What processor do you use?

unclesharkey · Jun 22, 2018

You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P

Tell us how you really feel.

Apocalypsee · Jun 24, 2018

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

biffzinker · Jun 24, 2018

unclesharkey said:
You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P

Tell us how you really feel.

Poll was likely geared toward Intel's past CPUs.

Ryzen 5 2600X @ 4.0GHz

las · Jun 28, 2018

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I will remain using my old outdated PC until Intel fixes security bugs at the hardware level as they promised to do.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.

Won't happen for 9th gen it's "Coffee Lake refresh" aka Skylake architecture

eltano06 · Jul 3, 2018

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.

theGryphon · Jul 4, 2018

Two systems: Ryzen desktop (upgraded from a Haswell laptop) and Surface Pro 2 (Haswell)

grammar_phreak · Jul 4, 2018

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.

wmoreira95 · Jul 4, 2018

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.

Gutox tec inf · Jul 6, 2018

5i 7g muito bom

darkangel0504 · Jul 13, 2018

Ryzen 1600X @3.9 GHz 1.25v, 16 GB 2133 DRAM CL15 OC to 2800 MHz CL16, Asrock X370

manquillo · Jul 13, 2018

Ryzen R7 1800k a 4.000 muy contento.

Mathragh · Jul 13, 2018

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.

muggy · Jul 13, 2018

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.

Mr.Mopar392 · Jul 16, 2018

Ryzen 2700X 4.2Ghz loving it!

CandymanGR · Jul 17, 2018

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.

R-T-B · Jul 17, 2018

unclesharkey said:
You put 5 gens of Intel but no AMD FX or Phenom II ;-P

I mean, those were popular enough to land them firmly in "other" territory frankly. Love em or hate em, Intel was dominating then,.

Avlin · Jul 24, 2018

Xeon phi FTW

pr0n transcoding
folding@home
crypto mining

gabwebsite · Jul 28, 2018

7th Gen but not kaby lake , Skylake-X

7820X. It's good but not perfect for gaming

Flyordie · Aug 2, 2018

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..

fabtech · Aug 2, 2018

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

Tatty_Two · Aug 2, 2018

Skylake i7 6700K @ 4.6gig, still happy, still pleased.

StrayKAT · Aug 2, 2018

I hate to sound stupid, but I'm not even sure what to pick.

Is Core-X 7th or 8th gen... or is it actually 6th gen (being named after Skylake)?

Caring1 · Aug 2, 2018

StrayKAT said:
I hate to sound stupid, but I'm not even sure what to pick. Is Core-X 7th or 8th gen... or is it actually 6th gen (being named after Skylake)?

https://ark.intel.com/#@Processors
Kaby Lake.

StrayKAT · Aug 2, 2018

Caring1 said:
https://ark.intel.com/#@Processors

Still not sure that answers my question. Even Intel drops the "gen" moniker and just lists Core-X as just that.

Caring1 · Aug 2, 2018

StrayKAT said:
Still not sure that answers my question. Even Intel drops the "gen" moniker and just lists Core-X as just that.

Kaby Lake is listed as 7th Gen above in the Poll.

Processor	AMD RYZEN 1600
Motherboard	ASROCK B450 Pro
Cooling	Stock
Memory	16 GB
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060 6GB
Storage	1gb SSD
Display(s)	27 Inch Acer
Audio Device(s)	None
Mouse	LogicTech
Software	Win10

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M-S2H
Cooling	Scythe Kotetsu Mark II
Memory	2 x 16GB SK Hynix OEM DDR4-3200 @ 3666 18-20-18-36
Video Card(s)	Colorful RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB
Storage	250GB WD BLACK SN750 M.2 + 4TB WD Red Plus + 4TB WD Purple
Display(s)	AOpen 27HC5R 27" 1080p 165Hz
Case	COUGAR MX440 Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium HD + Kurtzweil KS-40A bookshelf
Power Supply	Corsair CX750M
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Cougar Attack2 Cherry MX Black
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H1 x64

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2

System Name	Obsolete / Waiting for Zen 5 or Arrow Lake
Processor	i9-9900K @ 5.2 GHz @ 1.35v / No AVX Offset
Motherboard	AsRock Z390 Taichi
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32GB G.Skill @ 4000/CL15
Video Card(s)	Gainward RTX 4090 Phantom / Undervolt + OC
Storage	Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + WD SN850X 1TB + 64TB NAS/Server
Display(s)	27" 1440p IPS @ 280 Hz + 77" QD-OLED @ 144 Hz VRR
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Asus Essence STX / Upgraded Op-Amps
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x / Native 12VHPWR
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless Superlight
Keyboard	Corsair K60 Pro / MX Low Profile Speed
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	3950X Workstation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair VIII Impact
Cooling	Cryorig C1 with Noctua NF-A12x15
Memory	G.Skill F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 1650 LP OC
Storage	2 x Corsair MP510 1920GB M.2 SSD
Case	Realan E-i7
Power Supply	G-Unique 400W
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/the-saga-of-the-little-gem-continues.12877/

System Name	We call it 'x79', aka The x79 system
Processor	E5 1680 v2
Motherboard	Rampage IV Extreme
Cooling	Soft tube loop w/ Black Ice GTX 360 and EK Supremacy Evo
Memory	32gb (4x8gb) 2400mhz cl11 Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	Radeon VII, XFX with Samsung HBM dies
Storage	Samsung 860 EVO 1tb
Display(s)	old 27" Viewsonic 1080p, Asus 1080p, Viewsonic 4k
Case	Thermaltake Core x9
Power Supply	Corsair HX1200
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench r15, w/ 1680v2 @ 4.6ghz and XMP enabled, 1648 1680v2 @ 4.7ghz RAM @ stock 1333mhz, 1696

System Name	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @4.65 GHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG X570-E
Cooling	Thermalright
Memory	32 GB 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RX 6700XT 12 GB Dual
Storage	1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus
Display(s)	LG 23MP67HQ + LG 55 Inch 4K
Case	Corsair 4000D
Power Supply	CM V1000

System Name	windows 11
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite
Cooling	DeepCool ASSASSIN IV WH
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB-16GB
Video Card(s)	XFX AMD RADEON RX 7900GRE 16GB
Storage	WD Blue SN570 500GB
Display(s)	Samsung (Odyssey G6) 32P
Case	Corsair 4000d white
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster z
Power Supply	Corsair RM White Series RM850 850W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular
Mouse	G.Skill Ripjaws MX780
Keyboard	g.skill ripjaws km780

System Name	PC \|\| Acer Nitro 5
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900x \|\| R5 2500U @ 35W
Motherboard	MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI \|\| default
Cooling	1x Corsair XR5 360mm Rad\|\|
Memory	2x16GB HyperX 3600 @ 3800 \|\| 2x8GB DDR4 @ 2400MTs
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2080Ti Sea Hawk EK X \|\| RX 560X
Storage	Samsung 9801TB x2 + Striped Tiered Storage Space (2x 128Gb SSD + 2x 1TB HDD) \|\| 128GB + 1TB SSD
Display(s)	Iiyama PL2770QS + Samsung U28E590, \|\| 15,6" 1080P IPS @ 100Hz Freesync enabled
Case	SilverStone Alta G1M \|\|
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	Cooler Master V850 SFX \|\| 135Watt 19V OEM adaptor
Mouse	ROG Pugio II
Software	Win 11 64bit \|\| Win 11 64bit

Processor	i5-750 - 200x20 - 4.0ghz - 1.280V - 1.29 VTT
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55A-UD3 - F8f BIOS
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283 - Scythe S-Flex 1600rpm
Memory	2x4GB Super Talent DDR3-1066 @ 1200Mhz - 1.5V
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon 5850 @ 950/1175 - 1.17V
Storage	1tb Caviar Black
Case	Cooler Master Storm Scout
Power Supply	OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro
Software	Windows 7 x64

System Name	RYZEN
Processor	5900X @ 4.7Ghz EK Evo Supremacy RBG
Motherboard	Gigabyte Auros Elite X570
Cooling	Aplhacool Monsta 360
Memory	Gskill Royals RGB @ 3800Mhz 16GB
Video Card(s)	RX 6800XT @ 2500 mhz core 2100mhz mem. EK Vega WaterBlock
Display(s)	Acer 49 144hz Curve 1080P Monitor
Case	Thermaltake G21 Dual Tempered Glass SPCC
Audio Device(s)	steel series siberia elite prism
Power Supply	EVGA G2 1600Watts Gold
Mouse	tt sports level 10 mouse
Keyboard	Logitech 710+ Mechanical keyboard
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Dark Sith Lord / Fat Boy
Processor	AMD Ryzen7 2700X / AMD FX 8350
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix B450-F Gaming / Gigabyte 990XA UD3 R5
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212 Turbo LED (2x120mm in push-pull) / Coolermaster HyperX (2x120mm in push-pull)
Memory	2x8gb G.Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200MHz / 4x4gb Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6gb / Gainward GTX 950 2gb
Storage	Crucial P1 NVMe 1tb, 2x Barracuda 2TB, 1x IronWolf NAS 2TB / Samsung 840 Evo 500gb + Samsung F1 1tb
Display(s)	BenQ GL2450 24'' / Samsung Syncmaster 20'' 2043nw
Case	CM HAF 932 (CM 200mm [Red Led] front & side intake, Shark Evil Black 140mm exhaust) / NZXT Trinity
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220 on Creative Inspire S2 2.1 / Realtek 889 on Creative SBS Vivid 60 2.0
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova B2 750w / Thermaltake Toughpower 700w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 110 / Sharkoon Light² 100
Keyboard	Bloody B975 (LK brown optical switches) / Philips SPK84 (blue switches) with silicone o'rings mod
Software	Win10 Pro x64 / Win7 Ultimate x64

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
Display(s)	AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
Mouse	Coolermaster Storm Octane wired
Keyboard	Element Gaming Carbon Mk2 Tournament Mech
Software	Win 10 Home x64

System Name	Grunt
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte x570 Gaming X
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	Corsair LPX 3600 4x8GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 6800 XT (reference)
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung CFG70, Samsung NU8000 TV
Case	Corsair C70
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

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