Nostalgia suggests a Pentium 100mhz classic and the Pentium III 600E. Today probably the 450apz.

kanecvr wrote:

Green heatsink reading Cyrix 586-133GP

Do you have a photo? I have only ever seen the Cyrix heatsinks with -100 and -120.

I would say Pentium 2 since it was the core of my first computer an IBM aptiva, second by socket A, penicil modded Duron 😜

I remember I tried that old pencil mod too - and it worked. All praise graphite!

feipoa wrote:

kanecvr wrote:

Green heatsink reading Cyrix 586-133GP

Do you have a photo? I have only ever seen the Cyrix heatsinks with -100 and -120.

I wish. Don't even have a photo of the case or monitor... In fact the only photos I have from that period are from trips and holidays. I only started photographing things like cars, computers and stuff when I got my first smartphone back in 2004 - by that time my 586 was long gone, and so was my K6... 🙁

For me it's a tossup between the Pentium MMX 233 and the Pentium III-S 1400.

Hard to choose between the AMD Am386DX-40 and Intel 486SX/DX.

It's tough to chose just one out of such a big list but I would have to go with the 83mhz Pentium overdrive very fast with fpu intense games like doom and quake or duke3d my favorite, it also has great compatibility with older 286/386 games in particular dragons lair and space ace, you will not get sound out of these games on real sound blaster or compatible isa cards when using amd dx4, am5x86, cx5x86 or newer processor all other i486 cpus and the socket 4 pentiums do not have this compatibility issue. There is also a wide selection of systems that support the Pentium overdrive socket 3 and it can be overclocked to 100mhz with mild modification in some systems without any problems. I like some of the other processors on that list but socket 3 pod Is my favorite vintage cpu

I like any slot processors. I don't know why, I just always have. I prefer the original SECC to SECC2. My favorite computer has to be my Dual slot 1 coppermine 1000MHz machine with 2GB of RAM. I like Tualatins too, but good motherboards are scarce and pricey. I have two 1.4GHz III-S processors waiting.

Same here, anything exotic PC-wise is so cool!

And it was easier to replace the finned coolers on SECC PII's for mix and matching. I prefer gold coolers for a dual Pentium II system. So pretty.

For me, probably the Pentium 166 MMX, purely for nostalgic reasons. It was the heart of the first PC which was mine and only mine, not a family computer.

I'm torn between the Pentium MMX and the original Duron

Yea the look and feel of those earlier clock speeds reveals a little speed demon within! IE 600MHz with 200FSB.. That's really something. 😉

Not a big fan of the Pent. MMX just yet, Prolly because I lack good enough period correct graphic cards for those systems. Stuck with Plain 1-2MB pci 2d cards! 🤣

My is Pentium II 350 which I overclocked without any problem to 466 changing FSB to 133, and Pentium 166 MMX.

I like the Pentium MMX, though I would like it a lot better if I could find a dual socket 7 430HX motherboard. 🤣 To think I had one at one time, but I've been through so many waves of old hardware it's hard to remember everything I've owned and let go.

I like Pentium Pro, it's just famous heavy piece of HW full of silicon and gold 😀

Yeh I dismantled one myself years ago where I didn't knew the mad prices it will be sold on eBay now 😀

I still have one working PC with PPro that I built, based on Asus P/I-P65UP5 MB, 192MB RAM, Matrox Millennium II MGA 2164WP, 3Dfx Voodoo1, SB AWE64 + SB Live! I wish to get 1MB cache (3 chips inside) version.

My favourite processors are the plastic Pentium SL27J and SL27S chips, good memories from them, however I love the look of the ceramic 486/Pentiums and the ceramic-gold Cyrix 6x86s!

Brickpad wrote:

Hard to choose between the AMD Am386DX-40 and Intel 486SX/DX.

No contest really... AMD went with the 386 where Intel; could not / would not.

and... while Intel was pissing about with 25 / 33 MHz 486 CPU's... AMD came in above them with a 40MHz 486 CPU!

That's one way to give your competition the finger!

Without shadow of a doubt... IBM's DLC3 (a.k.a BL3).

It is a clock tripled 386!... yes, you heard me correct... a clock tripled 386; -

3 x (FSB) 25MHz = 75MHz
or
3 x (FSB) 33MHz = 100MHz

... with L1 cache, 16Kb of, and all of it is write back (WB).

The only downside is no built in FPU so requires a co-pro... but when your 386 boasts the above, the absence of an FPU built in can be forgiven.

AMD-X5-133 ADZ or Pentium III-S 1400 MHz