So, admittedly, Intel is not equal better. Certainly this is not the fastest nor the most economical or efficient. But for the price! How much to put in a competitive equivalent? So for me, it's fine with me. It replaces an old 4-core Intel 2007, and on my HDV video encodings of my pro camera, where I put 2 or 3 hours, I spend almost 30 minutes. Now is the hard drive flange my PC.
When to crashes? No more than on my old Intel, that is to say one or two per year, no more, and more exotic software due to not always well planned.
In short, when I see the price I should have put to a competitor processor, jadhère!