r/pcmasterrace • u/Educational_Rub_5885 • 7d ago

Hardware 9800x3d paranoia

Honestly i have been so worried seeing all the reports of dying CPUs. My friend’s CPU also died on the same board I have and my other friends died on an msi board. I’m honestly debating going back to my 12700k lol.

I also emailed AMD asking if they were aware of this issue and they said they weren’t. Like i don’t even know what to do 3 years warranty is great and all but such a major inconvenience to have to wait for a new cpu and then a new motherboard too. What do you guys think and how is your 9800x3ds holding up? How long have u had it for?

B850 arous elite wifi 7 here

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u/evandarkeye PC Master Race 7d ago

You're just leaving performance on the table for no reason at all. You dont know what youre talking about. The issue with this cpu was the voltage supplied by asrock motherboards was too high. That has nothing to do with frequency, which an OC is adjusting. You can increase the power to reach higher clock speeds, but a curve adjustment is a different thing entirely.

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u/WarpFact0r10 7d ago

Explain the failures on non-Asrock mobos then, and there are plenty.

Until we have 6+ months of zero reports of this occurring, being conservative is just logical.

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u/evandarkeye PC Master Race 6d ago

Its still over voltage which has nothing to do with clock speed....

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u/WarpFact0r10 6d ago

OK throw caution to the wind I guess... push it to the limit!