PC Gamers: What's your cpu timeline?

[TaySan]

With Ryzen 3 series coming out in a few short days i think this is a good time to look back on all the cpus we ever owned. :)

1. i7 4770k -2013-2015
2.i7 6700k-2015-present
And hopefully in the next couple days either a 3900x,3800x or 3700x for my next build.
What is your timeline? :)

 

[TheMink]

i7 4790k 2013 to today.

Hopefully a 3700x on the 7th assuming it's as great as we thibk!

 

[Deleted member 54320]

First CPU was an i7 6700K with a GTX 970.

Then I went for a Ryzen 2700X and a GTX 1080.

Moving to an i9 9900K and RTX 2080 Ti next week. Can't wait.

 

[Greysif]

i5 2500k from 2012 to today.

Want to upgrade to a 3700x, but still not sure

 

[Linus815]

pentium 233 mmx
celeron 466
athlon xp 2200
athlon 64 3200
core 2 duo e6300
core 2 quad q6600
core 2 quad q9550
i7 920
i7 2600k
i7 6700k
i7 7700k (it was a simply swap, at no extra cost)
i7 8700k

my next cpu will probaby an amd, but im in no rush.

 

[Sillution]

hmm

1. DOS computer 486
2. Windows 95 computer not sure what processor
3. Windows 98 not sure what processor
4. Pentium 3 550
5. Windows XP gaming computer not sure what processor
6. Laptop not sure what processor
7. Laptop not sure what processor
8. I5 2500k
9. Ryzen 5 2600

 

[Pitou]

i5-3570k in 2013 and its still kicking.

prob upgrade sometime this year or early next year

 

[Joe White]

1. 486 66MHz
2. Athlon 500 (1999 - ???)
...
3. i5-3570k (2013 - 2018)
4. i9-9900k (2018 - ?)

 

[LoNe_eXiLe]

i5-8600k 11/18

I think I'm good for a while. That paired with my RTX 2080 has been more than enough, especially after I overclocked it.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

Alright let's go then! I'm not gonna list my work MacBooks because those don't count

1. 2004 - Athlon 64 2800 (I played World of Warcraft on this beast! THANK YOU JIM KELLER)
2. 2006 - Core 2 Duo E6320
3. 2009 - i5-750 (8 M cache, 2.67 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
4. 2011 - i5 2500k 6M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz
5. 2018 - i7 8700k 12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz

This is when I started building computers on my own! Each CPU is each build that is still at my house actually...

 

[Paul]

Intel Pentium 100MHz
AMD Duron 800MHz
AMD Duron 900MHz
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Intel Core i5 2500K
AMD Ryzen 2700X

Not that many. I had twice as many GPUs.

 

[jaekeem]

i7 4790k

ready for an upgrade wooo

 

[Suikodan]

OMG you're going far...

386 DX 40 (1992-93)
Pentium 133 (1996)
[big cloud of dust where I forgot what I had but did 2-3 upgrades...]
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2008)
Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core (2011)
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz (2017)

 

[Mentalist]

Don't remember my initial AMD, it was an Athlon, and part of a "barebones kit" I got for my first custom-made rig

-prior to that, during Uni and Law School I had 2 Toshiba Satellite , those had Intel chips.

My current CPU is AMD FX 8350, waiting for the new Ryzen chips to be out to see what I should upgrade to.

 

[pink]

Pentium 4
Core 2 duo
2500k
7700k


Will be going AMD next

 

[SunBroDave]

Started with an i5 4670k in 2013, which lasted me until early 2018 when I switched to an 8400. Onky had that for about year though and then I got an 8700k, which i expect to last for a few years provided these next gen consoles don't shake things up too much on the CPU front.

 

[abracadaver]

i5 3550(?) 2012-2017
i7 6700K 2017-now

First one was a 386 with 16Mhz
In 1997 I got a Pentium 166

Don't remember the other stuff. I think I had a Duron with 800 Mhz in like 2001 and also a Barton some time after that

 

[Joris-truly]

2003: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz
2007: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2014: intel core i7 5930k - 3.5ghz - 4.1 turbo

Don't know if a upgrade next gen is right away necessary, seeing how Moore's law turned out. Feels like i didn't utilized my current CPU proper this gen.

 

[jotun?]

Pentium 100 MHz
Pentium II 266 MHz
(maybe a Pentium III at some point? I don't remember)
P4 1.4 GHz
Core 2 Duo E6600
Core i5-2500K
Core i7-6700K

 

[Storminormin]

Pentium 4 2001-2007
Q6600 2007-2010
I7 920 2010-2015
I7 5820k 2015-present

 

[Darkstorne]

1) Q6600
2) i7 2600k
3) ??? - Will upgrade late this year to whichever 12c+ is best for gaming.

Awesome to see the Sandy Bridge line so popular in this thread =)

 

[antennastoheaven]

486
Pentium II
Athlon XP 2800+
AMD Duron (the XP was broken for some time)
Athlon 64 X2
Phenom X3
i5 4460 (2014 to present day)


Not exactly sure of the model for most of them

 

[Unkindled]

Pentium II 233 Mhz
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Intel i5 2500K
Intel i7-7700k

 

[Firebrand]

Including two computers owned by and shared with family,

(Intel 8088 4.77MHz)
(Intel 486 DX2 66Mhz)
Intel Pentium 166Mhz
Intel Celeron 300MHz, overclocked to 450Mhz
AMD Athlon 1GHz
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz? (*sweats*)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Ghz
Intel i7 4770 3.4 Ghz

... due for an upgrade!

 

[ChoklitCow]

Also with a 4770k today. It's been my main bottleneck since I picked up a 1080ti.

It's just when you throw in a new mobo, ram, etc. it needs to be a pretty big bottleneck for me to care. That being said, soon.

 

[Akronis]

1. Pentium 4
2. Q9300
3. i7 930
4. i7 3930K
5. i7 4930K
6. i7 6700K
7. i9 7920X
8. Probably Ryzen 9 3950X

Stuff older than the Pentium 4 I unfortunately don't remember as I wasn't into hardware back then

 

[DJ_Lae]

Not nearly as many as I expected, actually.

And only one AMD.

Motorola 68000 (8Mhz) - Mac Plus and Classic both had the same processor, I believe
PowerPC 601 (60) - PowerMac 6100, the Mac with the best startup sound
Pentium-S 90
Celeron 300A
Pentium III 866
Core Duo T2700
X2-7750
i5-2410M
3570K
7700K

Of all the ones in my list I think the Pentium III lasted me the longest - not necessarily out of choice, but I don't have exact timelines for the earlier stuff.

 

[ABK281]

I started with a 2500k in 2012, and upgraded not long after Dark Souls 3 came out which I think was 2016 because that game was really heavy on the CPU and the 2500k was bottlenecking me.

I'm still using the 6700k obviously and the only games that it has bottlenecked me in so far are Assassin's creed games. Both Odyssey and Origins.

I'd probably upgrade to a Ryzen 3700 if I had the money but I think I can wait out one more year on my 6700k. I'm definitely going AMD next, though. I'm salty about Intel and their fucking security exploit bullshit.

 

[Paul]

Pentium 100 MHz

Click to shrink...

Finally someone. I loved that good old turbo button on this beast. Which turned it from 100MHz to 66MHz.
:D

 

[FuzzyAssassin]

I can't remember the specs of my computers before middle school.

CPU
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.4 GHz (2004)
Intel Core Duo 2.16GHz (2006)
Intel 3770K (2012)
AMD 1700X (2017)
Might upgrade to a 3800X or 3900X this year

For fun, here are the GPUs
GPU
ATI Radeon X800 Pro (2004)
ATI Radeon X1600M (2006)
Nvidia 670 (2012)
Nvidia 970 (2016)
Nvidia 1080 Ti (2017)

 

[Ahti]

1. Intel CPU (I don`t remember which one)
2. AMD Athlon 3500+
3. AMD Athlon X2 4200+
4. AMD FX-8350
5. Intel i7 4790k

 

[Deleted member 9479]

My first was a Pentium 75mhz but I really couldn't tell you anything between that and the current i5-6600.

 

[LordRuyn]

Pentium 3
Pentium 4
Core 2 Quad Q9450
i5 4670k (current)

planning to upgrade to the 3900x in September.

 

[Zoon]

Still on FX-8150 from 2012 which runs everything fine. I'm planning on upgrading if my current CPU dies or when AM5 gets released.

 

[evrythngwastakn]

Pentium 233 (I think? 16.6kbps modem era)
AMD K6
(Can't remember after this, something AMD and not that great)
PowerBook G4 (so PPC 1.4ghz)
Macbook OG (1.83ghz CoreDuo)
Macbook Pro 15" (2.2ghz Core 2 Duo)
Some netbook I hackintosh'd together
Intel Core E8400
Macbook Air (1.4ghz Core 2 Duo)
Intel i5 2500k
Mac Mini 2.3ghz i7 (still the best Mac Mini)
AMD Ryzen 1600
AMD Ryzen 3600x ( this fall :D )

I still own, and use, the bolded.

 

[joeblow]

First gaming PC in 2007: Q6600 (overclocked)
Second gaming PC in 2013: i5 2500k (overclocked)

My third one will be built after the PS5 comes out. I stretch out my rigs for a loooong time, only switching the graphic cards, adding RAM, etc. on occasion as allowed.

 

[BasilZero]

Gaming Desktop
AMD Athlon II X4 (2010- Current)

Gaming Laptop
i7 dual core forgot the specs (2014-Current)

Ya....way overdue for an upgrade for both.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

1. Intel CPU (I don`t remember which one)
2. AMD Athlon 3500+
3. AMD Athlon X2 4200+
4. Intel i7 4790k

Click to shrink...

Awwww a fellow Athlon 64 user

 

[dmix90]

1. errr... i think it was Pentium II 333mhz or something like that, it was the end of 1999
2. some Celeron 1.2ghz or 1.6ghz not sure
3. AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8ghz@~2.1ghz
4. AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 5600+ 2.8ghz@~3.1ghz
5. AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6ghz@~3.0ghz
6. AMD FX 8120 [email protected]
7. Intel 6700k [email protected]

Fuck... i think i also had AMD Phenom X4 somewhere between 5200+ and FX 8120 but not sure which one..

 

[TheUnseenTheUnheard]

i7-3610QM
i5 4690k
i7 6700k
i7 9700k

 

[mclem]

A decent chunk of this is from memory, and I don't have detailed specs to hand:

Z80
6502
386
486
486-DX4
Pentium 100
Pentium 2-400
6510 (I got a bit of disposable income... and discovered car boot sales!)
Motorola 68k
[I really don't remember what came next. I think it was some breed of Athlon]
Intel i5 (desktop)
Intel i7 (laptop)

(I'm using both the last two concurrently; laptop is plugged into the telly, the desktop (which is broadly more powerful) upstairs in my room)

 

[Deleted member 679]

The ones I remember are the Q6600 from 2009 to 2012, when I got an i5 3570K, and I'm still using that one.

I think I had a Pentium 4 at one point, but I'm not entirely sure. 2009 was the first PC I got with my own money, which is why it's the first one I actually remember the specs.

 

[Tora]

i5 6600k

 

[TC McQueen]

-Intel i5-3570K (2012 - 2017)
-AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (2017-present)

I'll probably jump on to whatever is good in 2022.

 

[deadman322]

pentium 100
athalon 64
some intel cpu
core 2 duo E6600
amd fx 6300
amd fx 8350

i should upgrade but it's doing fine with the games i want to play.

 

[capitalCORN]

286-16
486-DX33
Pentium 3 900
Athlon XP 1200
Phenom X4 6400
i3770K

 

[Deleted member 7948]

Pentium 200 MMX
AMD Duron 1.2 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Phenom II X4 820
Intel i5 3570K
Intel i7 7700

I'd still be using my 3570K if the mobo hadn't died.

 

[Samaritan]

Athlon 64 3200+
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Intel Core i7 930
Intel Core i5 6600K
Intel Core i7 7700K

 

[M.Bluth]

My memory is really hazy on what was the first ever CPU I've had, it was a hands me down PC with 256MB of RAM.
But the second was a Pentium 4. Not quite sure of the model, my guess is that it was a Northwood of some sort.
Next was a Core 2 Duo E6320. Barely used it though, because about a year and a half later I had money and bought me an i7 920 rig (which my dad still uses to this day).
This is when my upgrades REALLY slowed down. I bought a 2500K, but then I sold that PC because I had to move, and ever since I've stuck with a 3570K.

I'm gonna build me my first ever AMD build sometime this year, and I'm very excited!

 

[opticalmace]

2011 - 2500k
2015 - 6700k

ish.

Will probably replace the 6700k either this year or next year.