@12MHz
386DX25 with mathco
386SX40
486DX33@40
486DX133 (first brand new pc ever, built it myself, previous were all used)
pentium 75 (wish I had kept the 486, it was faster)
pentium 166 mmx @ 200
K6-2 500
duron 600 socket a spitfire alu interconnect @ 952MHz
duron 800 applebred @ 1GHz
thunderbird axia 1GHz @ 1333 (couldnt quite handle 1400)
xp barton 2400+@3200+ (forgot actual MHz values, sorry)
athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2GHz
core2 duo conroe e1500/2.2GHz @ 3GHz (have screenie of that one!) http://foxtecha.com/pics/SLAQZ_3GHz_prime-stable.jpg
core 2 duo wolfdale e3200/2.4GHz @ 3.5GHz default volts http://foxtecha.com/pics/GPUfahCPUuse.jpg
core 2 quad Q6600 2.4GHz @ 3GHz
phenom II thuban/zosma x6 (unlocked x4) 3GHz @ 3.4GHz http://foxtecha.com/pics/screenshots/screenshot-tifa-1-7-2012.jpg

I honestly can't remember a few more, they were in there somewhere but I don't know where exactly, besides knowing for sure they were before the a64 x2...
 
Intel Pentium II 233 mhz
AMD Thunderbird 700 mhz
AMD Barton 2500+
Intel C2D E6400
Intel i7 860
Intel i5 3570K

Been a bit more of an upgrade junkie recently, it seems.
 
I can't remember some of the years, but here goes.

286
386
486DX66
586-133
AMD PR100 then chip swapped for a 166MMX Later Overclocked to 200MHz
PII333 Cover one pin and it ran at 100MHz Bus.
PIII900 @1.3GHz I had a second identical PC I used for recording.
P4 2.4C @3.3GHz then chip swapped for a 3.4EE @3.7GHz
E8400@4.0GHz
 
Pentium 133
Pentium II 333
PIII 733
Athlon 1333
P4 2.8
AMD3800+
Core Duo T2250
Q9550
i3-2100
i7-2700k

Still run last 4.
 
P2 powned had mine 450Mhz OCed to 504Mhz But then UT99 would crash. I hit up Mark Rein and he actually responded twice. I was blaming the UT engine fudging up.....lolol

Also Praise to anyone who got the 1997 Hercules worlds first 2D and 3D card. Then Riva TNT , voodoo 3 ,,,,, old geforce..
 
Had a couple Pentiums...a II, III and IV but dont remember the years. I think like a 266MHz Pentium II, then a 1GHz P3, and a IV GHz P4.
2007 - E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo / EVGA 7900GS
2009 - E6850 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo / EVGA 7900GS then a PNY GTX 550 ti
2011 - Intel i5 2500k / Asus HD6850
2012 - Intel i5 3450S (HTPC) and Sapphire HD6670 1GB GDDR5 / Intel Xeon E3 1230v2 (WS) and EVGA GTX 660 2GB
2013 - Intel i5 3350p (HTPC) and EVGA GTX 650 ti 2GB SSC / Intel i7 3770k (gaming computer) 2x Asus GTX 660 ti, still have the Xeon in a WS but with a gigabyte GeForce 210.
 
199x - 486sx 25mhz
1997? - Pentium II 333mhz
2000? - Pentium 4 1.7ghz
2003? - Athlon 64 3200+
2005? - Opteron 170 2.0ghz (athlon x2 basically)
2007 - C2D T7100
2010 - i7 920
2012 - i5 2500k
2012 - i7 2600k
2013 - i7 3930k
 
Recent to as far as I can remember

2x i7 920 rigs (one for gaming, other daily/main)
Q9650x2 (one for the gaming rig, the other was installed later after the main rig was upgraded and I never overclocked it)
Q9550 was the second chip in the gaming rig after the Q9650 (thought i burnt it up but later found out it was something overlooked)
FX60 (gamer)
170 Opteron (gamer)
P4 Northwood (428 socket Rambus system)
P4 Northwood
P4 423 socket 1.3Ghz 2001

EDIT: "EEEEEEH YOUUUU GUUUY" - Sloth, The Goonies
 
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286 8MHz, 12MHz Turbo, 40MB HDD
386 SX 25 + Soundblaster Pro + 1-Speed CD-ROM = awesome!
386 DX 40 (my first AMD) (8MB RAM - my first upgrade)
Pentium 75
166 MMX
233 MMX
Celeron 433@541
2x Celeron 433@488
TB 1.4GHz
1600+
1800+
2200+
2800+
Q9300
i5-2500k
 
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198x - Zilog Z80A (in a Timex Sinclare 2068!!)
198x - 80386DX 16Mhz (with 80387 Math coprocessor and 4MB ram, eventually)
1995? - Pentium 90
1996? - Cyrix 6x86 PR166+
1999 - P3-450 (later regretted not building a dual Celeron 366 o/c'ed to 550 on a BP-6 motherboard!)
2001 - P3-733 (Weird Slot 1 version. Normally this was a Socket 370 part.)
2004? - Dual Athlon MP 1800(?)
2005? - Opteron 165 (1.8 Ghz)
2007 - C2D 7100 (1.8Ghz)
2009 - i7 920 (2.6Ghz)
2009 - Athlon II x4 620 (2.6 Ghz)
 
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