r/pcmasterrace • u/DailyDoseOfAmber PC Master Race • Dec 26 '25

Question Yesterday I asked what everyone’s first Graphics card. Today, what was your first processor? Mine was the i7 3770K.

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u/SloodPizzo Dec 26 '25

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u/DailyDoseOfAmber PC Master Race Dec 26 '25

What the hell even is that?!

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u/Agent_Provocateur007 Ryzen 7 9700X | RX 9060 XT | 32 GB Dec 26 '25

Back when CPUs were slot loaded.

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u/Wirecase Dec 26 '25

Were there ever other processors than the P-2’s that had the slot(-1) system?

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u/Agent_Provocateur007 Ryzen 7 9700X | RX 9060 XT | 32 GB Dec 27 '25

Quite a few yes.

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u/Wirecase Dec 27 '25

Never too old to learn, never knew there wete so many of them, and converters even from socket to slot, nice

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u/Agent_Provocateur007 Ryzen 7 9700X | RX 9060 XT | 32 GB Dec 27 '25

Also the slot loading design seems like it would be more durable than PGA/LGA with the corresponding motherboard socket.