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What was your first ever CPU?

For me its something like:

386 SX-25
486 DX2-66
Duron 900mhz
Athlon 2500 @ 3200
Pentium 4 3Ghz @ 4Ghz
Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.6Ghz
Core2Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.6Ghz
Core2Quad Q9650 @ 4Ghz
Xeon HexCore L5640 @ 4Ghz
 
Technically my first CPU in a PC was an Intel 486DX2 66Mhz, but the thing didn't work, so if I count actual usable systems, a Cyrix MII-300. It was...rubbish and my brother killed it by trying to actually clock it at 300Mhz (It was only clocked at 233Mhz).

It's amazing that this CPU debuted at the same sort of price as the the i5 2500, how tech has came on in 13 years...
 
First PC was an Amiga 500, bought in 1992.

It was the family computer until a second hand IBM PC in late 90’s, then it was a Packard bell Pentium 3 a bout a year later.

Still got many Amiga 500 games from the 1990’s including a lot a floppy disc demos that came with the Amiga magazines.

My brother's use to come home with new amiga games having swapped them at school.
 
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For me:

386 SX 25Mhz - first self build with a 25 meg hdd :)
486 DX2 66
Pentium 150Mhx
Cyrix Logic MMX something
Barton - still used by my olds in the best mobo ever! Abit NF7-S
P4 3G - Now a media center
Athalon X2 5200+ - Wife uses that
Q6600 - OC'd to 3.2

But just purchased a i5 2500K.
 
I was too young to remember our first computer but it had windows 95 on it so I imagine it was a pentium 200MHz or something. Was a 'Tiny' computer is all I really remember, and it had windows movie maker cartoon thing ;D.
 
I used my dads 486DX2/66 for a few years when I finally saved enough money ~£1200 to buy a state of the art Pentium 133MHz :)

Currently, I am looking at buying the i7 2600K which can achieve clocks of 4-5.0Ghz. Amazing.
 
Pentium 66 (as in actually come into contact with the CPU).

EDIT: I may still have it buried in the nightmare that is my garage. No idea if it still works.
 
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486DX/66 - and my PC even had a Turbo button on the front :cool: I remember getting really excited about upgrading the ram from 4mb to 12 whole megabytes! :o

I had that until I finally upgraded to a P3 500! :o
 
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486sx33 was my parents pc, first one I bought for my first place was an amd k62 400 which I overclocked to 500 with jumpers etc on the mobo lol
 
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