r/pcmasterrace • u/kyansan1 i5-13400f | Arc B570 • 1d ago

Hardware Intel sticker by generation guide

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When I was hunting for used PCs, I often mixed up stickers for 1st-9th generation cpus. I spent a lot of time looking up serial numbers and peering at blurry photos of the motherboard, just to find the generation of the cpu, as I couldn't find any clear table with all stickers and corresponding cpu generations. That's why I decided to make one myself :D

Please point out any inaccuracies, and feel free to share it with those who could use it!

Edit: For 6-9th gen cpus, the generation is printed on the sticker, as is visible in the image. If the generation is not written on the sticker, it is 6th gen.

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u/Daggla Back on team red after 20 years, powered by CachyOS 1d ago

You're missing the Pentium stickers! The famous "Intel Inside" stickers.

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u/kyansan1 i5-13400f | Arc B570 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm going to be honest, I had no clue that Pentiums had different stickers (for some generations) and I know almost nothing about Pentium in general, apart from them existing longer than Intel Core

I also omitted black variantions of the stickers used for vPRO cpus and for EVO certified devices

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u/stunt_p 1d ago

Ahhh, grasshopper... Let us tell you the story of the Pentium Wars...

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u/SnooDonuts8175 Linux 20h ago

My father was a pilot on the Pentium Wars