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Poll: Which desktop CPU are you using right now?

Was in SM Cyberzone MegaMall yesterday after a meeting, did the rounds and was looking for a desktop processor for my next gaming rig (specifically, the 1st generation Intel Core i7 960) but could not find any store that still carries them (they were all pushing for the Sandy Bridge Core i7 2600).

So today, I’m hoping I could find that CPU and be able to complete my hodge-podge of a gaming rig (still have a couple of LGA 1366 ROG motherboards Asus gave me a year or two ago, plus the video card from Inno3D I won in a raffle and Gainward gave me a kick-ass top of the line GPU several months back, the HDDs that Western Digital gave me last year and the Cooler Master CPU case I bought just for kicks). So all I need is a fairly new processor and two 4GB sticks of RAM.

This is in anticipation of Diablo 3, which should be out anytime soon.

Anyway, I was thinking that if I still cannot find that Core i7-960, then I should have a back-up processor. The most likely candidate is the AMD FX6100 3.3GHz 6-core processor.

Anyway, I thought of asking my readers what desktop processor they are using now. It’s been a while since we did a poll here at YugaTech.

Do chime in via the comments section and tell me what desktop CPU you are using right now and what do you use it for?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

62 Responses

  1. Avatar for Philip Jew Philip Jew says:

    I use a IBM G4 1GHz at home and a Quad Core i something but my 10+yr old Powerbook G4 still blows away these Windows machine when it comes to MS Excel.
    I have in front of me an Excel File which calculates our delays, in the Windows machine it takes between 30 to 40 minutes but my old Powerbook G4, it only take 12 to 15minutes.
    I’m telling you, Intel sucks balls.
    Windows sucks balls and MS doesn’t still know how to port MS office to windows correctly.
    MS and PC makers should be hanged for wasting so much manhours on there account.

  2. Avatar for Joshua M Joshua M says:

    AMD Phenom II X2 unlocked-> X4 3.5Ghz

  3. Avatar for Aron Jay Aron Jay says:

    AMD Phenom II 965 BE
    10GB DDR3
    No VC
    1.6TB HDD.

  4. Avatar for Cleric Cleric says:

    I have an i5-2400 with 4gb Ram usually used for school works and light gaming… no VC(para may time pa magaral haha)

  5. Avatar for Kyle Kyle says:

    Core i5 2500K
    GTX 560 Ti for CUDA acceleration
    16 GB (4×4 GB) Patriot Signature
    FSP Everest 700W

    More than enough for developing .NET and Android applications, using Adobe Creative Suite programs (particularly Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects), and a bit of Autodesk 3ds Max and gaming.

    I do most of my gaming on consoles these days due to their convenience and a more refined and streamlined online experience, particularly on Xbox Live.

  6. Avatar for Sam Sam says:

    Intel Core i5 2430M @2.40GHz,
    8GB DDR3 RAM
    NVidia Optimus 1GB

    Usage:
    Web and Mobile Apps Development

    • Avatar for JM JM says:

      This isn’t a Desktop processor. Yeah good specs for a laptop :) Nvidia Optimus what model? I guess 520M? hahahaha..

  7. Avatar for Rtimn Rtimn says:

    My build is core2quad, gts450 (1gb/128bit) vcard and 8gb memory and still runs Ultra on Battlefield 3. my pc is almost 2 years now :).

  8. Avatar for airnolds airnolds says:

    Quadcore Q6600
    4gb Ram
    Galaxy 512mb VC

    Usage:
    Gaming
    HTPC

    since 2007-2008 [estimate]…

    Plan to upgrade in 2013. whatever comes after i7 then i’ll probably purchase that..

  9. Avatar for Jasper Jasper says:

    AMD processors all the way!

  10. Avatar for vincent vincent says:

    pentium 4 ht, 3.0ghz…
    1.5gb ram, 128mb fx5200, 80gb hdd…
    i know it’s crap, haha

  11. Avatar for iks iks says:

    Right now im using AMD 720 BE x3 (Triple Core) Phenom II. Overclock up to 3.8 max stable.

    and planed to change it to Intel procie once IVY Bridge came out.

    -for gaming.

  12. Avatar for metre9dmt metre9dmt says:

    My desktop rig has a Celeron 330 (2.66 Mhz, 256Kb L2 cache, single core). It’s about 7 years old. It is used web browsing, general office applications, simple video editing and light gaming. I know it is in its last leg and planning to have a new one within the year. As to which CPU (Intel or AMD), I’ll wait for the release of Windows 8 and determine which one provides a better price:performance ratio. I might even try to have an ARM-based rig if it became available.

  13. Avatar for Bren Bren says:

    Best use i5 2500. Best bang for the buck processor out there. Go with 2500k if you plan to overclock your processor otherwise stick with 2500. :)

  14. Avatar for john john says:

    Core i5 2500k Intel mobo 1333DDR3 generic kingston RAM 4gig (upgradeable soon)
    Nvidia GTX 560Ti 2Gb DDR5

  15. Avatar for jego207 jego207 says:

    ang gagandang ng hardware ng mga tao dito ah.
    haha

    Mine’s a trusty i3 sandy bridge, and 1GB nvidia, 4gb ddr3. spent only 8k for the upgrade when my motherboard got fried. :) other hardware are still good and intact!

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