Which was the best CPU you ever had?

[Maschulo]

to me its my first computer i ever built


P2 350Mhz
192MB of ram
Voodoo 16MB AGP Vid Card


still running strong as my MP3 server

 

[suklee]

Cyrix P166+ (133MHz) overclocked to a blazing 150MHz!! (P200+)

 

[Phooey]

My first homebuilt was an Abit BP6 with two Celeron 433s at 504 Mhz. This setup ran RC5-64 24/7 from June 1999 through August 2002. This was before really good case cooling came along.

 

[Texun]

Probably a PIII-700. I used two of them in a personal server, retired the board, then pulled one of the 700's out of retirement to run a server for a security system 24/7. It's a perfect as I could ask for. Way more than enough power for my needs and it's not too demanding on the hardware. It pulls 18W and runs fine with generic memory and a small Antec PSU. Since it has a low current draw it also runs cool which means I don't have to deal with fan noise issues.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

My thunderbird 1.1ghz

 

[thermalpaste]

looks like nobody likes a willamette.............

 

[mindwreck]

my 1ghz t-bird

 

[BlvdKing]

P4 1.6A Northwood.

Just for kicks I am going to revamp this system with an ATI 9600 and 512 MB of PC3200 for my brother. It was the easiest setup I have ever done and one of the best overclocks too.

I like my A64 but it was a nightmare to setup. I have never had to RMA a motherboard before now.

 

[tynopik]

486 DX/2 66

it set the standard for so long, just the other day i saw a new release from microsoft. guess what the minimum proc required was? that's right, a 486/66

*edit*

while a 486/66 seems to be the listed min for lots of microsoft stuff, the first one i could find was IE 6 SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downl...de6&DisplayLang=en

 

[SickBeast]

My current AXP Mobile 2500+ which runs at 2500mhz without issue.

 

[Rankor]

1GHz P3 100FSB Slot 1 Server proc. Couldn't beat 1GHz back in the day.

 

[Toro 45]

Good memories:

C300@450mhz.
C533@912mhz
C566@900mhz.
P3-700@1050mhz
P3-933@1015mhz
TB1333@1500mhz.
XP1600@1754mhz.
SPRN2200(1500mhz)@2200mhz.(700mhz OC)
XP-M2400@2400mhz.

The one that really sticks out is the 700@1050 at the time hitting one gig was great but with that horsepower it seemed to be the point where all my apps/games, etc. Just ran perfect. The P3 700@1050mhz at 150fsb with the mighty Mosel ram was just so much power at that time.

 

[zodder]

There was a great batch of P3 700s that would do 1.0g without a sweat. I was always fond of those.

 

[chr6]

i change cpus so much i barely remember. but back in the hay day of the 2.4c/2.6c madness, i had a 2.6c @ 3510, and those were good times.

 

[Corporate Thug]

1800+ JIXUB @ 2.6 ghz on air (only cost me $79 with a mobo)

 

[Goi]

Celeron 300@504MHz on a BH-6 for sure! It died a premature death when stupid me shipped my computer as is, without taking it out from the slot

The Celeron 566@850MHz that replaced it was a close 2nd. It lasted me more than 2 years.

 

[Spikesoldier]

p4 2.4B (533) @ 3.33GHz

 

[Dennis Travis]

thermalpaste,

Interesting, I had and still have a 700Mhz Coppermine with CUBX. Most stable system I have ever owned. It's now used as my server hosting a few pages for friends and running my telnet BBS and never crashes, never and it's been up 2 years in that role! It's one of my favorite CPU's and Motherboards I have ever owned and I have owned a lot of stuff!!

I would say my Tualatin 1.4Ghz 512k Cache CPU is my other favorite though I have a lot faster now. The AMD XP2400 has been very good to me also. Never a problem and a lot of bang for the $$$ I paid.

I also have fond memories of my Celeron 366@450 on an ABit BM6. Still running great. Sold it to my friends father and they use it day and night without a problem.

 

[Super6]

Celeron 300 at 450MHz.

Super6

 

[htmlmasterdave]

Definately has to be my Athlon 1200mhz Tbird on a MSI K7T Turbo Limited Edition (KT133A). It was the first machine I had that could honestly tackle anything that was out at the time. I eventually had it running with 1GB of extremely fast PC133 and it was one fast machine I was still using it up to last week, until someone bought it from me so I could upgrade to an Athlon64.

 

[BlvdKing]

WOW!! 1GB on a KT133A? That was unheard of back then - 768 was the highest I heard of at that time.

Good luck with the A64.

Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
Definately has to be my Athlon 1200mhz Tbird on a MSI K7T Turbo Limited Edition (KT133A). It was the first machine I had that could honestly tackle anything that was out at the time. I eventually had it running with 1GB of extremely fast PC133 and it was one fast machine I was still using it up to last week, until someone bought it from me so I could upgrade to an Athlon64.

 

[Schadenfroh]

celeron 300A overclocked to 550mhz, still running today on a BM6 in the other room

 

[zodder]

The one that really sticks out is the 700@1050 at the time hitting one gig was great but with that horsepower it seemed to be the point where all my apps/games, etc. Just ran perfect. The P3 700@1050mhz at 150fsb with the mighty Mosel ram was just so much power at that time.

I didn't even see this post. I agree. At that time, the 700@1050 were king. Games ran great and it was so much power back then. I remember getting all giddy watching one of my comps POST at 1 Ghz for the first time ever. It was kind of magical.

 

[jim1976]

68000 Definately the best...
For pc's I'd have to say my PIII@500MHz
Also I absolutely adore my current 3400+ Newcastle which is a killer cpu for the money :thumbsup:

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I liked my K6-3 450...

I still run one of these as a Win2k staging server at home.

Other hall-of-famers for me would include:

AMD 5x86 133
Cyrix/IBM PR-100+
Barton 2500/166