Equipment reliability is a topic that can quickly draw trolls, as the subject is, well... subjective, and powered by Fanboys(TM). However, rare is the fanboy that actually has the hordes of equipment that would be required to accurately judge the reliability of an entire brand. Instead, what we usually hear is "I've always used [insert brand name here] and it works very well for me."Hardware.fr offers an interesting case study based on figures returned by SAV. Teeth will grind...
Enthusiasts folding 24/7 (or even if they're not), will find some good reading here, courtesy of Google Translate.
None of this absolves the user from running his or her hardware at a sane clock-speed, however. As the Supreme Overlord - and recent receiver of a punitive one-minute ban - R_34 once said, thousands of years ago: "He who would fold long would do well to take care of his MOSFETs". Sage words, sage words...
KaySL
On: 10/06/09
