What CPU do you own? Why?

[enzo matrix]

The poll is this: What CPU is your current CPU and why did you buy it? If you have multiple, tell us about the one you are most happy about. If you have an "older CPU" let us know why you've stayed on with it

Myself, is an Athlon IIx4 overclocked to 3.22GHz. It's fast and a cheap quad. the "poor man's phenom II". I would have gotten the x3 but for some reason when I got it, the x3 was either unavailable or priced the same as the x4 in Canada.

I only wish I could have given more poll options.

 

[blackhawk1928]

My current CPU is an Intel Core i7 920 D0. I bought it because it is well reviewed, powerful, and I bought it for photo/video editing mostly. I have many PC's but I am most happy about this one...its very powerful.

 

[buzznut]

I'm still running the PH II x4 940. Judging from the latest test on Toms with <$150 CPU's, it was a good choice and still performs really well. I've had it as high as 3.82Ghz, that is without cranking the fans up to high.
24/7 operation I run with it at 3.6 with a reference clock of 205. I believe it will be my last quad core as I don't plan on changing anything for another year. Hopeful bulldozer is competitive.
I screwed up my wife's PH I quad (my ol 9850) so I got her the X3 athlon II at 2.9 Ghz. I've heard such good things, but the system if anything feels just a tad slower. Benchmarks are slightly lower too, I think the original Phenoms got a bad rap.

 

[spentshells]

e5300 curent I bought this so I could crank it up 4Ghz for day to day use
I looked around for something I could just haul on and this lil fella was a god send
it took 2-3 days to get a stable 4.0 got it up to 4.16 but could not keep it stable past 4.1

I did buy a used q6600 but its still just sitting there I want to reformat before I install it

I'm honestly not feeling the need.

 

[Reynod]

I am in the same boat as spentshells ... but I gave my Q6600 to one of the kids and kept the E5300 ... mine is at 3.46 on stock voltage and has plenty of grunt.

I have a heap of other PC's but I like this one for most stuff ... though I have a soft spot for my old Toshy A100.

 

[davcon]

I bought an i7 860 and i'm pleased with its versatility.
It may not do one thing great like the i5 750 (gaming) but it does many different things very well.
I also have a little i3 530 and i'm very impressed with it.

 

[loneninja]

I voted Phenom II X4 since it's in the computer I'm currently posting, however I own more on the list.

Phenom X4 9850 @ 3.0Ghz, I bought this because I wanted to speed up render times in 3ds max over my Athlon X2. I got it early 09 after Phenom II launched but before socket AM3. Reason I chose it over a Phenom II was price, I paid $130 for it while the Phenom II 940 was still $230+. Haven't replaced it because Phenom really got a bad rap, clock for clock it's just as good as Athlon II and not far behind Phenom II.

Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.5Ghz. I bought this simply because the Athlon II quads are a great value, and it replaced the last Athlon X2 I owned. Felt like having all quad core processors simply because I could. lol I do make use of the extra cores rendering and folding at least.

Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.6Ghz. I got this shortly after AM3 and the 955 were released. I bought it because I had most of the components I needed to assemble a computer laying around, I just needed the motherboard and cpu. Found it on sale in a combo with a 790Gx based motherboard for just over $200, while the 955 was significantly more expensive, not to mention the DDR2 vs DDR3 price difference when socket AM3 launched.

 

[cjl]

i7 965 extreme, which I use for engineering applications and simulation. I game as well, but if that were the only thing I used my computer for, I would have bought a cheaper processor.

 

[MarkG]

I'm very impressed with the i5 in my new laptop: the system takes only about 2W more power at idle than my Atom netbook and it plays all my games with no problems (I think GTA4 is probably the most CPU hungry I own).

 

[DXRick]

I am still using my P4 3.0 CPU.

 

[Raidur]

Well... I bought a LGA 775 IX38 board to upgrade from my 939 4400+. I paired it with an E8400 I worked up to 4.0ghz(for 24/7).

I had plenty of speed to handle my games, even when I got my 4870. New CPUs were coming out and it looked like the 775 was going out so it was time to upgrade! Bought a Q9550 for $230 from the egg (lowest price I've seen if I remember right). OCed it to 4ghz (which required me to test my mobo's ability) and have been loving it with my crossfired 4890s. I plan for it to last me another few years TBH (assuming I convince myself to buy a 30" monster resolution monitor + 5870 crossfire).

 

[MarkG]

I am still using my P4 3.0 CPU.

That was what I upgraded from to the i5 .

 

[blackhawk1928]

My processor is the Intel Xeon X7560 2.26Ghz 8-Core Processor with 24mb cache. I bought it because it's the most powerful processor on earth and I am very happy with as it handles anything.


....I Wish HAHA

 

[ColMirage]

Still using an Athlon 64 2800. lollers!

Don't really game with it 'neways. Dawn of War, UT99/2k4, Diablo 2, Occasional Half Life...

 

[simon12]

I have a 550BE unlocked to quad running at 3.55ghz I got it on the chance it would unlock and if it didn't it should still be a good gaming CPU (though maybe not as good value as an Athlon x3 or x4) to go with my Radeon 4890 from my old PC.

 

[nfuzer]

Phenom ii x4 945

Bought on a budget...came with a sweet combo on newegg.com

Most bang for the buck

 

[runswindows95]

Pentium E2200 at stock settings. All I really do day to day is word processing.

 

[mindless728]

i applied what is in my desktop to the poll

i have a Phenom II X4 810 (@2.99GHz) on an athlon X2 125TDP stock cooler (ie the one with the copper pipes), I bought this since the other Phenom II X4's and the Core i7's were out of my price (April 2009)

my older laptop has a Core 2 Duo T7200, reasonable when i purchased it

and my newer one has a Core i7-720QM, needed something with some oomph and quad core for some of the programming i do

my HTPC as the athlon II x2 240, its all that was needed

 

[tecmo34]

My current CPU is an Intel Core i7 920 D0. I bought it because it is well reviewed, powerful, and I bought it for photo/video editing mostly. I have many PC's but I am most happy about this one...its very powerful.

Pretty much says it all for me, as well!! Except, my wife does more of the photo editing stuff (I do do a little myself... HAHA.. I said DoDo :lol: ) and I do the gaming part

 

[xaira]

E8500 $50
E5200 $50
i3 540 $85

low power + efficiency + gr8 performance

need i say more?

 

[lostandwandering]

Currently using my laptop running a Core2 T7200. I have a desktop with an E8500 that servers my gaming purposes and another with a QX6700 for folding purposes.

The E8500 I got because it was cheap at the time. The QX6700 because I already had the majority of a system laying around and needed an LGA 775 chip for it.

 

[ares1214]

current computers are:

i5 750 @3.73 GHz
i3 530 @ stock
X4 955 @ 3.9 GHz
X2 550 @ 3.5 GHz

and 3 dell computers with 1 amd 64, and 2 pentiums. the i5 750 i got since it has very good gaming performance for the price, 955 since it was the only amd cpu using ddr3 at the time, i3 530 for an htpc, 550 for since it was cheap and could be unlocked.

 

[Raidur]

^ Quite a collection. May I ask the "Why?", from the title?

 

[ares1214]

what do you mean by "why" ?

 

[rattman169]

where to start, lol. my pc is a Phenom II X4 955BE@3.8Ghz and I got it for no reason, wanted a decent Quad CPU that was cheap, I have an AMD L310 1.2DC @ 1.6Ghz in my laptop, I have a Pentium D820 & 630, both of them free so I took them, Also a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz CPU, paid $10 for it 3 years ago, a Celeron 2.7Ghz, free, plus several others, most free as I get so much from companies when I fix PC's