Favorite Pentium/Core 2

[Pentium4Life]

What is your favorite Pentium and/or Core 2? My favorite Pentium would be the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73Ghz 1066Mhz with hyper-threading .

[Ryan Leech]

Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz

 

but I also love the E8400

[TheSLSAMG]

Core 2 Quad Q6600.

 

Awesome chip back then, still decent now.

[qwertywarrior]

for me it would be the x6800 the last sture unlocked extreme dual core CPU

but i also have to add te QX6700 which was the first quad core and also my first CPU in a gaming rig:)

[qwertywarrior]

Core 2 Quad Q6600.

 

Awesome chip back then, still decent now.

the G stepping ones were bad ass overclockers

[Lord Pantaloons]

I don't really have a favorite, I wasn't into PC's at the time but I do have an E7500, P4 1.6Ghz and P4 2.2Ghz in my parts bin, also your build....it confuses and worries me.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Core 2 Quad Q6600.

 

Awesome chip back then, still decent now.

 

"Cheap" and damn great CPU's, definitely the king of it's time. As for a favourite I have to go with my old Pentium II 233Mhz, the CPU of my first ever computer. That thing served me well for so long.

[Ryan Leech]

I don't really have a favorite, I wasn't into PC's at the time but I do have an E7500, P4 1.6Ghz and P4 2.2Ghz in my parts bin, also your build....it confuses and worries me.

yeah that Raidmax psu scares me

[Levent]

775 P4 and Q6600

[Pentium4Life]

Before my time.

Its not to late my friend.

[Lord Pantaloons]

yeah that Raidmax psu scares me

Not just that, 6800k with a 580 and a 120GB HDD on top of a Raidmax PSU.

[Pentium4Life]

Not just that, 6800k with a 580 and a 120GB HDD on top of a Raidmax PSU.

That's because fear is the only feeling I have left.

[StormtrooperStu]

Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz

 

but I also love the E8400

 

I had a E6300 then a E6700 and finally a E8400. Overclocking beasts. Ran the E8400 at 4.0Ghz for years.  Was a beast.

[Ryan Leech]

Not just that, 6800k with a 580 and a 120GB HDD on top of a Raidmax PSU.

That's a 120GB SSD

[That Norwegian Guy]

E8400. Have a golden chip that still does 4.3 Ghz 5 years later. Amazing chip, running a Minecraft server on it now.

[Cwazywazy]

Core 2: T9400 because it's the one in my laptop and is undervolted a ton.

 

P4: P4 3.0GHz HyperThreading because it's the one I had until 2012. (I had a awesome Compaq laptop with the 3.2GHz version. That thing was top of the line, cost 3 grand new. Got it for $50 with 2 other laptops because it had a broken DC jack.)

[kuzimins]

E5500 which I'm using at the moment. The temps on this thing are too damn low.

[Ertman]

Pentium 75.

Core2Duo T7500

The SantaRosa chip was better than the follow up Penryn.

[Phillyphries]

E8400 was bawse

 

I had a Pentium 4 but I don't recall the chip's numbers

[ygohome]

G2120  because I have two machines with them, and they serve their purpose beautifully for our little office.  Inexpensive too!

 

RHEL with two Oracle Apps tiers and three Database tiers on each, all running simultaneously  24x7

[Giddyguy]

My favorite is the one I currently have, the E7400 (which is OC'ed to ~3.5 and limited by the lack of cooling i have). If I could for cheap, I would upgrade to the Q6600 because that's a great chip.

[Dragoneye3769]

Pendium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz -still have that sucker! 
 

[harrynowl]

What is your favorite Pentium and/or Core 2? My favorite Pentium would be the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73Ghz 1066Mhz with hyper-threading .

Well if it's out of ones I owned I'd say the Pentium E2200, I had mine clocked at 3.4GHz (+1.2) on stock cooling all of its life (5) years and it still runs.

 

But the Q6600 / E8400 were pretty renowned chips.

[KamiKatze]

Q6600 @3.0 JIGGAHERTZ!