what do you think is the best CPU thats been made?

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the p4s wich hit 4.5ghz but yeh q6600 and 2500barton all time greats wander if the i5 wil b around long enough to make a namefor itself

Had a P4 570J under water for a while at 4.2 ghz.

 

[Mr_T]

Always thought the Intel 486 DX 50 was a good chip, bceause it was using a 50MHz bus way ahead of everything else. Intel never did much else with it either, instead they chose to go down the mulitplier on the 33MHz route hence DX2 66

 

[something_totally_different]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the p4s wich hit 4.5ghz

probably because in terms of work done per Mhz they were totally crap to be honest.

 

[biuro74]

hmmm... maybe I should have stipulated "from the modern desktop PC era" that would avoid the mention of basic function carp from the 70`s.

Huh, Transmeta is not "70's" crap - if you count just Mhz so stay close to Intel They are more modern than you could expect, but due to unknown reasons Crusoes were fitted in laptops as energy efficient CPUs instead of using CodeMorphing technology. I was surprised reading who's company it is.

 

[marktime]

First proper Celeron (Mendocino) was a mental little overclocker, cheap and could out perform the fastest stuff you could buy at the time once it was OC'ed.

Had a dual Voodoo 2 12Mb rig back then - happy days

Had exact same rig back in '98, I remember being ecstatic at how easily the Celeron 300A clocked to 450. Was easily the best bang-for-buck of its day.

 

[reflux]

That Opteron which clocked to the moon, or the Q6600 for me. Both great clocking chips released at great prices.

 

[linktoinsanity]

I was hugely impressed going from a Pentium 4 3.4Ghz to a Core 2 Duo E8400. Then I sold that and went for a Q9650. Good chip but not nearly such an impressive step up.

My favourite has to be the E8400...

 

[PermaBanned]

Without the Intel 4004 i don't think we'd be building computers today.

 

[DavyBoy]

I sold it to a friend for a fiver about five years back and the cheeky ******* made it into a key ring was in good working order too!

HeHe!!

 

[Nocky24]

q6600 for me, great chip for the time and still is now!

 

[Cooper]

Phenom II 550.

For £80 i've got a chip that can run as a Quad Core @3.75Ghz

Or if go to Triple Core @3.8Ghz

Or if i go back to Dual Core @3.9Ghz

Cant get more flexible than that............

To say i struck it lucky with this chip is an understatement......

With a Gfx card upgrade next year from my 4850, I cant see me needing more CPU power until at least 2011..

 

[samir_ansari]

i vote q6600!

 

[PhilGQ]

AMD k6 233 Mhz

Much was made of it truly running at only 180Mhz but outperforming and Intel Pentium 2 233Mhz. Was cheaper too.

That chip was what started the AMDs rise to fame (in my opinion anyway). The Athlon would have never made it without its grandfather the K6.

 

[Arthalen]

"what do you think is the best CPU thats been made?"

AMD Athlon X2 - The First dual core CPU brought SMP to the masses, and changed the CPU market forever.

Windows, overnight, became a smooth, worthwhile operating system experience. Even though we didnt have much multi-threaded software (and still dont) at the time, Windows background processes and multi-tasking just became feasible overnight for those that never had a dual chip system.

 

[fester]

"what do you think is the best CPU thats been made?"

AMD Athlon X2 - The First dual core CPU brought SMP to the masses, and changed the CPU market forever.

Windows, overnight, became a smooth, worthwhile operating system experience. Even though we didnt have much multi-threaded software (and still dont) at the time, Windows background processes and multi-tasking just became feasible overnight for those that never had a dual chip system.

+1 With out AMD64 socket 939 Intel would still be pushing netburst and core2 and i7 would sill be dreams in the mobile cpu department. A 939 x2 Manchester or Toledo can still do most things.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

I loved my 939 Athlon x2

I still miss that rig

 

[miker1]

68000 chip and its derivatives. Best chip for longevity AND for what they led to.

 

[kitfit1]

XP 1700, was a monster of a clocker.
Mobile 2500, great chip and a worthy successor to the 1700.
Opty 170, fantastic clocker and loads of fun to clock.
E8600, by far the best cpu i have ever owned.

 

[milkinc13]

Athlon 3000+ sck 754 flew after 200mhz overclock, was also faster than the 939 replacement for it. mobo blew evesham replaced with 939, lost speed, not the same

 

['Wes]

Pentiums were decent, and i liked the Q6600 but the main one that sticks out for me is the E8400. Can't say anything regarding AMD as the 955 is my first AMD cpu.