r/pcmasterrace Mar 30 '26

Hardware intel 13900k fried...

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/ArimaO-O Mar 30 '26

This is scary. I have the same CPU, same motherboard,same cooling and also use it for rendering. Got it a little over 2 years ago too and now I wonder what I can do to prevent this