Your favorite cpu

theFOoL · Monday at 5:46 PM

QckSilver said:
Personally, the Q6600

Back in 2007 i could only watch some videos of it running Pro Street, Crysis and Half-life 2 without stuttering nearly as much as my P4 630.

Once i got hands in one after i replaced a Pentium Dual Core, Goddamn, that was water to wine transformation.
Ran really cold on a NZXT Havik 140 and i pushed that guy to around 3.8Ghz on all cores with little volt bump needed.

Just loved that CPU so much, sad i had to sell it a few years later

I had this for some time. @3.4 but now I have the Modded Xeon E5450 @3.6

wheresmycar · Monday at 6:44 PM

I haven't got a favourite

I do miss the greater overclocking potential Intel used to offer which gradually faded over time. My last being the i7-7700K which easily managed 5.1Ghz (I settled with 5.0Ghz for more tolerable temps) and then it was downhill with the 9700K seeing only a +100Mhz OC uplift with a sharp FULL STOP.

Another worthy mention: Off ebay and dirty cheap, a Quad Q9550 upgrade brought our OLD Dell Vostro 420 pre-built back to life and still in service today (still haven't worked out a mod to replace that annoying loud stock cooler)

The CPU admiration can't end there, not with my current 5800X3D on the GO. Boootifully smooth sailing!!

FreedomEclipse · 2025-01-07T21:05:58+0000

I had various skt 939 chips... 3000+ at 2.8-2.9Ghz. An 3200+ that I dont recall trying to OC. FX-55 Clawhammer that wouldnt OC. 3800+ (Manchester) X2 that would do 2.66Ghz,

Q9550 at 3.9Ghz. Then a 2500k at 4.9Ghz. 3930K at 4.6 or 4.7. 8600k at 4.8.

I would say my 3800+ X2 was the 'Most fun' as I was in a bad place at the time financially and I had to squeeze every last bit of juice from it to keep up with all my friends. who were well in to steam rolling my face with their more powerful AM3 machines by the time I eventually had enough cash build a Q9550 setup.

I am still in belief that my 2500k probably could have done 5ghz+. It made 4.9 at 1.38v - it was the most hassle free OC out of all of the chips Ive had. The day I put the system together. It was running completely stable after within 24hrs of putting it together.

Lew Zealand · 2025-01-07T22:07:44+0000

I never had any of the GOATs on the PC side but the PowerPC G3 220MHz which was sold as an aftermarket CPU upgrade for G1 and G2 PCI-slot Macs was a real banger because you could OC every one past 300MHz and many went to the card's top multiplier of 360MHz. Mine only did 330MHz, boo! Still great though. Honorable mention to the later G4 1GHz which went into the same Mac. PowerMac 601 100MHz upgraded to a CPU 3 generations newer and 10X the clock speed. Oof the bus speed performance choke though...

Good times.

System Name	BoX-Server \| 775PC
Processor	I3 3.5GHZ (3150) \| Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60)
Motherboard	ASRock B85M-ITX \| ASUS P5Q-EM
Cooling	OEZM HSK \| 120MM Heatsink (2-FANs)
Memory	8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) \| 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB)
Video Card(s)	Onboard \| NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4GB
Storage	120GB SSD 1TB WD \| 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD <<
Display(s)	DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 \| ASUS 24" LCD IPS
Case	CoolerMaster 110 \| DIYPC N1e-SPORT
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 550WATT \| Rosewill 530WATT
Mouse	Input-Director\| RoseWill FUSION C40
Keyboard	Input-Director \| RoseWill FUSION
Software	WiN1124H2/WiN11ET

System Name	❶ Oooh (2024) ❷ Aaaah (2021) ❸ Ahemm (2017)
Processor	❶ 5800X3D ❷ i7-9700K ❸ i7-7700K
Motherboard	❶ X570-F ❷ Z390-E ❸ Z270-E
Cooling	❶ ALFIII 360 ❷ X62 + X72 (GPU mod) ❸ X62
Memory	❶ 32-3600/16 ❷ 32-3200/16 ❸ 16-3200/16
Video Card(s)	❶ 3080 X Trio ❷ 2080TI (AIOmod) ❸ 1080TI
Storage	❶ NVME/SSD/HDD ❷ <SAME ❸ SSD/HDD
Display(s)	❶ 1440/165/IPS ❷ 1440/144/IPS ❸ 1080/144/IPS
Case	❶ BQ Silent 601 ❷ Cors 465X ❸ Frac Mesh C
Audio Device(s)	❶ HyperX C2 ❷ HyperX C2 ❸ Logi G432
Power Supply	❶ HX1200 Plat ❷ RM750X ❸ EVGA 650W G2
Mouse	❶ Logi G Pro ❷ Razer Bas V3 ❸ Logi G502
Keyboard	❶ Logi G915 TKL ❷ Anne P2 ❸ Logi G610
Software	❶ Win 11 ❷ 10 ❸ 10
Benchmark Scores	I have wrestled bandwidths, Tussled with voltages, Handcuffed Overclocks, Thrown Gigahertz in Jail

System Name	WorkInProgress
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\|1x WD SN850X 8TB (Gaming)\| 2x2TB WD SN770\| 2x2TB+2x4TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	Gamey #1 / #3
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asrock B450M P4 / MSi B450 ProVDH M
Cooling	IDCool SE-226-XT / IDCool SE-224-XTS
Memory	32GB 3200 CL16 / 16GB 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	PColor 6800 XT / GByte RTX 3070
Storage	4TB Team MP34 / 2TB WD SN570
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F 1440p 144Hz VA
Case	Corsair 4000Air / TT Versa H18
Power Supply	EVGA 650 G3 / EVGA BQ 500

Your favorite cpu

theFOoL

wheresmycar

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Lew Zealand