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Your CPU History Tree
- Thread starter Grimley
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Athlon XP 3200+
Athlon 64 3400
E6600
E8600
i7 920
i5 2500k
i5 4670k
Ryzen 5 3600
Ryzen 7 5700x
Something like that i think.
Athlon 64 3400
E6600
E8600
i7 920
i5 2500k
i5 4670k
Ryzen 5 3600
Ryzen 7 5700x
Something like that i think.
Soldato
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Just dropped a 5700X into my PC, so now mine looks like:
PII 350
Athlon XP 2500
Athlon 64 3200
Athlon 64 3700
Q6600
i5 2500k
Ryzen 2660X
Ryzen 5700X
So until this morning, I'd had just two CPUs last me almost 12 years (and three had seen me through 16 years). Pretty good going. The Q6600 and 2500k were absolutely amazing CPUs for their day. And the 2600X served me really well for five years too.
PII 350
Athlon XP 2500
Athlon 64 3200
Athlon 64 3700
Q6600
i5 2500k
Ryzen 2660X
Ryzen 5700X
So until this morning, I'd had just two CPUs last me almost 12 years (and three had seen me through 16 years). Pretty good going. The Q6600 and 2500k were absolutely amazing CPUs for their day. And the 2600X served me really well for five years too.
Thread necro! Time for an update!
Not my own £££:
Dad's desktops:
1994-2000 Pentium 133
2000-2003 Athlon 600
2003-2007 Athlon XP 2100+
Laptop era (A-levels and uni):
2003-2009 Mobile Celeron 1.6 -> P4-M 2.0
2009-2014 C2D T9400
My own £££:
Desktops:
2012-2019 i5 3570k -> i7 3770k
2019-2025 Ryzen 3700X -> 5900X -> 5800X3D
2023-current Ryzen 7600X -> 7800X3D
2025-current Ryzen 7700
Laptops:
2018-2020 i5 8250U
2020-2024 Ryzen 4800U
2024-current Ryzen 5800H
I am not 100% but here goes...
Apple 1
Apple 2
Tandy TRX-80
ZX80
ZX81
ZX16 ( Spectrum )
ZX48
Sinclair QL
Commodore Vic 16, Vic 20, Vic64,C16,Plus4,C64,C128, C128D
Amstrad CPC 464,664,6128
Spectrum 128
Amstrad CPC 6128 ( Newer White one )
Amiga 500
Atari ST
Atari STFM 1MB
Atari STE 1MB then upgraded to a massive 4MB for the cheap price of only £400!!!
Got my first hard disk a Quantum 540 with a whopping 500MB storage for only £1200!!!
Atari Mega ST 4MB
Atari Mega STE 4MB then upgraded to 4MB + 8MB
Amiga 2000 and Atari TT at the same time... Never bothered with Amiga after this.
Atari Falcon
To this day, I still use both the Atari TT ( its in my dining room ) and the Atari Falcon ( I use it for almost everything )
The Falcon started life with a paltry 4MB then I got it up to 16MB and thats when it really started to shine.
It has a CT63 Daughter board so its switchable from its basic 68030 CPU @ 16Mhz and 16MB RAM, or a 68060 CPU @ 120Mhz and both the 16MB and 512MB SDRAM, plus it uses a CTPCI with PCI slots and it has na ATI9200 Graphics card for PC Resolutions and I can play movies just fine on it. Not bad for a computer that was built in 1992
PC wise
Apricot 512K
Amstrad PC1512
Then upped from dual Floppy to Hard Disk with a massive 40MB
Victor 286 with both its own HardDisk, and an ADDON Hark disk!!
Then I built my first PC and its was an AMD 386 16Mhz and finally started to get into the big boys touys with MBs of RAM instead of 512 or 640k - As bill Gates said... 640K ought to be enough for anyone!
Finally got hold of Windows 2 from uni ( basically its still DOS but with Menus ) then Windows 3 then 3.11
AMD 386 DX40 ( The beast )
I had a couple of 586 builds and I am sure that they were 66 and 100Mhz but I actually think it might be 100 and 133 but I may just be thinking wrong?
My mate then got a Pentium P200MMX and this was then getting serious! - he also got a Voodoo 1 Graphics card and so he played Unreal Tournament in amazing 3D and I was simply left in the dust.
So, I got myself into the big boys league and built a Cyrix 333 with onboard SIS6326 Graphics only to find out that while I could play the game, it was in software more and therefore rubbish, but the Cyrix was not only NOT 333 Mhz, but 266 and even then it was still much slower than the Pentium 200!!!! - ARGH! - I then got myself an Orchid Righteos voodoo 1 and I was into FPS Games properly now!
AMD Athlon 700 ( SLOT A ) got me sorted big time
Swapped it for a Celeron 900 Board and Chip and after I realised just how pathetic the Celeron was, I went back to the shop and they would not swap it back... I had to buy it back, but I gave them the Celeron and Board back also.
Mistake soon learned about how important the CACHE actually is to a computer.
Duron 1000
Athlon 1400
XP17
XP17 Got into heavy overlocking... Was it the JIUHB CPU? Anyway, got hold of a couple of those and managed to knock from 133 to 200MHZ very easily, and hit some silly speeds with all kinds of messing about, with various levels of useability.
Barton 2500 - Did a similar thing with the Abit Boards... Was it the NF7 or NF7S than let me run it as a Barton 3200 - without any tickering?
Loved those day of actualy worthy over-clocking. These days, with computers being as fast as they are, its not really worth worrying about overclocking anymore. not for me anyway.
Then an Opteron - my first Dual core. I clocked the hell out of that but my mate then showed me his intel Core 2 6300 and when we compared the speeds of these machines, I was utterly gutted. The intel could clock to double its speed and even stock it left the Opteron standing. That was when I moved to Intel from AMD.
Q6600 ( I think? )
AMD ( had a fair load of these, mostly just CPU swaps and changes through the AM2 and AM3 CPUs ) too many to list and Im already waffling like a plonker.
AMD 8350 - Thjis clocked nicely to 4.7GHZ so I then decided to buy the ...
AMD 9590 - As this is at 4.7 Stock, however, the thing is so hot that I had to up my water cooling to 2x120mm if I wanted to do anything more than stare at the desktop. Still got it though, its in the Sabretooth 990FX Board.
Intel 7700 - Darling system. Still in use.
AMD Opteron 6380 x2 and a dual CPU Mobo - Got into Server stuff - purely only wanted massive core numbers, then upped to a Quad Opetron board and got 2 more CPUs.
Still using this system as a Server, because as a desktop PC its useless, but as a Server, its ok.
Intel 9900 - WOW
AMD Ryzen 3500 - Oh bugger. Bit lame, but I was given it as a broken machine that I got working and then tried to see what a better CPU could do.
AMD 5700X3D - Now were cooking. Got a better Mobo for it put the board and the 3500 back together and gave that to a mate.
Currently, my 4 main PCs that are in use right now, are all connected to my KVM.
1 - AMD 78003XD - Windows, not used much. will soon be Linux
2 - Intel 9900 - Linux. My main PC. Will soon be given to my son.
3 - AMD9590 - Linux. Its built in my Mozart TX Case and it cost me a lot to build, and I just love it.
4 - Opteron 4x63800 Server - Windows although I dont know why?
One day I will actually post something thats small...
Apple 1
Apple 2
Tandy TRX-80
ZX80
ZX81
ZX16 ( Spectrum )
ZX48
Sinclair QL
Commodore Vic 16, Vic 20, Vic64,C16,Plus4,C64,C128, C128D
Amstrad CPC 464,664,6128
Spectrum 128
Amstrad CPC 6128 ( Newer White one )
Amiga 500
Atari ST
Atari STFM 1MB
Atari STE 1MB then upgraded to a massive 4MB for the cheap price of only £400!!!
Got my first hard disk a Quantum 540 with a whopping 500MB storage for only £1200!!!
Atari Mega ST 4MB
Atari Mega STE 4MB then upgraded to 4MB + 8MB
Amiga 2000 and Atari TT at the same time... Never bothered with Amiga after this.
Atari Falcon
To this day, I still use both the Atari TT ( its in my dining room ) and the Atari Falcon ( I use it for almost everything )
The Falcon started life with a paltry 4MB then I got it up to 16MB and thats when it really started to shine.
It has a CT63 Daughter board so its switchable from its basic 68030 CPU @ 16Mhz and 16MB RAM, or a 68060 CPU @ 120Mhz and both the 16MB and 512MB SDRAM, plus it uses a CTPCI with PCI slots and it has na ATI9200 Graphics card for PC Resolutions and I can play movies just fine on it. Not bad for a computer that was built in 1992
PC wise
Apricot 512K
Amstrad PC1512
Then upped from dual Floppy to Hard Disk with a massive 40MB
Victor 286 with both its own HardDisk, and an ADDON Hark disk!!
Then I built my first PC and its was an AMD 386 16Mhz and finally started to get into the big boys touys with MBs of RAM instead of 512 or 640k - As bill Gates said... 640K ought to be enough for anyone!
Finally got hold of Windows 2 from uni ( basically its still DOS but with Menus ) then Windows 3 then 3.11
AMD 386 DX40 ( The beast )
I had a couple of 586 builds and I am sure that they were 66 and 100Mhz but I actually think it might be 100 and 133 but I may just be thinking wrong?
My mate then got a Pentium P200MMX and this was then getting serious! - he also got a Voodoo 1 Graphics card and so he played Unreal Tournament in amazing 3D and I was simply left in the dust.
So, I got myself into the big boys league and built a Cyrix 333 with onboard SIS6326 Graphics only to find out that while I could play the game, it was in software more and therefore rubbish, but the Cyrix was not only NOT 333 Mhz, but 266 and even then it was still much slower than the Pentium 200!!!! - ARGH! - I then got myself an Orchid Righteos voodoo 1 and I was into FPS Games properly now!
AMD Athlon 700 ( SLOT A ) got me sorted big time
Swapped it for a Celeron 900 Board and Chip and after I realised just how pathetic the Celeron was, I went back to the shop and they would not swap it back... I had to buy it back, but I gave them the Celeron and Board back also.
Mistake soon learned about how important the CACHE actually is to a computer.
Duron 1000
Athlon 1400
XP17
XP17 Got into heavy overlocking... Was it the JIUHB CPU? Anyway, got hold of a couple of those and managed to knock from 133 to 200MHZ very easily, and hit some silly speeds with all kinds of messing about, with various levels of useability.
Barton 2500 - Did a similar thing with the Abit Boards... Was it the NF7 or NF7S than let me run it as a Barton 3200 - without any tickering?
Loved those day of actualy worthy over-clocking. These days, with computers being as fast as they are, its not really worth worrying about overclocking anymore. not for me anyway.
Then an Opteron - my first Dual core. I clocked the hell out of that but my mate then showed me his intel Core 2 6300 and when we compared the speeds of these machines, I was utterly gutted. The intel could clock to double its speed and even stock it left the Opteron standing. That was when I moved to Intel from AMD.
Q6600 ( I think? )
AMD ( had a fair load of these, mostly just CPU swaps and changes through the AM2 and AM3 CPUs ) too many to list and Im already waffling like a plonker.
AMD 8350 - Thjis clocked nicely to 4.7GHZ so I then decided to buy the ...
AMD 9590 - As this is at 4.7 Stock, however, the thing is so hot that I had to up my water cooling to 2x120mm if I wanted to do anything more than stare at the desktop. Still got it though, its in the Sabretooth 990FX Board.
Intel 7700 - Darling system. Still in use.
AMD Opteron 6380 x2 and a dual CPU Mobo - Got into Server stuff - purely only wanted massive core numbers, then upped to a Quad Opetron board and got 2 more CPUs.
Still using this system as a Server, because as a desktop PC its useless, but as a Server, its ok.
Intel 9900 - WOW
AMD Ryzen 3500 - Oh bugger. Bit lame, but I was given it as a broken machine that I got working and then tried to see what a better CPU could do.
AMD 5700X3D - Now were cooking. Got a better Mobo for it put the board and the 3500 back together and gave that to a mate.
Currently, my 4 main PCs that are in use right now, are all connected to my KVM.
1 - AMD 78003XD - Windows, not used much. will soon be Linux
2 - Intel 9900 - Linux. My main PC. Will soon be given to my son.
3 - AMD9590 - Linux. Its built in my Mozart TX Case and it cost me a lot to build, and I just love it.
4 - Opteron 4x63800 Server - Windows although I dont know why?
One day I will actually post something thats small...
I think this is all of them...
486 DX2 66Mhz
486 Intel Overdrive 100Mhz
Pentum 133
Cyrix PR 233
Celeron 400@600
1.0 @ 1.6 Ghz AXIA Socket A Thunderbird
1.4 @ 1.6 Ghz Socket A Thunderbird
Athlon 2500XP@3200 Barton
E8200 Core2Duo Wolfdale
..... and there was somewhat of a gap until.....
Dual X5650 Xeon (Home Server)
... and then some Synology Boxes until...
3900X
5800X
5950X
5800X3D
7800X3D
9950X3D
I also have a 13700K as a home server Unraid Box.
486 DX2 66Mhz
486 Intel Overdrive 100Mhz
Pentum 133
Cyrix PR 233
Celeron 400@600
1.0 @ 1.6 Ghz AXIA Socket A Thunderbird
1.4 @ 1.6 Ghz Socket A Thunderbird
Athlon 2500XP@3200 Barton
E8200 Core2Duo Wolfdale
..... and there was somewhat of a gap until.....
Dual X5650 Xeon (Home Server)
... and then some Synology Boxes until...
3900X
5800X
5950X
5800X3D
7800X3D
9950X3D
I also have a 13700K as a home server Unraid Box.
Commodore 16
Commodore 128
Commodore Amiga
i486SX/25
AMD 486DX4/100
Pentium 233MMX
Celeron 366 @ 550
Pentium III 650 @ 866
Athlon Thunderbird 1GHZ
Athlon XP 1600
Athlon XP 1700 @ 2400
A number of Core 2 Duos
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz
i5-2500k @ 4.3Ghz
Ryzen 5 2600
Ryzen 5700x
Ryzen 7950X3D
Mac Mini M4
Commodore 128
Commodore Amiga
i486SX/25
AMD 486DX4/100
Pentium 233MMX
Celeron 366 @ 550
Pentium III 650 @ 866
Athlon Thunderbird 1GHZ
Athlon XP 1600
Athlon XP 1700 @ 2400
A number of Core 2 Duos
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz
i5-2500k @ 4.3Ghz
Ryzen 5 2600
Ryzen 5700x
Ryzen 7950X3D
Mac Mini M4
Acorn RISC PC (I forget the exact specs)
AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Soldato
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- 9 Oct 2009
- Posts
- 9,282
- Location
- United Kingdom
AMD Athlon XP 1600
Intel i7 920
Intel i7 4770K
Intel i7 6700K
AMD 5900X
AMD 5800X3D
Intel i7 920
Intel i7 4770K
Intel i7 6700K
AMD 5900X
AMD 5800X3D
Had to do a bit of research to remind myself of some of these, and others are just lost
Pentium 3 500mhz - first pc we had
Intel Celeron of some kind - first laptop
Intel i7 860 - first proper gaming computer
Intel i5 750 - sold the above for what I paid for it and swapped to an i5
Intel i5 2500k
Intel i5 2467M - Macbook Air
Intel i5 3210M - Macbook Pro
Intel i3 4150 - Compact ITX gaming pc
Intel i7 8500U - Razer Blade Stealth
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Current gaming setup
Apple M1 Pro - Current laptop
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - incoming upgrade
Pentium 3 500mhz - first pc we had
Intel Celeron of some kind - first laptop
Intel i7 860 - first proper gaming computer
Intel i5 750 - sold the above for what I paid for it and swapped to an i5
Intel i5 2500k
Intel i5 2467M - Macbook Air
Intel i5 3210M - Macbook Pro
Intel i3 4150 - Compact ITX gaming pc
Intel i7 8500U - Razer Blade Stealth
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Current gaming setup
Apple M1 Pro - Current laptop
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - incoming upgrade
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AMD K6-2 450Mhz
AMD Duron 800Mhz <----- Recently built a PC with this very chip and it's running Windows 98 once again after 20 years of slumber!
AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz
<----- Something here that I can't remember sadly.
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
Core 2 Duo E6850
i5 2500k <------ What a beast. Great bang for buck.
i5 6600k
Ryzen 3600X
Ryzen 5800X3D
When you write them all down like that it doesn't seem like many upgrades considering how many years it's been.
AMD Duron 800Mhz <----- Recently built a PC with this very chip and it's running Windows 98 once again after 20 years of slumber!
AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz
<----- Something here that I can't remember sadly.
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
Core 2 Duo E6850
i5 2500k <------ What a beast. Great bang for buck.
i5 6600k
Ryzen 3600X
Ryzen 5800X3D
When you write them all down like that it doesn't seem like many upgrades considering how many years it's been.
Sega Master System (Original 1987 version) Thanks' Mum.
Sega Mega Drive (Original 1990 version)
Commodore Amiga 500+
Sony PlayStation (Original 1995 version) For awesome nostalgia First console i bough with my own hard earned money, it was a bundle that included Gran Turismo. It was £350, equivalent to £724 today, just in case you think the PS5 Pro is expensive at £650. Oh and games were £40, £50, £60 a pop, in 1995.
Intel Pentium III
Intel Pentium 4 HT Skt 478 3.2Ghz
AMD Athlon 3200+
AMD Athlon X2 5200+
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
AMD FX-9590
Intel i7 930
Intel i5 4690K
AMD Ryzen 1600
AMD Ryzen 3600
AMD Ryzen 5800X
Sega Mega Drive (Original 1990 version)
Commodore Amiga 500+
Sony PlayStation (Original 1995 version) For awesome nostalgia First console i bough with my own hard earned money, it was a bundle that included Gran Turismo. It was £350, equivalent to £724 today, just in case you think the PS5 Pro is expensive at £650. Oh and games were £40, £50, £60 a pop, in 1995.
Intel Pentium III
Intel Pentium 4 HT Skt 478 3.2Ghz
AMD Athlon 3200+
AMD Athlon X2 5200+
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
AMD FX-9590
Intel i7 930
Intel i5 4690K
AMD Ryzen 1600
AMD Ryzen 3600
AMD Ryzen 5800X
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