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6 CPUs that are officially too old in 2025

WARburton said:
what came first this or the vic 20? i had the 20
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The VIC 20 did.
It was the fore-runner to the VIC64 whitch obviously became the C64 etc
So called for the dedicated VIC and then later, the SID Chips.

To this day, I still say that the C16 and Plus/4 had the best implimentation of BASIC than ANY other 8 bit EVER!

For what its worth, I was a spoiled git and my uncle was a programmer and he got me heavily into computers... I have owned EVERY Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair, they released, and even a load of others such as the Texas Instrumens, BBC, Acorn, Oric Toshiba, and others, but by far the most fun to program in basic was the Plus/4 and for Assembly, the C64

I still have most of them, and some work, some dont... only last month I was twiddlign about with a C128 as some of them fell in the attic and its broken the Keyboard and I wanted to test it. Some keys are now done in and Im gutted

Also the main Diskdrive for the commodore 8 bits is the 1541 Drive. I have 3 of them still, plus I also have 2 BlueChip Drives, however the Plus/4 could also use a 1551 Drive and while the 1541 was Serial, the 1551 was parallel and it was way quicker to use.
I was surprised they never made it for the C64 as that was by far Commodores most popular 8 bit they did.

Similarly, Sinclair did the QL - Also still got one - That had the WaferDrive... Another genius bit of tech that could have made sinclair better machines.

I can go on, and I usually do, but I will stop there!
 
FatRakoon said:
The VIC 20 did.
It was the fore-runner to the VIC64 whitch obviously became the C64 etc
So called for the dedicated VIC and then later, the SID Chips.

To this day, I still say that the C16 and Plus/4 had the best implimentation of BASIC than ANY other 8 bit EVER!

For what its worth, I was a spoiled git and my uncle was a programmer and he got me heavily into computers... I have owned EVERY Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair, they released, and even a load of others such as the Texas Instrumens, BBC, Acorn, Oric Toshiba, and others, but by far the most fun to program in basic was the Plus/4 and for Assembly, the C64

I still have most of them, and some work, some dont... only last month I was twiddlign about with a C128 as some of them fell in the attic and its broken the Keyboard and I wanted to test it. Some keys are now done in and Im gutted

Also the main Diskdrive for the commodore 8 bits is the 1541 Drive. I have 3 of them still, plus I also have 2 BlueChip Drives, however the Plus/4 could also use a 1551 Drive and while the 1541 was Serial, the 1551 was parallel and it was way quicker to use.
I was surprised they never made it for the C64 as that was by far Commodores most popular 8 bit they did.

Similarly, Sinclair did the QL - Also still got one - That had the WaferDrive... Another genius bit of tech that could have made sinclair better machines.

I can go on, and I usually do, but I will stop there!
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i loved me vic20, i'm kind of mad i got rid of it in my 20's,
when i moved house my mum made me clean the loft out.

i sold an atari 2600, atari 7800 and my vic20 for next to nothing not knowing what they was worth
 
I have: 5930K (x99), 2500K(M18X laptop version), 3900X, 7950X and intel mac mini(2014 dual core). All work fine for general web stuff. Most gamers would be fine with a 3900X and it would still be good for multi-core work. PC reviewers and sites are out of touch with what most users use.
 
My 4-year-old 12700K is still chugging along nicely. Most so-called ‘too old’ CPUs probably are too—it’s like phones being declared obsolete just to push new ones. You worked ~100 hours to afford this—totally worth it! Sure, the new CPU is more than you’ll ever need, but the company needs your money badly… CEO superyacht, anyone?
Don’t forget the PSU, Memory, Motherboard, and everything else upgrade too! You’ve earned it—probably 100–200 hours of hard graft for a 1–2k purchase… and you still need a GPU. Minimum 200 hours at work, folks.
Ponder that the next time you’re hard at work. Even for high earners it might only be 32–64 hours—but it still puts things in perspective when time is now worth more than money.
 
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mickyflinn said:
Interesting article but don't agree with writer , see what you guys think of his list and reasoning..

Quick list but please read the article for more in depth explanation.

www.xda-developers.com

6 CPUs that are officially too old in 2025

It might be the end of the line for your trusty ol' CPU
www.xda-developers.com www.xda-developers.com

Productivity CPU's

Ryzen 9 3900X slow productivity


Intel Core i9-11900K slower in productivity workloads Despite being the newer than the 10900k.


Gaming CPU'S

Intel Core i5-9600K Despite being a capable CPU even in 2025, it struggles to provide an enjoyable gaming experience in some newer titles.


Core i5-10400F time to start looking for an upgrade, especially if you're already running a newer graphics card.


Ryzen 5 3600 you can almost double your FPS by jumping to the Ryzen 5 7600 or Ryzen 5 7600X
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Terrible AI list
 
Oh well, I have a 3900x luckily most of the AAA games that require anything decent are **** so I don’t need to worry about upgrading. Same applies for my graphic card.
 
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TonTom said:
Oh well, I have a 3900x luckily most of the AAA games that require anything decent are **** so I don’t need to worry about upgrading. Same applies for my graphic card.
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the guy nextdoor to me as a 3700x and a 9070xt @ 1440p he's not yet found a reason to upgrade cpu's
 
I think perhaps my old Celeron from 2007 might struggle with some games today. So that can definitely be included on the list in the OP.
 
My i5 2500k build from 2011 with a GTX 980 from 2014 is still in use at my mothers house. Does the job and even still plays a few games for the kids, smashes stuff like Roblox and Lego games.
 
What a load of rubbish, I'm still running a 4790k and recently upgraded to Windows 11. I can still run all the programs and game I want to, although some of them do run slower and at less FPS than far newer systems.
 
Ridiculous article, if it works it's fine. More and more of these "opinion pieces" that seem to be "really ill-informed opinion pieces" cropping up on some of the tech sites in the last few months...
 
As other have said, it's a stupid list.

It's all down to use, the Z80 CPU fitted in the Spectrum (and many other 80s systems) only went out of production last year. While it hadn't been used in a mainstream computer for decades, it was still used in many devices where is was more then powerful enough.
 
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