Computers you have built?

I was just thinking over my CPU history. I can't recall the boards but I can recall the CPUs over the last 16-17 years that have gone into my homebuilt systems:

1995 Cyrix 80 MHz -My first system from scratch.
1997 AMD K5
2000 AMD K7 (slot A)
2003 AMD Barton 2600+ (Socket A)
2005 Upgrade to a 3200+
2007 AMD Venice (Socket 939)
2009 Intel E8400 (Socket 775)

If you get stuck on yours like I did a quick google will find all sorts of CPU histories.

What really surprised me here was the frequency of CPU changes. I'm due for an upgrade in just a few months it seems

Personal usages :
PII 266MMX
PIII 800eb
P D805
AMD X2 5200+
C2D Q6600
AMD PII X4 955

Sold (I build rigs for my side income):
PII 266MMX
PIII 533, 800
During this era, AMD K5 and K6 were not very popular, where I live, hence almost no system of those kind.
P D805, 820
Celerons tons of them.
C2D E6600
C2D Q6600, Q8200
AMD X2 4400, 4800, 5200+
AMD PII X3 445,440
AMD PII X4 640, 965, 955, 945
AMD PII X6 1055T
i7 820,860, 920, 930
i5 750, 760
Yet still no ATOMS and no i3
Many more I can't even remember. Some based on my recommendations several just following orders.
Yup, the orders are increasing starting from AM2+ and LGA775 and newer.

I've been building my own going back to 1989 or so, with a 80386sx 16 MHz system.
in 1990, I built a 386-33
in 1992 I built a 486-33
1994 I built a 486-66. Which, when the Biostar Mobo blew, I replaced it with a 486-100 system
1996 I got a pentium-100
1997 I built a Cyrix 150
1999 I got a Pentium II 450
2001 I got a Pentium 4 1.33 GHz
2003 I got a the Sempron 3100+ right as it came out, socket 754
2005 I got a socket 939 Athlon 64 x2 4200+, in late december
2008 I got a Core2Duo e8400 which is my current system.

From 1977, about 18 - 20 for me and friends, not counting give-away systems.

2007 - Q6600 (LGA 775)
2009 - Core i7 920 (LGA 1366) e
2009 - Q9550 (LGA 775)
2009 - Athlon II X4 620 (AM3)
2010 - Athlon II X3 435 (AM3)

Can't really remember everything prior to 2007 as specific CPU's / Builds, except going back to the Commodore64, as a kid and a few Gateway / Dell Pentium I - III type systems along the way.

Yeah... if this was a survey, it would not be an accurate one as we don't for the most part represent the "average users". Most of the posters (regulars... not necessarily the one and done's) are more "techie" and update their systems more often, as your described... they can and it's fun.

If I was able to do what people like guanyu210379 or shadow703793 do and build on the side at a greater frequency, I would have a much higher build / CPU count. It would be something I would love to do on the side more ofter but just haven't found the "market" or "marketed" myself either. I've just done builds for close friends or family for the most part.

My personal builds run every 2-3 years to keep up with the latest tech. I build one for my parents about every 5 years.

the previous gen computer is either a handme-down to my sister or turned int a linux box

Four years ago I bought my last PC, a Dell XPS 710 H2C that's scheduled for demise (a) next failure or (b) 2Q11. That ended over 25 years of PC purchases begining with the TRS80. And maybe 10 years more of "game console" computers before that.

Since then I've built 8 rigs, all Intel; C2Ds & Qs, i5, i7. Two of the three "standard" PCs are in "HTPC" cases (though they aren't HTPCs), another is a tiny i5/ITX/SSD my wife uses, one is used solely as a security DVR, and 3 more were for family. I'd only build them for free lol. (The best build was with two of my grandsons, aged 9 and 8 at the time )

Started with EVGA mobos. When they failed I switched to Asus. When I got tired of Asus' web site at the time I switched to Gigabyte and have not found a reason to switch again.