Exsimguy, I am guessing that my problems (which aren't huge) are related to the fact that most software wasn't written with the specific functions of the Athlon in mind. Likewise the Athlon doesn't seem to always handle code that was intended for Intel systems. Shouldn't be any problems you might think, but compared with the stability I had with my previous AMD K62-350 I am not so sure. BTW I would still recommend the Athlon but would not recommend any of the current motherboards that support it.