What is your AMD History?

[lambofgode3x]

Simple and to the point. What was your history with AMD processors? When did you get your first one, how fast was it, etc. You guys know what i'm getting at.

-My first was a 450MHz system from compaq that my mom bought me before I really knew anything about computers.
-Then I upgraded to a Duron 933 System and bought a Systemax computer with a 1GHz Thunderbird a couple months later.
-Then I went to an Athlon XP 2600 system, but i fried it overclocking
-Then an Athlon XP 2000+ got installed in that rig.
-Now I have my Athlon X2 4800+.

So what about you guys?

Please, no "amd sucks, intel is better" crap. This isn't an AMD VS INTEL thread.

 

[BaronMatrix]

Simple and to the point. What was your history with AMD processors? When did you get your first one, how fast was it, etc. You guys know what i'm getting at.

-My first was a 450MHz system from compaq that my mom bought me before I really knew anything about computers.
-Then I upgraded to a Duron 933 System and bought a Systemax computer with a 1GHz Thunderbird a couple months later.
-Then I went to an Athlon XP 2600 system, but i fried it overclocking
-Then an Athlon XP 2000+ got installed in that rig.
-Now I have my Athlon X2 4800+.

So what about you guys?

Please, no "amd sucks, intel is better" crap. This isn't an AMD VS INTEL thread.

Am286 10MHz

 

[RichPLS]

and it is still offering more performance and substance than your posts...

 

[jeff_2087]

Quite recent, a San Diego 3700+. Good chip but sadly I couldn't OC it much because my board was a crappy mATX that didn't have voltage control. So I topped out at around 2.5 or 2.6 GHz.

 

[RubberCement]

My only AMD processor was a K6-2. I think it was a 450. If it was a turd it would have floated. Nasty. Paired with a Tyan VIA chipset, it benched slower than a P-II 266, and then there was no upgrade to the K6-III due to socket spec. change. Blech.
I've been Intel ever since.
AMD almost roped me back in last year with the excellent x2 s939 CPU series, but they announced the socket change to AM2 before I got stuck with obsolete technology again.
And then along came C2D...

 

[extremefire]

First one was sometime in '97 or '98.

1 - K6-2 300
1 - K6-2 450
1 - Slot A 750
2 - XP 1800+
1 - XP 2200+
2 - XP 2400+ (bridge mod to run as MPs)
1 - Sempron 3000+
1 - XP 2500+
1 - 64 3400+
1 - X2 3800+ (939)
1 - X2 3800+ (AM2)
1 - X2 4200+ (939)

Still running all of them somewhere except for the K6-2s.

 

[atp777]

AMD K6-II 266MHz
It wasn't too bad, granted my PII 300MHz easily outpaced it.

 

[mpasternak]

Athlon 1.4ghz

caused burns to my fingers when it went up in a blaze of smoke.

 

[shawnpaul3]

and it is still offering more performance and substance than your posts...

Funny...not nice or necessary, but still funny.

 

[shawnpaul3]

My only AMD processor was a K6-2. I think it was a 450. If it was a turd it would have floated. Nasty. Paired with a Tyan VIA chipset, it benched slower than a P-II 266, and then there was no upgrade to the K6-III due to socket spec. change. Blech.
I've been Intel ever since.
AMD almost roped me back in last year with the excellent x2 s939 CPU series, but they announced the socket change to AM2 before I got stuck with obsolete technology again.
And then along came C2D...

That's probably the main problem with any cpu. By the time you want to upgrade, the technology changes and just every about every piece in the puzzle needs to be upgraded.

 

[theboomboomcars]

486DX2-80
K6-300
K6-II-400
K6-II-400@550
Athlon 750
Duron 800
Duron 900
Athlon 1100 Still running
Athlon XP-2100+ Still running
Athlon XP-2800+ Still Running
Athlon X2-3800+ Still Running

 

[dasgoat]

K6-2 233 -> K6-2 500 -> Athlon 1.333 -> Athlon XP 1800+ -> (Backup)XP 2600+ -> AM2 X2 3800+ (Current)

 

[yakyb]

2200 xp
3500 a64
2800 sempron (i f@ked my 2200)
4200 family build

k10 (agena, Phenom, whatever its called likely to be next dependant on price/performance and ability to OC)

 

[zornundo]

Athlon XP 1600+ (I think I still have it somewhere)
S939 Athlon 64 3200+ (still around, not currently being used)
S939 Athlon X2 4800+ which I paid too much for but what the hey, it was the last hurrah for my board and I didn't want to get new board and memory *shrug*

 

[atp777]

Nothing wrong with that man. That's what I'd do with my 478 board, but I don't think there's a netburst chip on 478 that's really any better than my northwood 3.2GHz.

 

[No1sFanboy]

Ran Intel forever till the performance differences could no longer be ignored.

3500+ skt939 venice
........good proc., gave it to my bro-in-law, he still runs it.

opty 175
.... great proc, still have it mildly overclocked with stock HSF and it has always ran stable and cool. It is my primary work computer and is used to lan game with my c2d.

I would gladly buy another AMD if they deliver the product. Till then I have my eye on the q6600.

 

[azza21]

Ha the memories my first PC was an AMD Athlon thunderbird 1.2Ghz, custom built PC from TIME Corp, which i brought in late 2000. Around early 2004 (yes 3 whole years, great chip) i got an AMD Athlon XP 1900+ which was about the time i started playing around with pc's, building them etc..6 months later i also brought an 2600+ and also built my girfriend a PC with a duron 950.
In April 2006 i brought a San Diego 3700+ CPU, it was the first time i ever overclocked and it overclocked to 2.8ghz, which i am still using today another great chip, i have to say all the AMD chips have served me well. But serving me well isn't enough i am not going to hold out any more for the next gen of AMD chips i am going to get an Intel QX6700 i want whats best now and as i said i am not waiting anymore. Howevere if the Agena FX turns out to be a killer processor i will sell my QX6700 late this year and get one. az

 

[lambofgode3x]

AMD almost roped me back in last year with the excellent x2 s939 CPU series, but they announced the socket change to AM2 before I got stuck with obsolete technology again.
And then along came C2D...

i got a 939 system when am2 was already out, and i have to say i dont regret it. it's no core 2 killer, but i max out all my games and get amazing frame rates.

My only AMD processor was a K6-2. I think it was a 450.

yeah, that was the same processor i had. i loved it. i kinda wish i still had it.

 

[halbhh]

Yeah, I agree. My own 939 has been one of the best buys of any type I've made. Close to 2 years of great service so far, and it will continue somewhere after I upgrade next.

I didn't have time to build my own until 2001, so I bought systems from small local builders until 2001. One was a retired engineer running his own one man shop near lake Travis outside of Austin. My AMD history is Duron 750, Athlon 1.3Ghz, XP 2800, and X2 4200. I'd love to build right now, but I'm frugal and only use about 30% of my cpu cycles (average) during my heaviest multitasking. My next system will be an AMD quad most likely.

 

[sabenfox]

I think i started out with the K62-400mhz

i remember wishing i could afford a K63.

After that it was athlon XP (can't remember speed)

then my current X2 4200

 

[tamalero]

Intel 486SX 33 Mhz
AMD486DX 40 Mhz
intel 486 DX2 66 Mhz
k5 100 Mhz
K6-2 300 Mhz
Athlon 600 Mhz
Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz
AMd Athlon XP 2100 toughtbreed)
AMD Athlon XP 2800 (barton)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (Manchester)

 

[sabenfox]

Simple and to the point. What was your history with AMD processors? When did you get your first one, how fast was it, etc. You guys know what i'm getting at.

Intel 486SX 33 Mhz
AMD486DX 40 Mhz
intel 486 DX2 66 Mhz
k5 100 Mhz
K6-2 300 Mhz
Athlon 600 Mhz
Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz
AMd Athlon XP 2100 toughtbreed)
AMD Athlon XP 2800 (barton)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (Manchester)

man i knew it was a conspiricy, amd makes intel products !

 

[boduke]

486DX4-100
Various K6's and K62's (can't remember the speeds)
Athlon 1Ghz
Athlon 1.4Ghz (Still in use as firewall)
Duron 700
Duron 1Ghz (still in use as a domain controller)
2x Athlon MP 2000+ (wish I still had this box)
Athlon XP 1600+ (Still in use as webserver)
Athlon XP 1700+ (Still in use as webserver)
Athlon XP 2500+ (Built out and gave to friend, still in use)
Athlon XP 2600+ (Built out and gave to sister, still in use)
2x Athlon 64 3000+ (One in use as media PC, other as SQL/Web box)
Sempron64 3100+ (Building out as an Exchange 2007 server, will still be in use)
Athlon 64 3700+ (Still in use as my kids gaming PC)

 

[Toli001]

Intel Pentium 3 500E
Intel Pentium 3 1000EB
AMD Duron 900
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (very hot)
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton FSB400)
AMD Athlon64 3200+ s754
AMD Athlon64 3500+ s939
AMD Athlon64 3800+ s939
AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ s939
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ s939
Intel Core2Duo E6600 (while waiting for K10)

 

[mpjesse]

K6 233mhz (my very first build!)
K6-2 450mhz
Athlon 800Mhz
Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz
Athlon XP (thoroughbred) 1.8Ghz (I think...)

Then I switched back to Intel during the Pentium 4 northwood days

Now back to AMD...

Athlon X2 4200+
Athlon X2 4800+

And unless Barcelona pwns C2D I'm going back to Intel