Weekend Open Forum: What CPU powers your computer?

[cldmstrsn]

Honestly mothing really exciting but I have an i7 3770k OC to 4.3 on a close loop water cooler. I got it when it was released and honestly it will last me a good 2 to 3 more years so I wont be upgrading until I am ready to do a full build again which will likely be on Intel's skylake or skymont unless AMD comes out with something new and awesome that I can get on board with.

 

[Lionvibez]

Lol it seems reading comprehension isn't big with some of you, people are posting full system specs when this topic only asked what CPU you have.

GG fail!

 

[Guest]

I too still rock the 2500K @ 4.5Ghz cooled by an Evo. I see no reason to upgrade anytime soon.

 

[Niytsky]

I7 950 @ 4.0 on water
Upgrading to 5960 (for the lanes) as soon as funding is in place.
12GB RAM, Win 7.0 on 120GB SSD, 6TB Raid10, Asus GTX780

 

[Guest]

4790k @ 5 GHz (lottery winner)

 

[dixon606]

I5 3570k @ stock

don't see a good reason to upgrade

 

[Guest]

Only rockets of pcs here...I have a HP 6930P with T9600. Still good for everything except I don't know, video rendering. Got an SSD (Sammy 840 PRO), it's very smooth. I also have a smaller Thinkpad X230 with i5 3320M. Same thing, you only notice something with video rendering, which I don't do at all. Oh, my retired desktop PC has an Athlon II X2 240. Still runs very well, comparable to the T9600. If you are a gamer, you need a better CPU. If you just browse web, listen to music, edit photos, watch movies, play casual games, do a little programming, whatever ...a dual core is still ok. A few months ago I was curious what is the activity of the CPU given that everybody says you NEED absolutely a top end CPU to survive in these days. Mostly 20-30% usage with fb, music playing, using visual studio or altium designer. So there's a ton of juice left. I trully think it's an obsession, like drugs, upgrading your pc. Yep.

 

[captaincranky]

I trully think it's an obsession, like drugs, upgrading your pc. Yep.

But not quite the "magnificent obsession", of taking drugs while you're upgrading your PC.....

 

[Guest]

I3-4150 (Thats all I can afford)
paired with
zotac 750ti 2gb oc
and 6gb ram
I got console like performance on this setup.

 

[Raoul Duke]

i7-2600K @4.2, just changed the multiplier and power settings. So runs @3.4 boosts to 4.2

 

[Darth Shiv]

I have an Intel Core i5 760 (Lynnfield, first generation) I bought in Jan 2011. It performs pretty well but after 4 years I think it may be time to upgrade. I like to keep my PC updated; I've bought 3 graphics cards in 4 years and an SSD on 2013.

It would also be good to have acces to SATA 3, USB 3, PCIe 3, etc.

Just upgraded from this with a Vertex 3 to 5820k and 850 Evo. Very snappy...

@shawn-knight - which PCIe SSD are you running? They require Win8 for TRIM support don't they? I was thinking of getting a m.2 SSD but my motherboard only supports PCIe x2 m.2 so decent m.2 drives would be running at half speed (still just over 1GB/s but not spending the price premium for something running half speed!).

 

[Guest]

PC #1 i7 4790K
PC #2 i5 4670K
PC #3 i7 860

 

[Guest]

Got a hand-me-down q6600 overclocked to 3.51 Ghz (can't seem to prime95 it at 3.6 Ghz for more than an hour, but 3.51 can go for days prime95).

Still handles a lot of new games just fine, obviously not playing on super high settings.

 

[klepto12]

I5 2500k @ 4.9 ghz

i7 laptop @ 2.5 ghz

 

[John Lacey]

AMD FX8320 running at 4.7Ghz.
8GB Corsair RAM
250GB Samsung EVO 850 Windows 8.1 OS Drive
120GB Samsung EVO 120 Mac OSX Drive
2 x 500GB Western Digital Blue Games and Downloads drives

 

[Archean]

Recently I dusted off my old PC, and luckily enough it just roared back to life after sitting there for almost two years. Its good old Q8400 CPU+5770 Radeon still seems good enough for most tasks (apart from gaming I guess).

Anyway, in recent years my main workhorse has been HP DV6011TX notebook with its Sandy Bridge i7 Q2630 CPU + 6770M Radeon + 8 GB RAM, and apart from its battery now dying a slow death after 4 years of service, it still feels speedy enough (especially since I've moved OS to SSD).

 

[KernTUG]

I7 2600K moderately OC'ed to 4.5 Ghz.
8 GB ram
Two Corsair 120 GB SSD (one for windows and the other for games)
One MX100 256 GB SSD (games)
One 2 TB Seagate Green (storage)
680 GTX

The rig is a tad over 4 years old, the GPU slightly newer, and it still fullfill my needs; Wow, BF4, Company of Heroes 2, Rome II etc.
I don't see me upgrading in the near future, my money is currently funding my 7 month old daughter

 

[Guest]

Main Tower: Xeon E5-1660 V3 @ 4.4 GHz
Main Laptop: i7-3920XM
HTPC1: Xeon E3-1230 V3
HTPC2: i5-4570
Server: Dual Xeon E5-2630 V3

 

[Guest]

Still using an old Athlon X2 7750. Coupled with an SSD its still performing good...more than enough for casual web browsing , office processing , email and 1080P Movies... Will upgrade this year ..Maybe Nov-Dec

 

[Arris]

Went Q6600 to i7 2600k. The i7 2600k @ 4.7Ghz is still going well.

 

[Guest]

Core i7 4790K - Gaming rg
Phenom II x6 1100T - HTPC
Phenom II x3 720 - Test bed
J1900 - Media Server
J1900 - Game Server
Rasp Pi - Proxy

 

[miluthui]

From Q6600 to i7-3770 @ stock

 

[Kibaruk]

My Sandy Bridge i5 died last month and I ended up getting myself a cheap yet awesome FX6300!

You don't feel it slower?? I've been trying to justify changing my 6300 for a new i5 but there is not THAT much gain for the price, considering it still works and I would have to change mobo.

 

[GhostRyder]

I7 5930K at 4.5ghz.

 

[Guest]

Stock i5-3570k
16gb ram