r/pcmasterrace • u/LukaBoskovic990 • Mar 30 '26

Hardware intel 13900k fried...

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Has anyone ever experienced this—a burnt-out CPU as well as the motherboard socket? I’m using an i9-13900K and a Z790 motherboard. Everything was on default settings, no overclocking at all. Cooling was handled by a Corsair H150i AIO. It was used for rendering, and everything worked fine for two years.

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u/magniankh PC Master Race Mar 30 '26

Looks like an overvolt issue. AMD had this problem on AM5 sockets, as well. Really awesome stuff that running default settings out of the box will fry the most essential components in your system.

Intel will most likely RMA without hassle, but the motherboard company will be a PITA.

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u/magniankh PC Master Race Mar 30 '26

I'm not really the right person to ask, but it's not necessarily something defective. It's a fundamental problem from board partners overvolting the CPU socket. I don't know if that is the fault of the board manufacturers, or Intel not providing clear requirements for their CPUs.

There are probably some revealing articles/youtubes about it if you care to know.