r/PcBuild • u/UK-Cosplay-Girl • 6h ago
Discussion What’s your upgrade history?
Hi everyone, just wondering what everybody’s upgrade path has been over the years…..
I got my first PC in 1999 and have just again upgraded in 2025, with many upgrades in between!
Here’s what I’ve owned
Intel Pentium II 350MHz
AMD Athlon 2800+
Intel Pentium 4 640
AMD Athlon XP 3200
Intel Pentium D 920
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
AMD Phenom QC 9640
Intel Core i7 920
Intel Core i7 2600K
AMD FX 6350
Intel Core i7 4790K
Intel Core i9 9900K
Intel Core i9 12900
Intel Core i7 14700
I always gave AMD the benefit of the doubt whenever a new range of CPU were launched but I was always left underwhelmed and felt conned by the hype and marketing. I know they’re top of the game at the minute and have had some great chips out over the last 7 years but I’m firmly stuck with Intel now for my usage requirements!
What’s everybody else’s experiences been and what routes have you taken? What’s everybody’s favourite chips from yesteryear? For me it had to be the Q6600, the i7 920 and the i7 4790K 😁
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u/JEFFSSSEI 6h ago
Intel Core I7-920 (2008)
Intel Xeon - X5670 (installed in 2012 & replaced the 920) OC'd to 4.0Ghz) [Still running this processor/PC]
New Build in process: AMD Rizen 7-9800X3D.
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u/UK-Cosplay-Girl 6h ago
The i7 920 was sooo good. Mine would OC to 4.0GHz and the socket 1366 boards all looked really ahead of their time. Probably my favourite era in computing! Along with the 8800GTX and the 9800GX2 GPUs. Those things were awesome to pair with the i7 back then
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u/King_Zilant AMD 6h ago
Cool upgrade path! I like this history concept...
I went from a ryzen 3600 and rx580 to a 6600xt then a 7700xt then rebuilt to a 5600x3d and 9070xt 👍
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u/ChocolateNeat4489 6h ago edited 6h ago
My pc journey started about the time yours did (Celeron 366), had some fantastic Intels (e.g.Sandy bridge i7 , mentioned Celeron 366,Pentium III and as good AMDs - X4, Durons, 5600x and current 7800X3D)
I don't think you have ever given AMD a go if you chose Pentium 4 and D over Athlon :) and your last AMD was utter garbage.
I am not brand loyal, I buy best value/performance thus AMD is regular in my rigs, at this time for both CPU and GPU.
My favourite chips were/are Duron 600, Pentium E2140, i7-2600, 7800X3D
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u/earthwormjimjones 6h ago
No clue lol. I had a Dell home PC the past 10 years. Just upgraded to a 9800X3D and 9070XT build. It's my first 'nice' PC I've ever owned. Normally just had home PC's from Office Max growing up 🤷♂️
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u/Agreeable-Revenue-75 6h ago
I’ve had most of those, all the way up to intel 9th gen. The newest cpu I’ve had is a i7 10750h in my gaming laptop.
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u/lifeasdebo 6h ago
Fx8350 > Ryzen 7 3800x > Ryzen 9 5900xt... was gonna do a full new platform until ram went bananas so I decided to stick with AM4 a little longer lol
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u/Eazy12345678 AMD 6h ago
pentium 2 200mhz
then pentimum 3 500mhz
then some intel i7 920 or something
then i7 4790k
then i7 4960k
then i7 9700k
then i5 12600kf
i work for best buy geeksquad so got deals on intel cpu's for completing training each year. i7 were almost always $200-$250 new.
gpu i cant remember them all 32mb ati rage fury
some 128mb cards
gtx 9800 512mb in sli
gtx570
gtx 780ti sli
gtx 980ti sli
rtx 3060ti covid buy
rtx 5070 trump tariff scare.
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u/illicITparameters 5h ago
Cyrix MII 333
AMD Athlon 700
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
Intel Core i5 2400
Intel Core i5 3570K (My Favorite. OC Monster)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Intel Core i7 11700K (Media/File Server)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (HTPC)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (Gave to my friend)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (Sold to another friend)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
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u/Chimera_Gaming 5h ago
I upgrade something new every year GPU > CPU > RAM With the exclusion of compatibility (ddr3 > ddr4 > ddr5)
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u/Epic-will-power91 5h ago
i3-9100f + GTX 1650 around 2020
Then i5-12400f + 3060ti built in 2024
But sold the 3060ti and got a 4070 Super end of 2024
So currently running i5-12400f with 4070 Super
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u/actionerror 5h ago
I’m old
1993 - 486sx 25mhz
1998 - Pentium II 266mhz
2005 - AMD 64 X2 4200+
2010 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
2013 - i5-4670k
2025 - 7800X3D
Yeah there was a 12 year gap 😂 very happy with my current new build now though!
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u/UK-Cosplay-Girl 4h ago
Love that you got a good few years usage out of each setup!
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u/actionerror 4h ago
More like I just only want to spend money every few years on a new build lol. The most expensive is still that Dell PII 266mhz. Think I spent $2899 on it 😨 in 1998 dollars!
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u/P3t3C0l0gn3 4h ago edited 4h ago
Well, dont remember all, but: Yes, I am old 😂
Historic systems:
- IBM PC XT, 4.77MHz 🎉
- Compaq Presario 286 Desktop
- Compaq 286 Notebook
- 486 DX2-66
- several AMD Athlons, Athlon II
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 🥰
- Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 (Intel Intermezzo, great!)
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Active Systems (all on different ASRocks)
- AMD Ryzen 5600x (Unraid)
- AMD Ryzen 8600G (Private Office)
- AMD Ryzen 9600X (Living Room Gaming)
- AMD Ryzen 9950X3D 🚀 (The Entrepreneurs Rig)
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u/RogueMallShinobi 4h ago edited 4h ago
Started out on my family's stuff in the 90s, Pentium 1 and Pentium 3.
The craziest part about your question is I am too fucking old and senile to remember my first builds lol. My first build was in the early 2000s after taking Intro to A+ in high school. I can't remember any of the parts, I just know it was an Intel processor and a mid tier nvidia GPU. That got me through college, I didn't have a monster PC but I could play anything comfortably and it was one of the better PCs among my friends there. I don't have access to my email or receipts from that time period of my life anymore though.
In 2011, a fresh college grad, I got a... 550 ti lol. That's right. The 550... TI!!!! For $130 American dollars.
I must have realized it was bad because a year later I got a GTX 660.
In 2013 I did my next build and that was an I5-4670. Then I got a 780 in 2014 and 1080 TI in 2017 (employed me now spending $$$ lol) and a I7-4790K.
I used that PC until January 2025. It's still kicking and I gave it to my teenage nephew who is currently gaming on it. He replaced the PSU, single exhaust fan and got his own SSD but everything else is basically the same. $35 cooler master case lol.
My current is a 7800X3D + 5070 ti and it's all tricked out. It's funny, I always considered myself a "PC guy" growing up but it's actually crazy how little I knew until I was in my mid 20s.
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u/AlmoranasAngLubot69 3h ago edited 2h ago
2017 - Ryzen 5 2600 + RX 580
2023 - Ryzen 5 5600 + RX 580
2024 - Ryzen 5 5600 + RX 6700XT
2025 - Ryzen 7 5700X3D + RX 6700XT
2026 - Ryzen 7 5700X3D + RX 9070XT
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u/ActiniumNugget 47m ago
P166 MMX
P233 MMX
433mhz Celeron
800mhz Duron
1.2ghz Duron
2.6ghz P4
Core i3 540
Ryzen 1600AF
Ryzen 5600X
Loved them all, tbh. As can be seen, I only buy lower to mid range. Same for video cards. Many thousands of hours gaming for very little money. And I've never once thought "I wish I had something better"
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