"...they've always been reliable." - with the right chipset...

I've got a Via chipset based motherboard, and frankly installing the OS & drivers for it was a nightmare (Asus TUV4X). Again, not a scientific sampling in the least, but that was the last time I buy a non-Intel chipset mobo. I still have 'spontaneous reboot' issues in W2k. Starting to suspect RAM - replaced powersupply and am not overclocking or getting too hot. That is a whole other thread though...

-Zeke