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How long do you keep your cpus for?

I would guess around 9-12 months, Plan to build another one for myself around december, but if I can pick up a cheap 4800x2 before then, hoping the members market will help me out here :D I wont bother.
I have been very happy with my current 939 socket setup, but realise eventerly I have to drop the AGP card and MB and go PCI-E :(
 
I upgrade every 18 months to 2 years, just gone p4 550 built Jan 05 to conroe built last month.

Prior to the p4 had a dell which I managed to blow up :eek: which was 18 months old.

Rob
 
Since 2003 I've had the following CPUs, not necessarily in this order:

XP 1700 T'bred
1.6 Duron
2 x XP 2100 T'bred
XP 2400 T'bred
XP 2700 T'bred
XP 2500 Barton
XP 2800 Barton
A64 3500 Winchester
A64 3000 Newcastle S754
A64 3000 Venice
2800 Sempron 64-bit S754
A64 3000 Winchester
Opteron 146
X2 3800

At this rate a C2D must be about due ;)
 
I get bored with mine and upgrade a bit after i`ve found the max overclock for the cpu. Just ordered my 8th cpu this year. Its a curse ! as bad as being addicted to some illegal narcotics.
 
I don't generally think about it.. I just do it when I need to.

I've had -

P90
P200
AMD K6/2 350Mhz
Dual P3 450's
900Mhz AMD TB
1.3Ghz Duron
XP2100+
XP2100+
XP2800+
XP2100+
Opteron 146
Opteron 170 (Current)

Seems I have a soft spot for 2100+'s lol..
 
over a few years ive had:

p3 450 @ 600
duron 800 @ stock
athlon xp1600+ @ 1600
athlon xp2100+ @ 2200
athlon xp2500+ mobile @ 2353
athlon 64 3700+ @ 2600

thats for my main pc other than that ive had loads over the years.

p166mmx @ 200, p2 350, celeron 667 @ 1000 ish, duron 1100, athlon 1100, tbird 1400, 1600 duron, 5 x xp1700 tbred b's, xp1800 pally, xp1800 tbred b, xp2200 thorton, xp2500 barton @ xp3200, semptron 2500+, p3 733, dual p3 667, dual p3 733, dual p3 866, dual p3 1000, p4 2.8c @ 3.6. 3000+ A64, 3500+ A64 @ 2907.
 
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Probably every two or three years. Only when I think its starting to feel its age. I've had :

486SX-33
Pentium 100
Amd K6-3 450
Athlon Tbird 1.33 ghz
Athlon XP-M 2500
Core 2 Duo E6300

But I've probably built twice as many systems for other people (as a favour) over the time.
 
until the cpu doesnt do what i wnt to do with pc.

3 years last one 2600 to 6300 before that 4 years
 
Well i upgrade my CPU every 18 months or so, but so far this year I have bought Athlon 3700+, a dual PIII 1Ghz server and last week a Pentium 805 Dual Core processor to build another server with!!

I need to upgrade my main processor to a dual core pretty damn quickly, my server is far faster than my main PC!!
 
depends on what's out there atm, i frequently change chips purely & simply just to have summat new to play with cos it's a hobby, not a necessity. so far this year it's been Opty148 -> Opty165 -> C2D E6600 in my gaming rig.

in old faithful ( me back up rig ) it's a 30 capper Northy 2.8 that's been in there 3yrs, i'll probably change that 1 day when you can pick up C2D E6300's nice & cheap. not yet tho.
 
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