This topic was fun over at HardForum - thought we'd see what we got here!
I will ignore the side projects and PCs I built for other people.
My introduction was to set up and use a PC in the construction company I worked at. An HP Vectra ES/12 to run Lotus 1-2-3:
80286
That got me going. My PC's:
80386 DX 33MHz
Pentium II 300MHz P6
Pentium 4
Core i7 920
Core i7 3820
Core i7 4790
Core i7 9700K
And upcoming:
Core i7 13700K
Pentium 1995
Pentium III 1999
P4-2000
AMD PhenomIIX4 925-2008
AMD PhenomIIX4 965BE 2009-2010
AMD Bulldozer FX8150-FX8350-2012-2014
Intel 3770K -2014
Intel 6770K-2016
Intel 8700K 2018
Intel 8086K 2018
Intel 6850K 2016
Intel 6950X 2017
AMD 1600X 2018
AMD 3950X-2020
AMD 3700X-2020
AMD 5950X 2021
AMD 5900X 2021
Intel 10850K 2021
Intel 12700K 2022 - Up for sale if i stop being lazy and put it up for sale
Intel 13900K 2022
Zilog Z80 1.774 MHz
Zilog Z80B 6 MHz
MOS 6502C 1.79 MHz
Motorola MC68000 6 MHz
Motorola MC68000 16 MHz
Intel 80486DX2 66 MHz
Intel Pentium 120 Mhz
Intel Pentium 200 Mhz
Pentium 4 1600 Mhz
AMD K6-2 350 MHz
AMD Duron 850 MHz
AMD Athlon 1000 MHz
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.533 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.667 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.25 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 960T 3.0 GHz
AMD FX 8350 4.0 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 2.2 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H 3.2 GHz
Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 1.4 GHz
Cortex-A72 (ARMv8) 1.5 GHz
For desktops.
PowerPC G4 867Mhz
PowerPC G4 1Ghz
PowerPC G5 1.8
PowerPC G5 dual 2.0
PowerPC G5 dual 2.7
PowerPC Quad 2.5Ghz
Mac Pro Dual QuadCore Xeons
( Laptops for 6 years)
i7 3770K
FX 6300
Rysen 5 1600X
Ryzen 7 1700X
Ryzen 5 5600X
Ryzen 9 3900X
Had this first... Heathkit H8 with an Intel 8080A
Then 7 years in the Service as an Electronics Tech
Then mainframes like PDP 8's, VAX 11/750, IBM 3000, and a few others.
Then MOS 7501 (Commodore 16)
Then 286, 386, 486, etc.
Then...
Some prebuilt with a 450Mhz CPU
AMD Athlon 2800+
AMD Athlon X2 5000+
AMD Phenon II X4 955
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-8350
AMD Ryzen 3700X
I also still have a working HP Vectra VA - Pentium Pro 6/200 (that someone gave me)...
Last edited by Ghot; 06 Dec 2022 at 23:35.
There are some rich people posting on this thread juding by the number of CPU & motherboard upgrades! I keep my home built desktop PCs going until they are too slow for the latest games. My 10 year old rig is still OK to run MS Flight Simulator 2020
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