Ok now , how about the best CPU you`ve ever had?

[cal7]

as the thread about the first CPU you`ve ever had goes on , how about the best CPU you`ve ever bought?I dont mean the faster but the one that made you really happy.Mine was the legendary Celeron 300A followed closely by the PIII 600E (slot).

 

[sarsoft]

My current e6600 clocked at 3.6 stable and highest at 3.902 superpi at 13.422 seconds but not stable. It makes me happy

 

[ajfink]

That's tough. I have a 1.4Ghz Tualatin Celeron at home, a 3500+ at home (that OCs niiice), and a Core Duo in my laptop (gonna replace with a T7200 - maybe).

 

[Crashman]

I had a Pentium MMX 233 at 350MHz...

 

[Sirfiroth]

The best processor I have ever owned is an amd athlon xp 2100. which my wife still uses. It is a very dependable processor, on an asus board with onboard video and sound. built her rig about 6 years ago. the only up grade has been new sony lcd monitor. no problems runs at 26c @ idle. 35c @ 100%
This is my only amd machine, and the only one that has been trouble free.
!st machine ti99-4a 16k memory, tape deck data storage, motorola tv monitor.(1984) 8)

 

[cryogenic]

"PIII 650E Copermine" one of the best CPU's Intel ever made, I dug up some about it so I wouldn't give wrong info:

100 Mhz fsb & 17 Watt power usage => great overclocker and great performance

17 Watt!! can you imagine that ?

 

[Crashman]

I saw a PIII 500E go to 1000MHz, that's a 100% overclock.

 

[sandmanwn]

Opteron 240

Snagged the company credit card a few weeks after it hit the shelves. Major money! Greatest purchase I never had to pay for by far.

 

[sarsoft]

Opteron 240

Snagged the company credit card a few weeks after it hit the shelves. Major money! Greatest purchase I never had to pay for by far.

Slaker :lol:

 

[smartel7070]

I have to agree with you about the celeron 300A .... I oc'ed mine to 450mhz (50% oc) with the boxed HSF. I've never heard of any other cpu capable of that.

 

[HA_ZEE]

Mine was the AMD Athlon XP 3000, clocked up awesome to 2.509 Ghz. Have a better gaming machine now but still use the Athlon XP to surf and fun around.

 

[LVDAX]

See my sig file computer...
It was the most stable and dependable machine i have owned... Not to mention I probably spent the most $$$ building and modifying it.

 

[lbax]

I was the most impressed with the relative performance increase when I tranisitioned from an Intel 8080 to a Zilog Z80. The system appeared to run 2-3X faster with the new CPU.

 

[Shizamaaur]

Core - ThunderBird
Clock Speed :- 1.4ghz
L1 Cache - 128KB
L2 Cache - 256KB
Cache Bus - 64 Bit
Interface - Socket 462 (Socket-A)
Microns - 0.18
Transistors - 37 Million
OH YEAH

 

[gOJDO]

Pentium MMX-200, OC-ed at 250MHz(3x83.3MHz).

 

[dasickninja]

Toss up between Xeon 3060 and my X6800 which clocked to 4.9GHz. :mrgreen:

 

[sarsoft]

Toss up between Xeon 3060 and my X6800 which clocked to 4.9GHz. :mrgreen:

Wow! what type cooling are you using?
One on these... Click hiaaa

 

[kiwik]

I was really happy with my "brand new" Athlon XP 2000+ when I first received it. It was so powerful compared to my older PIII 866.

 

[dasickninja]

I used a TEC. Now I'm between coolers, and gearing up for my homebuilt phase changer.

 

[burntham77]

My AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 was the biggest performance leap I'd ever seen. I replaced it with an X2 a couple years later, but the FX is still a great one.

 

[Detson]

Although I love my Athlon 64 3500+, I kinda miss my old 2.4 ghz Northwood. It's now serving in a PC I built for my grandparents, and has plenty of years left in it.

 

[axilon]

Athlon 2400+... survived a PS blowout and is still chugging along for my brother.

 

[korbin44]

I have to agree with JumpinJack. My QX6700 oc'd to 3.5 GHZ is by far the best processor I've ever owned! My first proc was an old socket 478 Celeron @ 1.9 GHZ. As you can see, I haven't been building my own machines for that long, only about 4 years, but I love it!

 

[dasickninja]

Monsoon II. Its the exception to the rule, but not by much. 3lfK1ng has it now.

 

[mpjesse]

That's a good one. I'd have to say the processor I was most impressed with was the Pentium 4 Northwood. I went from a Athlon XP to that and I was stunned.