favorite CPU in all time?

[The Th!ng]

Hi all,

For me my favourite CPU of all time would have to be the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80

It was at the heart of my first computer - a 48K ZX Spectrum - on which I learned to program in BASIC and later in Z80 assembler. :biggrin:

 

[IlllI]

486 dx-2 66

 

[fortega]

8088! which ran my first PC..IBM XT

 

[Arkaign]

486 dx-2 66

I'm trying to think of all the great games I played on that era of PCs.

Warcraft I and II, Doom I and II, Wolf3d, Prince of Persia, Wing Commander I and II, etc. Warcraft II was really impressive considering it was a DOS game that would work on a 33Mhz 486 It got slow with many units, but it worked.

 

[Kalessian]

I liked my Pentium MMX 200mhz when I got it, but I didn't get into overclocking until way later, so I'd say second place goes to my AXP 2500+ Barton at 2.2ghz, first place is A64 Venice 3000+ at 2.75ghz. When I told people I almost got a 1ghz overclock no one believed me at the time. Great value chips

 

[jhu]

Power7

 

[amdhunter]

Have all of you forgotten about the Duron 700MHz? Got mine running at 1GHz+ when 1GHz was unheard of.

 

[skipsneeky2]

G0 stepped q6600.

Got it shortly after their price fell to the $300 mrsp area such a awesome chip i am on the lookout for one again to clock to 3ghzs perhaps to replace my e8200 for BF3.

How they will perform in the game versus a x4 who knows but if i could find one for $150 or less used it might be a good option again .

 

[F1shF4t]

Second place goes to X2 3800+, ran it at 2.7 ghz for a couple years.

Q6600 G0 takes the cake though. Had it overclocked to 3.42ghz linpak stable.

 

[max347]

Q6600 or unlocking 555/550, both were/are tremendous values

 

[Phynaz]

Either the 6502 or this i7-870.

 

[videogames101]

q9550, I've never had a chip last this long before

 

[techie81]

I would probably have to say my i5 750, by far the best overclocker I have ever had.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Athlon X2 3800+!

 

[mazeroth]

I had an E4300 (1.8 ghz stock) that I overclocked to 3.4 ghz Prime stable on the stock cooler. That's an 89% overclock.

 

[ZipSpeed]

Another vote for the X2 3800+. Had it at 2.6 GHz but it can no longer achieve that speed. The computer now has been relegated to DC projects.

 

[zanejohnson]

meh so many over the years... hard to pick a fav..

 

[E6700]

I would probably have to say my i5 750, by far the best overclocker I have ever had.

yeah i like this chip,it do 4.0ghz easily.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Of the ones I have owned?

In order:

1. I5 2500k
2. Celeron 300A (450 MHz with ease)
3. Athlon X2 5600+ (2.9GHz, 65W, Brisbane)

The 3rd one I didnt even bother OCing for a long time (finally took it up to 3.2 Ghz). I got it for $31 brand new when it was not only viable, but still damn powerful.)

That 300A was a beast though. Cant believe how many games of SC and various FPS's I ran on that thing.

 

[micrometers]

easily the athlon xp cpus. Wow, those things were amazing.

 

[KingstonU]

q9550, I've never had a chip last this long before

+1. Great investment that I still have no reason to replace.

 

[blackphoenix]

Other than the dual Celeron 366s at 550, my favorite overclock was...

P3 650 Socket (100mhz bus) coppermine ran stable at 975mhz! (150mhz bus) I couldn't believe it was stable.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Oh yeah the celeron 366@550. Never owned that one, but I remember. Much jealousy.

And oh yeah, my old Athlon XP 1700+. That was a great chip too. I think I owned about 4or 5 AMD chips in a row because they were so cheap yet so powerful.

 

[Idontcare]

Without question for me the best CPU I have ever owned is my current 2600K. Its dreamy :thumbsup:

 

[zanejohnson]

easily the athlon xp cpus. Wow, those things were amazing.

i had one, preferred my northwood P4 2.4b@ 3.65