Intel on intel for best stability.. myth?

[Xarick]

Is it true that for the best stability I should pair an intel proc with an intel board? I was thinking an e6400 with an p965lt. People say if your not gonna overclock just get an intel board for the stability. Is this true? cause otherwise the biostar p965 is a few bucks cheaper.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Its BS. An Intel chipset is generally going to offer you the same stability as a chipset from VIA, Nvidia, or ATI/AMD.

I wouldn't worry about matching the boards at all.

-Kevin

 

[ch33zw1z]

It's not 100% true, every system board is different. I would google each board you're looking at and try to find some reviews. Abit, Asus, Gigabyte(just to name a few) are also quality names...biostar is not bad either.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

yes it's true.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
An Intel chipset is generally going to offer you the same stability as a chipset from VIA, Nvidia, or ATI/AMD.

LAWL

you wish buddy
intel and nvidia only.
VIA and ATI make crap chipsets. well ATI has been better lately. but stay the f*ck away from VIA...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: JAG87

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
An Intel chipset is generally going to offer you the same stability as a chipset from VIA, Nvidia, or ATI/AMD.

LAWL

you wish buddy
intel and nvidia only.
VIA and ATI make crap chipsets. well ATI has been better lately. but stay the f*ck away from VIA...

lol there's no chance i'd use VIA

 

[JAG87]

hehe

ehhhhhhxactly

 

[moosey]

Originally posted by: JAG87

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
An Intel chipset is generally going to offer you the same stability as a chipset from VIA, Nvidia, or ATI/AMD.

LAWL

you wish buddy
intel and nvidia only.
VIA and ATI make crap chipsets. well ATI has been better lately. but stay the f*ck away from VIA...

HAHA....i agree

 

[KeithTalent]

From everything I have read the Intel chipsets have a history of being rock-solid/reliable so if stability is your primary goal you can not go wrong with them.

 

[JAG87]

intel/nvidia for rock solid stability.

if you like to waste your time figuring out why your computer reboots 5 minutes after you started playing (and enjoying) your favorite game, then VIA is your friend.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Is it true that for the best stability I should pair an intel proc with an intel board?

This has been the case for intel chipsets (rather than motherboards) since the P3 days, with the exception of the P3 Rambus motherboards.

Yes, there have been good chipsets from others, and yes there have been excellent motherboards using those chipsets. But if stability and ease of setup are your top priorities for a motherboard then intel chipsets have been the best choice.

intel motherboards have often been feature-poor but acceptable choices, but often not any more stable than more feature-rich boards from Asus, Gigabyte, etc. Any reputation for "better" stability probably comes from intel boards having overclocking features disabled. If you run an Asus board at stock speed it's just as stable.

 

[Xarick]

so your saying I could grab the biostar board and it would likely give me just as good of stability results as the intel board? minus the firewire of course.

On problem is I can't find a single review of the intel p965lt board.

 

[hellokeith]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Is it true that for the best stability I should pair an intel proc with an intel board?

This has been the case for intel chipsets (rather than motherboards) since the P3 days, with the exception of the P3 Rambus motherboards.

Yes, there have been good chipsets from others, and yes there have been excellent motherboards using those chipsets. But if stability and ease of setup are your top priorities for a motherboard then intel chipsets have been the best choice.

intel motherboards have often been feature-poor but acceptable choices, but often not any more stable than more feature-rich boards from Asus, Gigabyte, etc. Any reputation for "better" stability probably comes from intel boards having overclocking features disabled. If you run an Asus board at stock speed it's just as stable.

Indeed, Intel processor paired with Intel chipset.

If you have no plans for overclocking, then an Intel mobo is not a bad choice. I've been running a 3.2Ghz P4 on an Intel D875PBZ for several years now.. couldn't ask for a more trouble-free setup.

 

[nweaver]

Look at what the big boys run for servers, as they REQUIRE stability and uptime.

it's either Intel or Serverworks for the chipset....serverworks is kinda spendy.

 

[Arcanedeath]

Actualy some motherboard makers use cheaper parts piticulary caps to cut costs, intel is known to use good caps in most cases, and some boards like the Gigabyte DS3 use excellect solid state caps. so they tend to be more stable and last longer over time, if you plan on keeping your system awhile check out badcaps.net for info reguarding good caps and your specific motherboard.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: nweaver
Look at what the big boys run for servers, as they REQUIRE stability and uptime.

it's either Intel or Serverworks for the chipset....serverworks is kinda spendy.

A lot are using AMD or Nvidia now. (particularly nvidia, amd was really only used as there was no major alternative)

 

[John]

I've replaced a lot of Intel mainboards over the years that have had leaking and/or blown capacitors. I don't consider their mainboards any more or less stable than other top tier mfg's boards. However I do prefer using an Intel chipset over Via, ATI, Ali, & SiS not only for performance reasons, but I feel that it's a more stable platform.

 

[RebateMonger]

Yeah. Intel motherboards are generally well done, but they haven't been immune to the same capacitor issues affecting other motherboard makers.

Intel chipsets have been extremely trouble-free in my experience. Although the competitors seem to be improving, every time I've varied from Intel chipsets for my personal use, I've regretted it.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
Actualy some motherboard makers use cheaper parts piticulary caps to cut costs, intel is known to use good caps in most cases, and some boards like the Gigabyte DS3 use excellect solid state caps. so they tend to be more stable and last longer over time, if you plan on keeping your system awhile check out badcaps.net for info reguarding good caps and your specific motherboard.

maybe i have been lucky but in the 10+yrs i have been building machines i have never had a bad cap. i have used m/bs from ecs (oh no), tyan, gigabyte, asus, abit, biostar, dfi, foxconn, msi and probably more i can't remember. i think the cap issues goes throughout the m/b world as sometimes the people that makes the caps skimp on parts and the m/b manf don't know they have inferior parts.

again, the ds3 with the solid caps...not a selling point for me, i would much rather have a board that runs better with regular caps and from what i have read the ds3 doesn't do as good as the s3, but maybe that was a bios issue and now it is fixed. again, just what i have read...

 

[fire400]

MSI 945 core2 motherboard w/4xpci-,1xpci-e/,1x16 lane

core2 1.86

x1900XT or 7900GTX, whichever is cheaper for you

X-fi Xtreme

2GB of generic DDR heatspreader sticks @ 667

SATA300 w/seagate NCQ

DVD-RWx2 (IDE)

-this system will work wonders with XP Pro- QFT and will run any game like running water
-everything running stock, you'll be fine, so go eat your heart out!

 

[Roguestar]

Can you even get the X1900XT any more? I'd recommend an X1950Pro or an X1950XT, determined by his budget.