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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: dotnic on November 05, 2003, 01:57:43 PM

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: dotnic on November 05, 2003, 01:57:43 PM

Hey,
I  want to buy a processor for my new system and somebody suggest AMD, can some body tell me how reliable is it.

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Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: Zedy on November 05, 2003, 10:06:10 PM

Have been using AMD since the 486 40mhz.
Currently running 3200 XP Barton - rock solid.
Have built lots of AMD systems, refuse to use Intel, however have only ever had need to repair Intel systems.

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: A+Net+MCP on November 06, 2003, 03:56:04 AM

I only use AMD. Started with a K62 550 which is now my parents PC then I built a pc for myself using a Duron 900 and overclocked it to 1100. I sold that to a friend and upgraded to an Athlon T-Bird 1.4 overclocked to 1.6.  Never had one fail and plan to use AMD in the future.

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: CJTech on November 07, 2003, 10:47:32 PM

AMD are good but, the cpu die is not as durable as the Intel. If you remove or install the heatsink on a slight angle... you can very easy crack the die. Also, the AMD is not designed to run is the heatsink fan ever failed. If a heatsink failed, the CPU would heat up until the die cracks and smokes the CPU until it will no longer work. However, the Intel P$ was designed for this and if the fan ever failed, the CPU would get warm but, slow down the over all speed of the system to stop it from over heating.

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: Bronx1 on November 08, 2003, 05:16:40 PM

I have always used AMD. Neverany problems overclocked not a problem. I have seen pentium4 burn up. Go with AMD.

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: A+Net+MCP on November 08, 2003, 08:53:21 PM

Another thing to consider is that the new AMD Athlon 64 FX kills the P4c EE totally.
Amd is now king of the hill again. The 64 has a cover over the core like the P4 so crushing the core is nolonger an issue but for those of us how are smart enough to use a shim it never was.

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: CJTech on November 24, 2003, 12:32:05 AM

[quote name=\'A\' date=\'Net+MCP+Nov 8 2003, 07:53 PM\']Another thing to consider is that the new AMD Athlon 64 FX kills the P4c EE totally.
Amd is now king of the hill again. The 64 has a cover over the core like the P4 so crushing the core is nolonger an issue but for those of us how are smart enough to use a shim it never was.[/quote]
 I still love Inte;'s /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Title: how reliable is AMD processor
Post by: Peritus on November 25, 2003, 06:37:45 PM

[quote name=\'CJTech\' date=\'Nov 7 2003, 09:47 PM\']AMD are good but, the cpu die is not as durable as the Intel. If you remove or install the heatsink on a slight angle... you can very easy crack the die. Also, the AMD is not designed to run is the heatsink fan ever failed. If a heatsink failed, the CPU would heat up until the die cracks and smokes the CPU until it will no longer work. However, the Intel P$ was designed for this and if the fan ever failed, the CPU would get warm but, slow down the over all speed of the system to stop it from over heating.[/quote]
 Athlon XP processors have thermal protection as well.  Most boards support this feature.  If the fan fails or if the temperature gets to a certain point, the system will shut down to save the processor.