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What processor do you use?

What processor do you use?

  • Intel 8th Gen (Coffee Lake)

    Votes: 3,042 11.7%

  • Intel 7th Gen (Kaby Lake)

    Votes: 1,717 6.6%

  • Intel 6th Gen (Skylake)

    Votes: 2,633 10.1%

  • Intel 4th Gen (Haswell)

    Votes: 4,880 18.7%

  • Intel 3rd & 2nd Gen (IVB & SB)

    Votes: 4,408 16.9%

  • AMD Ryzen Gen 2

    Votes: 2,289 8.8%

  • AMD Ryzen

    Votes: 3,975 15.3%

  • AMD Threadripper

    Votes: 605 2.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 2,495 9.6%
  • Total voters
    26,044
  • Poll closed .
You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P

Tell us how you really feel.
 
Still using 4670k @ 4.2GHz. Games started to use more than 4 threads and Im thinking of sidegrade to 4930k since 4770k/4790k is bloody expensive and in high demand, its 80% of the price which I can get 4930k with RIVBE motherboard. Despite high power consumption it did have 6c/12t and quad channel memory with 40 lanes PCIe, going for 4790k only gives me 4 more threads and 2MB extra L3 cache (negligible performance)

DDR4 in my country is bloody expensive as well, going Ryzen needs decent speed DDR4 which costs as much as CPU+mobo combo itself, and Im not going to go Intel since they changing chipset with every new CPU
 
unclesharkey said:
You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P

Tell us how you really feel.
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Poll was likely geared toward Intel's past CPUs.

Ryzen 5 2600X @ 4.0GHz
 
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Not buying anything before Intel 10nm or AMD 7nm

voltage said:
I will remain using my old outdated PC until Intel fixes security bugs at the hardware level as they promised to do. I am assuming that wont happen until 9th gen or maybe 10th when new arc gets implemented.
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Won't happen for 9th gen it's "Coffee Lake refresh" aka Skylake architecture
 
good to now haswell is doing fine on 2018. my 4790 non k is still good enough for my needs.

AMD FX series should be on this poll.
 
Two systems: Ryzen desktop (upgraded from a Haswell laptop) and Surface Pro 2 (Haswell)
 
What if you have 2 computers?
My main rig has a 4790k but I gave my 2600k parts in my 2nd rig to my brother and some money from a UPS shipping claim + Gift cards to upgrade to Ryzen?
Therefore I picked Ryzen Gen 2.
 
Old and good Q9550 @ 3.8 GHz there, and I am planning to buy a better cooler to raise it up to 4.0 GHz. Detail: with an Asus P5QC with many pins on the socket recovered after a disastering fall. I will upgrade it when something about 7nm appears, AND IF the dollar cotation go down in Brazil.
 
Ryzen 1600X @3.9 GHz 1.25v, 16 GB 2133 DRAM CL15 OC to 2800 MHz CL16, Asrock X370
 
Ryzen R7 1800k a 4.000 muy contento.
 
FX-9590. Gamed on my mobile i7 6770HQ for a while, and eventhough it's supposed to be about as fast overall, and quicker singlethreaded, the fx feels more fluent, even with both using the same 120Hz screen, even just during desktop use.

Both my 8350 and a 1st gen sabertooth 990FX died in the past year, but couldnt get myself to upgrade at both times. I might not get 120FPS at most newer titles but honestly dont feel like i'm missing out on too much. Maybe Ryzen 2 will be the one.
 
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I'm surprised so many are still running 4790k like me - I have a mild overclock at 4.6 on water. Obviously the performance gap has not been worth the inflated DDR prices we've seen in required platform upgrades. Much of the performance gap is not even noticeable for most users that don't rely on heavy threaded crunching or the FPS increase is at a point that is not making a huge difference in gameplay.

Good to see processor competition getting better as of late though.
 
Ryzen 2700X 4.2Ghz loving it!
 
Upgraded from FX-8350 (the old platform went to my 2nd pc) to a Ryzen 2600X. I wouldn't buy intel even if the world survival was dependant on it.
 
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unclesharkey said:
You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P
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I mean, those were popular enough to land them firmly in "other" territory frankly. Love em or hate em, Intel was dominating then,.
 
Getting ready to make the hop to Threadripper. lol. (albeit a 1900X to get me going till the 2nd gen 16 core versions come down to around the $500 mark next year. )

Will be running 32GB of DDR4 B-Die in quad channel though..
 
Just upgraded from i7 5820k to i7 6950x for US$600. It runs great @ 4.4GHz with 64GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz. Best budget CPU upgrade ever !

1- PII 350MHz (RAM 320Mo)
2- P4 2.8GHz (RAM 1.5 GB)
3- Athlon 64 3500+ / X2 4800+ (Great upgrade at that time) RAM 4GB
4- Q6600 2.4 @ 3.2 GHz (RAM 8GB) Great CPU with good easy OC
5- X58 : i7 950 / i7 970 (Great Socket with significant upgrade possibility at affordable price, I remember I bought the i7 970 for US$200)
6- X99 : 5820K (never been fully satisfied by this CPU) / i7 6950x is indeed the best CPU of this socket, even better than the 7900X and much cheaper today :)

cinebench-i7-6950x-4.4GHz-2316.jpg
 
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Skylake i7 6700K @ 4.6gig, still happy, still pleased.
 
I hate to sound stupid, but I'm not even sure what to pick. :D Is Core-X 7th or 8th gen... or is it actually 6th gen (being named after Skylake)?
 
StrayKAT said:
Still not sure that answers my question. Even Intel drops the "gen" moniker and just lists Core-X as just that.
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Kaby Lake is listed as 7th Gen above in the Poll.
 
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