I had a Pentium 166MMX from what I recall it had jumpers for 133MHz, 166MHz and 233MHz, but it wasn't stable at 233. There was also a way to get it to run at something like 180 using another combination of jumpers but that was via altering the bus speed or something and resulted in unstable devices - I can't really remember specifics now.
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What's your CPU upgrade cycle?
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Pentium 60 (with FP bug)
P150 (@187.5 MHz)
Celeron 300A (@464 MHz)
AMD ThunderBird 1GHz (AXIA) (@1.4GHz)
Pentium 2.8GHz (@3.2GHz) Gah, Netbust!
Core2Duo 1.8GHz (@3.2GHz)
Intermission (A decade of Intel Apple hardware)
AMD 5600X. (...and overclocking's no longer really a thing)
What comes next? I'm not sure - maybe an M3 Mac Mini in a few months.
Pentium 60 (with FP bug)
P150 (@187.5 MHz)
Celeron 300A (@464 MHz)
AMD ThunderBird 1GHz (AXIA) (@1.4GHz)
Pentium 2.8GHz (@3.2GHz) Gah, Netbust!
Core2Duo 1.8GHz (@3.2GHz)
Intermission (A decade of Intel Apple hardware)
AMD 5600X. (...and overclocking's no longer really a thing)
What comes next? I'm not sure - maybe an M3 Mac Mini in a few months.
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My upgrade cycle has always been the same. When I get bored of looking at mobile phones, cameras, laptops, tablets, drones or any thing else I don't need....I go back to desktops
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I usually keep my CPU for 4 years , just as soon as I cannot squeeze anything more out of it and it is being a bottleneck then it's time for it to go.
Use it till it's completely beaten and outdated. The only major upgrades I personally bought and did myself (not including family computers) was from a Q6600 to my current 3700x.
Having said that, I am currently keeping an eye on the 5800X3D, but I will likely be looking at upgrading a sizeable chunk of my system to go along with it (PSU, GPU, CPU, possibly CPU cooler), so just eyeing it up for now.
Having said that, I am currently keeping an eye on the 5800X3D, but I will likely be looking at upgrading a sizeable chunk of my system to go along with it (PSU, GPU, CPU, possibly CPU cooler), so just eyeing it up for now.
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I used to upgrade each iteration but now I'll go years without an upgrade. Last one was Q6600 to 11900F 
. I can't see me upgrading in quite a while unless there is a noticeable performance improvement. I mainly run non-taxing software and a few games. Cities Skylines II is my greatest offender.
. I can't see me upgrading in quite a while unless there is a noticeable performance improvement. I mainly run non-taxing software and a few games. Cities Skylines II is my greatest offender.Pretty much this but not time-related. Just when it starts to get clunky/ bottle-necked.
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I tend to upgrade every other New Year. But, always a but, that could change. Eg. I went from a 3900x to a 5800x within the same year.
At the moment, other than replacing my GPU, I’ll stick with 7900x3d I have for the foreseeable.
At the moment, other than replacing my GPU, I’ll stick with 7900x3d I have for the foreseeable.
That all sounds right, the something like 180MHz would be been by overclocking the front side bus to 75MHz instead or the standard options of 60MHz and 66MHz. It was a party trick of the Abit motherboards, but yes, your other cards needed to be able to take it. But if it did work though, thanks to the higher bus speeds a 187.5MHz (2.5 x 75) was typically faster than the P200. I ran my far cheaper P150 like that.
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I used to upgrade all the time back in the day my first build was a 486 everything moved so fast during the first pentium years pretty much every few months I upgraded nowadays I’m still rocking a 3900x which is now 4 years old I was tempted to upgrade to the 7900x but will wait for the 8000 series now it’s the longest I’ve gone without upgrading my cpu I always upgrade the GPU though
I do have a second pc for my racing rig that I got a 5800x3d for without that I may of upgraded earlier?
I do have a second pc for my racing rig that I got a 5800x3d for without that I may of upgraded earlier?
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Caporegime
Lots of early AMD CPUs - Barton/Mobile Barton/Venice
Mobile Intel Dothan 710
AMD Opteron 144 single core
AMD Opteron 165 dual code
Intel E6600 dual core
Possibly an Intel Q6600 quad core
Intel Q9650 quad core
Intel 5820K hex core
AMD 3900X
AMD 5900X
AMD 5950X
Just chilling at the moment waiting for a big step up on AMD. The 3900X to 5900X was worth it for the extra FPS, 5900X to 5950X didn't cost much so I took the extra cores happily. 7950X/7950X3D just aren't interesting enough to do a whole new build.
Mobile Intel Dothan 710
AMD Opteron 144 single core
AMD Opteron 165 dual code
Intel E6600 dual core
Possibly an Intel Q6600 quad core
Intel Q9650 quad core
Intel 5820K hex core
AMD 3900X
AMD 5900X
AMD 5950X
Just chilling at the moment waiting for a big step up on AMD. The 3900X to 5900X was worth it for the extra FPS, 5900X to 5950X didn't cost much so I took the extra cores happily. 7950X/7950X3D just aren't interesting enough to do a whole new build.
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1993: Cyrix DX2-50 @ 66
1998: K6-2 350 @ 400
1999: Celeron 366 @ 605
2000: P3 700 @ 1050
2001: Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1.66
2002: P4 2.4A @ 3.2
2003: P4 2.4C @ 3.6
2006: Core 2 E6600 @ 3.6
2010: i7 930 @ 4.2 (later put in a Xeon X5650 2.66 @ 4.4)
2013: i7 4770k 3.5 @ 4.4
2016: i7 5960x 3.0 @ 4.5
2022: 5950X
The 4770k, 5960x and 5950x are all still in use. I've had various other CPUs over the years which weren't my main PC and currently have an unlocked Barton 2600+ @ 2.3GHz in a retro rig.
My upgrade rate has definitely slowed. The main thing that has changed is I refuse to pay the ridiculous motherboard and GPU prices these days. Also gone are the days of CPUs like the Celeron 366 or P4 2.4C / Core 2 E6600 where you could buy a CPU in the £100-300 range, overclock it 50% and it would outperform the fastest available.
1998: K6-2 350 @ 400
1999: Celeron 366 @ 605
2000: P3 700 @ 1050
2001: Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1.66
2002: P4 2.4A @ 3.2
2003: P4 2.4C @ 3.6
2006: Core 2 E6600 @ 3.6
2010: i7 930 @ 4.2 (later put in a Xeon X5650 2.66 @ 4.4)
2013: i7 4770k 3.5 @ 4.4
2016: i7 5960x 3.0 @ 4.5
2022: 5950X
The 4770k, 5960x and 5950x are all still in use. I've had various other CPUs over the years which weren't my main PC and currently have an unlocked Barton 2600+ @ 2.3GHz in a retro rig.
My upgrade rate has definitely slowed. The main thing that has changed is I refuse to pay the ridiculous motherboard and GPU prices these days. Also gone are the days of CPUs like the Celeron 366 or P4 2.4C / Core 2 E6600 where you could buy a CPU in the £100-300 range, overclock it 50% and it would outperform the fastest available.
Soldato
Offhand ive had..
Pentium 75 ( olivetti pc rented from Radio rental )
Pentium 166 MMX - First pc i got myself
Celeron slot CPU, no idea of speed
Athlon XP 2400+
Athlon 3700+
Athlon X2 3800+
Intel E6600
Intel Q6600
Intel 4770k
Ryzen 2600
Ryzen 3600
Ryzen 3700
Ryzen 5700X
Deffo missed some in there but my memorys crap these days lol.
Looking to upgrade again. Could get 5800X3D, but costs almost as much as a 7800X3D - although that needs new mobo / RAM as well
Pentium 75 ( olivetti pc rented from Radio rental )
Pentium 166 MMX - First pc i got myself
Celeron slot CPU, no idea of speed
Athlon XP 2400+
Athlon 3700+
Athlon X2 3800+
Intel E6600
Intel Q6600
Intel 4770k
Ryzen 2600
Ryzen 3600
Ryzen 3700
Ryzen 5700X
Deffo missed some in there but my memorys crap these days lol.
Looking to upgrade again. Could get 5800X3D, but costs almost as much as a 7800X3D - although that needs new mobo / RAM as well
Currently on a Ryzen 3600x from 4 years ago. I think I'm due an upgrade!
Looking at a 7800x3d but my concern is that I will buy it then something new will be launched in the next few months causing price reductions. Anything 'new' from AMD in the immediate (2024) future?!?
Looking at a 7800x3d but my concern is that I will buy it then something new will be launched in the next few months causing price reductions. Anything 'new' from AMD in the immediate (2024) future?!?
Soldato
Intel i5-6600k 2016
Ryzen 1700X 2017 (I wanted 8 cores)
Ryzen 5800X3D 2023
Not sure when next upgrade will be. Probably not AM5, maybe AM6.
Assuming the 5800X3D is still strong in flight SIM and PCVR going forward.
Ryzen 1700X 2017 (I wanted 8 cores)
Ryzen 5800X3D 2023
Not sure when next upgrade will be. Probably not AM5, maybe AM6.
Assuming the 5800X3D is still strong in flight SIM and PCVR going forward.
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