What's your favorite CPU of all time?

Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited March 2004 in Hardware
I started a thread like this at Icrontic a long, long, LONG time ago. I figured I'd bring it back. The question is simple: what is your favorite CPU?

Mine is either the Pentium III/Celeron Tualatins, or the Mobile Athlon XPs. They both are extremely fast CPUs (on a speed relative to MHz scale), and they both run nice and cool, with low power requirements.
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  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited March 2004
    My next one.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited March 2004
    Voyager's central processor.

    Does something like 375 trillion computations per nanosecond. :D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    :rolleyes:

    ;D
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited March 2004
    csimon better watch out if I get my hands on one! ;D
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2004
    My Favorite is whatever I have at the time... ;D

    But Really => The Athlon XP Mobile - for making 2.5ghz an attainable goal.

    My next favorite is going to be a 90nm Opterons 3.0-3.2ghz anyone?!?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    forgot A64
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Other. Opteron.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Damn. You guys are right. I totally forgot about the A64/Opterons. I'll get that fixed asap... take out the Via C3 option. Everyone hates those things anyhow. :D;D
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Tough pick for me, I have a lot of favorite CPU's.

    1. My dual Opteron 248's.
    2. My PowerPC 750FX.
    3. My dual 1.1GHz Coppermines.
    4. My Pentium 233MMX.
    5. My Motorola 68040.
    6. My 486DX4 Overdrive.

    I guess that puts me in the "Other" category. ;D

    -drasnor :fold:
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Edited ;)
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited March 2004
    I voted for the athlons/durons. The first cpu I ever overclocked from 750 to 954 on a Abit kt7a-raid. It was at Icrontic that I first learned all about building a pc. I loved it so much I still have the cpu. I've always wanted to drill a hole in it and make it a key chain but I just don't have the hart.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    Komete wrote:
    I voted for the athlons/durons. The first cpu I ever overclocked from 750 to 954 on a Abit kt7a-raid...
    Same here. When I OC'd my first Athlon (an 850) I caught the bug. When I had two comps running T-Bird 1200's @ 1400 I became an addict for life.

    Can't argue with Bothered, though. :thumbup
    bothered wrote:
    My next one.
  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    other - Zilog Z80A (3.65 MHz)

    This beast powered my first ever computer, my ZX Spectrum 128k - this is where the madness started
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    mondi wrote:
    other - Zilog Z80A (3.65 MHz)

    This beast powered my first ever computer, my ZX Spectrum 128k - this is where the madness started
    And I bet you still have the sucker Folding, too. :rockon:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    Best CPU I have owned is my Mobile Barton I have right now.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    P3 Tualatins are probably my favorite. They're just..... Cool somehow...
  • MrBillMrBill Missouri Member
    edited March 2004
    I like my 2500 Barton. The best desktop CPU I have owned.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    P3 Tualatins are probably my favorite. They're just..... Cool somehow...
    Possibly the 35W power dissipation at 1.4GHz, plus the fact that they own 1.8GHz P4's at that speed. And that they're over $200 today, four years after the fact.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • MadballMadball Fort Benton, MT
    edited March 2004
    My 1700+XP still kicks ass. A 2.3ghz processor for $47 can't be beat.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited March 2004
    No pentium M? I love my lappy :P
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Only 10 poll options, maximum. :(
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    It would be tough for me.. Between the Pentium M and the Tualatin..

    Funny how I consider myself an AMD fanboy, but my two favorite CPUs are Intel products.... :wtf:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    You have a conflict between your internal and external worldviews, Prime. ;):D
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited March 2004
    Pentium M is possibly the most well designed CPU in . . . ever, at least that's mainstream.

    Intel might be adding layers to the .130nm p4EE and other Xeon chips. I guess they want to be able to offer the higher clock frequency to Xeon customers w/out frying those mobos with a Prescott-core Xeon.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2004
    P3 Tualatin 1.4ghz - Athlon MP 1600+ speed at Twice the Cache! ;D;D;D
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    I like the Thorton I am running right now as it does 2.5 on default voltage very cool w/air cooling. I will soon get to see what it will do under water! :D
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    Only 10 poll options, maximum. :(
    Actually 2 more options can be added.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited March 2004
    I also have to go with the P3 Tualatin procs; it's too bad that Intel decided to concentrate on the P4 instead. They are as fast as an Athlon at their clock speed and ran rings around all the P4 willies of their time, no matter what clock speed the willie was running. Plus, they were moderate power usage procs and very easy to cool, even when overclocking. If there were some mainstream desktop boards out right now that supported the Pentium M, I would probably be exploring their performance also, since they are an evolution of the Tualatins.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2004
    Intel Next generation Desktop chip (P5/P6?) is going to be a 3rd gen version of the Pentium M (codename Merom I think)
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited March 2004
    no alphas? aw..... toss me in the other catagory.....
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