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Default What was your lifetime CPU upgrade path?

I mooched the idea from the guy with "What was your lifetime GPU upgrade path?" thread. But this is different.

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386 (1994) --> Intel Pentium II @ 450 MHz (1999) --> Intel Pentium IV @ 1.7 GHz (2002) -->Intel Core 2 Q9550 @ 2.93 GHz (2008)

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Pii -> p4 -> pdc
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286, 386, 386, 486, 486, Pentium 66, Pentium 90, Pentium 166?, A couple P2's, a K6 or something, a P3, a couple Athlons (single core), E6750, Q6600, E8400... and my laptops on the side.
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Over the course of 7 years, as I am 21 now...

Intel P2, AMD 2000+, AMD 3000+(512kb cache),AMD 3200+(1MB cache), AMD 3200+, AMD64 3200+, AMD 4400+(san diego core?), AMD OPTY 185, Intel e6600, Intel QX6850.

I update CPUs much less, relative to GPU upgrades. Simply because, i'm a gamer, not a number cruncher.
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PII 233>P4 2.2GHz>A64 4000+>A64 x2 3800+>A64 x2 4200+> C2D E8500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by todd2008 View Post
I mooched the idea from the guy with "What was your lifetime GPU upgrade path?" thread. But this is different.

I promise.

Here is mine:

386 (1994) --> Intel Pentium II @ 450 MHz (1999) --> Intel Pentium IV @ 1.7 GHz (2002) -->Intel Core 2 Q9550 @ 2.93 GHz (2008)
Jerk :P

Hehe, I kid, I was wondering when someone would make the CPU thread.

Mine:

P4 (not sure which core) ->e4300 -> e6400 -> e6600 (GF got 6400) -> e8500
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