Everytime I try AMD, the motherboard is a POS. Last time with the FX-8150, one of the SATA ports went bad and had to decommision it as a result. I had Athlons as well and the M/B blew up on all of them and this was with no overclocking too. AMD just doesn't cut it on the motherboard side. I've blown up an Intel branded board but that blew up from video card overclocking but that was the only one that I caused. I still have an Intel system running 24/7 I got in 2002. If AMD can develop some good motherboards, I will try them again.