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AMD or intel - reliability?
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As long as you have a good motherboard/chipset, both are reliable.
A few years ago the old Athlon XP/Thunderbird chipsets werent great and were outpaced in performance and features compared to the Intel 865/875 chipsets, but the NF3/4 are a lot better now.
A few years ago the old Athlon XP/Thunderbird chipsets werent great and were outpaced in performance and features compared to the Intel 865/875 chipsets, but the NF3/4 are a lot better now.
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blitz2163 said:
HA HA HA, thats just too funny, toms hardware are pure AMD fanboys, anyway's, Intel is by no means leading the market with performance cpu's at the minite, BUT, they are definitly the more stable platform, yes AMD systems can be, and are very stable also, but not quite up the standerd of a true intel based system, of all the systems i,ve used, and i,ve used/repaired hundreds if not thousands of systems, I,ve never found anything more stable than a Intel based pc using a non-3rd party but genuine intel m/b with intel chipset, match that with a good psu and some good memory and you'll have a system that could have uptime for years,
note, I'm only saying that gen intel and gen intel m/b combo is more reliable than an amd with a 3rd party chipset/mb match, if it was intel with 3rd party chipset/mb then i would say it was even stevens providing a good psu, mem, etc is used to support either system.
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Intel all the way. They also take a lot of abuse from overclocking & can shutdown quickly to prevent further damage. Unintentionally had a P4 2.8 northwood @ 186F for several hours when a case fan failed on a hot summers day, still ran perfectly with no thermal throttling for 2 years after that. Gave it to my brother and it still works fine to this day.
Intel chipsets are legendary for their stability. VIA and Nforce are, quite frankly, a joke in comparison. Intel believes ATI's chipsets are the second most stable because when they had a chipset shortage they started outfitting some of their motherboards with ATI chipsets.
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It's all much of a muchness TBH
The Intel Motherboard/Intel Chipset/Intel CPU combo is particuarly reliable though.
My Socket 940 Opteron setup with a Via based ASUS motherboard is more stable than my P4 with a SiS motherboard, but then that is down to the poor SiS chipset than anything else. In fact it's the most stable setup I've owned, not once crashing. I had one BSOD but that was from the useless copy protection used (and a fair few others had it too)
I wouldn't say that THG are AMD FanBoys either TBH
The Intel Motherboard/Intel Chipset/Intel CPU combo is particuarly reliable though.
My Socket 940 Opteron setup with a Via based ASUS motherboard is more stable than my P4 with a SiS motherboard, but then that is down to the poor SiS chipset than anything else. In fact it's the most stable setup I've owned, not once crashing. I had one BSOD but that was from the useless copy protection used (and a fair few others had it too)
I wouldn't say that THG are AMD FanBoys either TBH
Never had a problem with any AMD, using SiS, VIA, Nforce 2 and Nforce 4 chipsets. My mate had problems with his celeron (still an intel 
) using a 845 chipset, and it still isnt great now he has a Via motherboard/p4. My p4 isnt too bad, but it is certainly less stable (and slower/hotter) than any AMD i have had.
Not that im bothered tbh i payed £25 for it (3ghz/800/1mb)
) using a 845 chipset, and it still isnt great now he has a Via motherboard/p4. My p4 isnt too bad, but it is certainly less stable (and slower/hotter) than any AMD i have had.Not that im bothered tbh i payed £25 for it (3ghz/800/1mb)
Ive only ever had an AMD cpu/chipset since they are historically cheaper. I run my pc 24/7 and my first chip was palmino, I have never had a crash or BSOD or anything else while I was running a stable overclock (not stability testing).
IMO this is a non-issue and to say one type is more reliable than the other is hogwash. I have had motherboard issues, like shared IRQ on nforce2 (which I solved), and pci latency was an issue on the KR7A-133 and needed tweaking. These dont ammount to reliability.
The only unreliable mobo was the DFI infinity, this was due to DFI's incompetance rather than AMD's reliability. I had epox, and Abit Nforce 2, and this round (nforce4) I chose epox for due to it being the only nforce2 board that I didnt have to RMA for one reason or another.
Unless you are running a marginally stable overclock or software/hardware conflict, reliability for AMD/Intel is 100%.
The only difference I can see now is that AMD is ahead in gaming benchmarks.
IMO this is a non-issue and to say one type is more reliable than the other is hogwash. I have had motherboard issues, like shared IRQ on nforce2 (which I solved), and pci latency was an issue on the KR7A-133 and needed tweaking. These dont ammount to reliability.
The only unreliable mobo was the DFI infinity, this was due to DFI's incompetance rather than AMD's reliability. I had epox, and Abit Nforce 2, and this round (nforce4) I chose epox for due to it being the only nforce2 board that I didnt have to RMA for one reason or another.
Unless you are running a marginally stable overclock or software/hardware conflict, reliability for AMD/Intel is 100%.
The only difference I can see now is that AMD is ahead in gaming benchmarks.
I have to say that my current 3000+ venice / asus a8n-e nforce 4 combo is the most stable pc I have used, intel or otherwise. I think AMD gained an undeserved bad reputation 6 or 7 years ago with the absolutely dreadful kt133 via chipset boards and still haven't shaken it. After 3 various flavours of the kt133 i moved to one with an amd761 southbridge - et voila perfect stability.
Pick your chipset and motherboard well and either intel or AMD will do you nicely if reliabilty is your main consideration. Personally I'd edge towards the AMD solution purely because unless you have a hurricane cooling system, all the heat from the current intel offerings is sure to push some component to eventual faliure.
Marc
Pick your chipset and motherboard well and either intel or AMD will do you nicely if reliabilty is your main consideration. Personally I'd edge towards the AMD solution purely because unless you have a hurricane cooling system, all the heat from the current intel offerings is sure to push some component to eventual faliure.
Marc
I agree that the Intel CPU/chipset combo is particularly stable, but in a home user environment, I think it's pretty much a moot point with CPU you choose.
Having said that, I have a little Duron 800 on an Abit nforce board that's been humming away in the corner since it was built in 2000 I think. It's up pretty much 24/7 and I can't remember the last time it crashed. Come to think of it, can't remember the last time I rebooted it either.
*wanders off to check if it's ok*
Having said that, I have a little Duron 800 on an Abit nforce board that's been humming away in the corner since it was built in 2000 I think. It's up pretty much 24/7 and I can't remember the last time it crashed. Come to think of it, can't remember the last time I rebooted it either.
*wanders off to check if it's ok*