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It'll be 10 years this year since Intel release the Core 2 Duo Conroe chips.
...And 10 years this year since AMD had a competitive CPU arch.
What Core 2 Duo/Quad did you own, /g/?
>>52191233
None. I had an X2 5200+ that served me until 2014.
>>52191233
>did
Still have an E5450 crammed into an LGA775.
At the time, it was an E6600.
>>52191233
I owned a Q6600, and a E4500, they still work
>>52191233
>did
I still own a t9600 as my daily driver
My Notebook has a Core2Duo T7300, I still use it.
>>52191233
Has it only been 10 years since AMD were competitive? Feels longer.
>>52191532
I had the same one, in pic related.
>>52191568
>That layout
What the fuck is wrong with Acer
>>52191666
A lot. It was my first and last Acer product, never again.
>tfw still using a Q9550 with 8gb DDR2 800mhz ram
Poverty sucks.
>>52191233
Still using my E8400.
Q6600 of course
I'm using an E4600 on my main machine right now. Coming from a pair of Xeon E5405s, it sucks balls.
E8500
Still goes stronk.
>>52191850
Fucking richboy
E8400, 6GB DDR2 667MHz here.
owned e8500 recently upgraded to x5470
>>52191233
I can run most game on high settings if I change my video card
What was overclocking like on this generation of CPUs?
Not young, just wasn't into PCs back then.
I upgraded from a Pentium D 940 to a Core 2 Duo E8400
Shit was so cache
I owned a Q6600 overclocked to 3.6 ghz with a Thermaltake ultra 120 extreme on top of it.
It still runs flawlessly.
![1013917[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nPCZKHA.jpg "1013917[1].jpg")
I was 12 at the time, I didn't know what SFF was.
E4400 @2Ghz, Radeon x1300 pro
Served me well for 5 years before I built my own, I upgraded it to a q6600 (installed a second fan for the heatsink) and put a 5570 in it.
The HDD died in it so I replaced it with a failing laptop HDD and gave it away to my friend who still uses it to this day. Never expected it to last 10 years desu
>>52191998
Core2's overclocked pretty well. The limit was more often the motherboard. The Northbridge on an overclocked C2D/Q system could get incredibly hot.
It was also the era of the NVidia NForce chipsets. I have a 680i system around here somewhere. It works, but they are very touchy.
>>52191998
>What was overclocking like on this generation of CPUs?
There was no K unlocked bullshit, but you didn't really need it. The only CPUs that were unlocked were the Extreme Edition ones.
It was all about increasing the FSB, which was a bit like the BCLK on Nehalem/Skylake CPUs. There was more difficulty since you only had a very limited number of RAM multipliers, so often you would have to change the RAM timings.
Also the memory controller was on the motherboard so you had to also try to play with the mobo voltage.
>>52192208
>NVidia NForce chipsets
I am still glad those abominations died out.
>>52192262
>Mac
>Club4G
>SFRT Training
>Bodybuilding
>SaveTube
Fuck off back to Reddit, normie.
>>52192455
They were nothing but trouble. Wish I'd never bought into that shit.
I moved onto an EP45-UD3R, which I believe to be the holy grail of 775 boards. Pulled it from a workstation, lightly used.
>>52192571
I had a P5K. Easy overclocking, no problems or whatsoever since 2007, when I bought it.
It still works to this day.
>>52192628
The EP45 didn't have such a happily ever after. While waiting for a new UPS to arrive, lightning struck the property. A few people were lightly shocked during the discharge, a few electronics were blown out.
The surge suppressor burned out, but saved the EP45. Unfortunately, because I was still waiting on the UPS, the DSL line was unprotected. Modem & Router burned out, ethernet port in the EP45 burned out.
The board still works, but it now has "issues" every now and then. Had to step down to a P35-DS3L.
>>52192248
Kinda funny that we've rolled back around to FSB / BCLK with Skylake locked chips now.
>>52192571
>>52192628
>>52192721
P45 boards were great in general. I am this guy: >>52191850
and I use a vanilla P5Q.
I still wish I had money to spare for an upgrade though, it's really starting to show its age.
No gods, no masters.
>>52191266
/THREAD
EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO HOME
I own the E7500, perfect
>>52192878
>it's really starting to show its age
Yeah, it's not quite up to task anymore, but it's a great second stringer.
A lot of the C2D era boards also wig out if you fill all four RAM slots with 2GB sticks and attempt to overclock.
I have a Q6600 on my Dell XPS bought in 2008.
>>52193135
>A lot of the C2D era boards also wig out if you fill all four RAM slots with 2GB sticks and attempt to overclock.
That's because the memory controller overheats trying to deal with 4 sticks with overclocked FSB.
It's how my motherboard died.
>did
SL9400.
Pretty shitty processor but as I don't edit video or play games I don't really feel the need to upgrade.
eMachines EL1852 sff with a Q8200s
it gets me by
>>52193223
It sure does.
And that's why I stuck this lump of copper on there.
T5600 on laptop, plan to upgrade to t7600
>>52193023
IF you think that offends you, kid you got another thing coming.
still use my core2 quad as my main.
also overclocked it with electrical tape.
wat do?
>>52192571
>EP45-UD3R
Fantastic motherboard. Posting from mine now with a Q8300. Still works perfectly after ~ 7 years
>Don't have mounting pins, the motherboard is screwed directly to my case
>broken fan for 5 years
>Its been in a room filled with smoke, there is tar all over the inside of my case, its formed sludge in my heat sink
pic related, anyone want to see inside?
>>52193589
g...go on....
i have a e6550 in my file server. its been chugging along since 2006.
I'm still using an E8400.
only twitch streams on high quality are quite laggy
>>52193679
>>52193674
overclock that shit to 3.4ghz+ i know back in the day many hit 4ghz.
>>52193716
don't feel like overclocking a laptop bro
>>52193716
E8400 overclocked to 3.6 Ghz
>>52191233
i still use one.
>>52193744
this.
9x400 FSB
100 PCIE
2.000D x 400 for 800mhz ram for am easy "perfect clock"
>>52193829
3.6GHz on an E8400 is hard to fuck up. It's a wonderful boost to those things.
Got this in my laptop
>>52193887
>that whitespace
how even
>>52191233
I'm currently on an E6750 on my poorfag gaming PC.
Actually hoping to replace it with some C2Q as a new-year present to myself.
I have p8600 in my x200 and a q6600 in my desktop. I dont plan on replacing them any time soon.
>>52193900
Ctrl+V into a borked Paint default canvas
>>52193997
Also have one runnong mint on it.
Gotta find how to overclock it again, those things reached 4.0 ghz quite easily
>>52194367
I can imagine, seeing as I got to 3.2 without touching the voltages at all.
Possible stupid question, but my motherboard lists 1600MHz as the top ("OC'd") bus speed, does this mean it's impossible for me to go above 400?
![IMG_20151224_024651[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/a9PA8dD.jpg "IMG_20151224_024651[1].jpg")
Upper one used to rock an E6750. With an EN9600GT it did run cowadoody MW1 and 2 well back in the day but after those games I pretty much retired it until I got the idea to buy new parts for it.
So now it has a C2Q Q8300, a 7870 and 8 gb of used DDR2 800mhz. Shit still plays battlefield 4 at medium 30-50 fps
>>52194496
>plays battlefield 4 at medium 30-50 fps
Liar. You are not getting so high FPS with that CPU+Ram unless you are on low pop servers.
64 pop servers are simply a no go.
>>52191233
Still using an e8400 @3.9GHz stock voltage.
In chronological order
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E6750@4GHz
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I can't remember what boards I had, or what the voltages were for those chips.
>>52195265
I was about to ask, and the
>I can't remember what boards I had, or what the voltages were for those chips.
>>52195314
I just had a look through my old computers, because, you know, who gets rid of their old machines? It was a Asus P5K-Deluxe for the most part. One of them was a shitty nVidia 680i board.
>>52191233
Man I still have a duo core e4600 or something
>>52195345
I'm actually looking at a listing for a P5K right now. Any chance of voltages for the E6750 and Q8200?
>>52195386
Let me boot the machines, I'll reply to whichever post.
>>52195394
Oh thanks a bunch dude.
>>52191568
i just threw up in my mouth a little
>>52195413
Alright the E6750 is sitting at 1.215V, 520MHz bus speed, with a 2065MHz FSB.
Q8200 rig won't boot, but off the top of my head, it was stable at 3.6 at somewhere around 1.35~V. Have fun OCing those old C2D/Qs, anon.
I have an E7200 and a Core 2 Extreme x6800
![snapshot_14.27_[2015.12.23_22.26.39].png](https://i.imgur.com/j115h6h.jpg "snapshot_14.27_[2015.12.23_22.26.39].png")
>>52192011
i upgraded from a shitty northwood celeron to E8400 and jumped to 4930K
>>52191233
>did
i wish
still using my shitty laptop core 2 duo
>>52191266
holy shit, almost exact same with me. i had a 5200+ for many many years, until i built another computer in 2015. i still have it kicking around: may turn it into a server or something else.
Posting from a P8600 right now
>>52195487
Thanks a bunch fellow Anon, noted for future reference. This is my first PC that's only mine and can OC, so I'm treading lightly, but I'm having a blast.
E6750 here. Upgraded in January 2008.
PC started to crash randomly in December 2015 - I'll probably do another upgrade this month.
>>52195687
I used my E6750 long after getting rid of my other C2D chips. Real trooper, that chip. Survived LN2 overclocking, too.
I still use a P8600 as my daily driver.
>>52195717
Yeah, I'm going to miss that PC. It was eight years of glory.
MSI P35 NEO2 FIR
2GB Patriot DDR2
Sapphire Radeon HD4870 Toxic
Corsair HX520
All in an old Chieftec case from 2002/2003 (don't even know the exact model).
>>52195866
Was it one of these?
>>52191233
I have an E8400 right now, thinking of (upgrading?) to a Xeon 5460, should I do it?
>>52195894
More like this, but silver and without this rectangular vent on the side.
>>52195894
Is this thing any good? I see one for sale locally and was wondering wth.
>>52196130
They're a classic, they're pretty damn roomy inside too.
>>52196273
There's one for 20€. Might even spring for it if it's available when my wallet recovers from the quad core.
>>52195990
Man, that is actually the exact case that still hold my P5K and Q6600 overclocked to 3.2 ghz
>>52191233
The K10 in its second iteration was quite good desu senpai
>Inb4 K8-derivate :^)
Memedozer is where it went actually downhill.
>>52191233
Ran a Q6600 for a month or so earlier this year until I replaced it with a Nehalem Xeon box, now that system is going to my grandma to replace her Pentium D 920 and I'm probably swapping the Nehalem workstation out for a Precision with two X5450s.
My first ebin leet gaming rig build had an E8600, but the very thought of that thing triggers me so I'll just leave it at that. I still have the chip in my CPU collection.
>>52195928
pls respond
still have e7200 and p5k as my homeserver. upgrading it to i3 3220 i pulled out of my current build soon, less power consumption and integrated gpu. just need to get some cheap ddr3 ram.
>>52196404
im still using a phenom II x6 1090t 3200@3600
had to buy a new mobo a few months back, the old one died. :(
My desktop has an E8335 and my laptop has an SU9400
I have an old optiplex machine running a xeon x3370. Upgraded the gpu and gave it to my son so he could use it as a provisional gaming rig.
>>52195928
If you use a lot of software that can use the extra cores, I don't see why not. You might benefit from the larger cache as well.
In the end it's all up to you and whether it's worth it or not, it's cheap either way.
>>52191233
Reporting from a T7250 powered Dell laptop.
I feel like setting up a cheap PC for under a 100 with an Intel Quad CPU.
I got a i5 3470 & GTX 970 and I barely even play that many games that challenge it all too much. I think my gaming days are dying.
>>52197068
Good luck doing it under 100.
I'm working in Euros, but still - my rig is currently at 130 with a dual core.
>>52191233
didn't even really know what i was buying
went by price/basic performance
>>52194496
>yellowish orange mainboards
FUCK that brings me back. Everything now is blue, or more likely: black and/or red.
My first was a e7500..
I had been using and loving my s.939 Opteron 175 on 3.2ghz for 3-4 years, "upgraded" to Athlon-2 x2 250 and holy fuck did it suck. even on 3.8ghz it didnt feel like an upgrade.
Finally I bought used a x38 board and a e7500 and damn did that sucker run!
Cant remember what I oc'd it to, around 4ghz I think. Upgraded from it waay before I needed tho, but 1366 was too tempting.
>>52194645
Come at me nigga I just played Lancang Dam 64 player conquest large and the comptuer did fine. Dips to 30 when there's a lot of smoke and explosions but otherwise it will do over 50 easy. Goldmud is a fucking breeze. I mean I could prove this right now. CPU is overclocked to 3ghz.
Had a q6600. SHIT was an upgrade from my shit ty dual core. Was paired with a 550ti and ran bf3 great. Have since passed it on to a buddy who uses it for Dota 2. I expect many years out of it
>>52191233
>did
I still use core, they're great chips that are still pretty good for home use cases except for gaymes which I play like once every 6 months anyway
