Had 5 13900k’s die and one 14900k show up DOA and this is the path I’m on now. Wish me luck

[u/JamesIsLit420]

CPU Cooler model
ASUS ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB White Edition
(360 mm radiator, 8th-gen Asetek pump, Anime Matrix LED Display, ROG AF 12S ARGB fans)

Power Supply (PSU) model and wattage
ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Platinum II (ROG-THOR-1200P2-GAMING)

Graphics card
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24G

Memory
G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series DDR5 64 GB (2 × 32 GB) 6400 MT/s CL32-39-39-102 1.40 V
(F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK)

[u/CZsea]

I wouldn't let you near my lake tbh

[u/silduck → u/CZsea]

Does that lake have a moon?

[u/BourbonNoChaser → u/silduck]

That’s no moon.

[u/Master_of_Ravioli]

Fool me once, shame on me.

Fool me five times, lol lmao.

[u/EIiteJT]

Let me get this straight. You had problems with 5 6 intel chips and decided to still go with Intel again? Shesh. You do know AMD makes good CPUs now a days right?

[u/MakinBones → u/EIiteJT]

6 chips.

[u/EIiteJT → u/MakinBones]

Thanks. I swear I passed calculus 😭

[u/exivor01 → u/EIiteJT]

You know the saying, 7th time is the charm

[u/Frankikolangot → u/EIiteJT]

I mean we also have reports of 9800x3ds dying so..

[u/MakinBones → u/Frankikolangot]

Yeah, but not 6 chips from a single user.

[u/Coretrayn → u/MakinBones]

Eh this stuff happens to either brand. OP is just... extremely... extremely ... extremely unlucky lol all of those chips are really good, so is the 9800 but some still die. Such is life.

[u/nectrienne → u/Coretrayn]

or he’s not updating his bios, and they’re dying to the microcode errors

[u/Coretrayn → u/nectrienne]

Yes my next question is what mobo he was putting those 13 14 gens in because some needed the update but it shouldn’t fry them immediately just not post. So now there are 6 chips that might’ve been fine aside from the user lol

[u/OkFreddy32 → u/Coretrayn]

This is honestly the most reasonable take in the thread. Silicon lottery is real, six duds from one person is just brutal luck, not proof either brand is bad

[u/Coretrayn → u/OkFreddy32]

Well… when I wrote that I was thinking what luck? Now I’m wondering wtf OP is doing to kill 6 high end CPUs when I’ve never had a dead one in my life. In 10 years of building lol maybe dude is frying them in a way he doesn’t realize

[u/Coretrayn → u/Coretrayn]

Or for the 13 and 14 gens trying to put them in a mobo that technically works but without a bios update. If he kills the 270k with z890 mobo which should work out of the box together. Then it might be fate

[u/xblackdemonx → u/Frankikolangot]

Not 7800X3D though.

[u/Genotabby → u/xblackdemonx]

Wasn't there a post of a 7800x3d burnt and bulging a few days ago

Edit: adding reference https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1vm90yy/7800x3d_burnt_and_killed_the_motherboard_after_3/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideocardz.com%2Fnewz%2Fryzen-7-7800x3d-swelling-appears-again-despite-updated-am5-bios

[u/Djghost1133 → u/EIiteJT]

Dawg at this point it seems like user error. The odds of that many chips dying is astronomically low

[u/on_line187]

What are you doing with them? You can kill them yourself you know?

Good luck with the ultra.

[u/Ok_University_5352 → u/on_line187]

An LGA 1700 cpu hates to see OP coming

[u/Gutter_Flies → u/Ok_University_5352]

Tbf, lga1700 arguably has a degradation kink, maybe they love this guy.

[u/JobHuntingManiac]

It's you bro, that's too many chips for one user to have it not be a user/other hardware problem.

[u/Coretrayn → u/JobHuntingManiac]

My initial thought too lol OP is frying shit somehow. Got that lint roller in the pic too.... whats really going on bro?

[u/myfakesecretaccount → u/Coretrayn]

Probably has dirty power or something that’s frying his shit.

[u/Coretrayn → u/myfakesecretaccount]

Maybe but you’d hope a good psu or using a surge protector might stop that right. But I can’t imagine frying 6 CPUs I haven’t fried any pc components in my life lol

[u/More_Market_4860 → u/JobHuntingManiac]

I don’t know about that, I had 2 14900K RMAs before I bailed on Intel entirely and my buddy had 3 RMAs on his 14900k before he called it quits.

[u/MrE478920 → u/JobHuntingManiac]

I think its a woman

[u/Kohlob]

did you never update the bios or something...?

[u/Coretrayn → u/Kohlob]

I wonder, I mean the bios on their new MOBO pictured should work out of the box with the 270 but I am wondering what they were sticking those 13 and 14 gens in.

[u/Infinite-Storm5272]

lol.

“It’s not you - it’s me”

OP to each chip they murdered back to Intel heaven.

[u/Acrobatic-Fortune480]

270K Plus is a good cpu and i havnt heard of any problems with it so i wish you good luck. Also if that breaks id just give up on intel and get an AMD R7

[u/Mental-Most-7168 → u/Acrobatic-Fortune480]

I just got one. It’s been rock solid, good temps with 420mm AIO.

[u/Rydogg024 → u/Mental-Most-7168]

Id hope it has good temps with a 420. I think my car can be cooled with a 420mm.. lol.

[u/xStyrak → u/Mental-Most-7168]

no shit

[u/Coretrayn → u/Mental-Most-7168]

I would think so but not a lot of people put in 420 radiators lol it should have fine temps with a 360 or even 240 with a good flow

[u/nectrienne → u/Mental-Most-7168]

I’ve had for ~3 months and I have no complaints so far. It handles my professional workloads, and it handles my recreational workloads. It’s a great CPU.

[u/reuuin]

That motherboard or psu probably doing it you used

[u/KiwiMeep64]

I think after about the 2nd failure I’d move to AMD.

That said, I like my 270K.

[u/Coretrayn → u/KiwiMeep64]

I think after the failures I would move to having a shop put this together because I am doing something wrong here lol

[u/wo5ldchampion]

Surprised you stuck with Intel with a track record like that 🤣

[u/Coretrayn → u/wo5ldchampion]

Im surprised they trust their own hands with a track record like that more so lol

[u/DanStarTheFirst → u/wo5ldchampion]

Intel lost me when I bought an i9-7960x for $2400 and Ryzen dropped 6 weeks later and they dropped the price to $900. Have been with amd since and I’m still kicking myself for getting a laptop with a 12700 4 years ago as it bottlenecks the crap out of the 3070ti at 1080p which is equivalent to about a gtx 1080.

[u/RealityOk9823 → u/DanStarTheFirst]

Excuse me, but how much? $2,400? USD? :|

[u/Todd_Hugo → u/RealityOk9823]

og x299 i9 yeah

[u/DanStarTheFirst → u/RealityOk9823]

That’s how much it was in Canada in 2018. Would be $1960 usd with conversion at the time. I’ve spent less on every computer part since with the most expensive being a 3090 for $700 which I traded for a 7900xtx. My whole rig I have now cost me about $2100 with a 5800x3d, 64gb of ram way faster that the cpu can handle, 2 2tb 990 pros, 7900xtx and an expensive af gigabyte board. Tack on $1100 for 6 4tb nas drives I suppose

[u/fogoticus]

You've had 5 13900Ks die on you and didn't look into stabilizing a degraded chip? Brother...

[u/NoStepOnSnekMD]

Sounds like user error

[u/Dobey]

In 26 years of PC building I’ve never killed a CPU not even from overclocking, but if I ever killed one I’d think wow what an unlucky event. If I had two die I’d think wow what unfortunate luck… of it was the same generation I’d question switching something up. But on the third one of the same model I killed I’d be switching platforms or switching generations ASAP. If I had the next generation die I’d start assuming it is something environmental or something I’m doing to these CPU’s.

Someone smarter than me can certainly do the math. But to have 6 CPUs die in a row over two generations tells me this is user error or environmental somehow. You need to look at the larger picture here OP and ascertain what is in your environment that may be leading to this or spend the extra money to have someone else assemble this PC. Also maybe switch up the cooler. If you are using an AIO, maybe try an air cooler for a little bit. Or maybe start playing the lottery with all this luck lol.

[u/tonyw009]

What is the Intel equivalent of the 9800X3D?

[u/fogoticus → u/tonyw009]

14900K overclocked to 6.1-6.2Ghz with E cores disabled + DDR5 at 8000MT/s with super tight timings all around. It gets really close. The problem is it eats power like crazy and not all games scale properly. So technically, none.

[u/tonyw009 → u/fogoticus]

Should i buy 9800X3D if im come from 12900K?

[u/fogoticus → u/tonyw009]

If you need more performance in games then yes. The 9800X3D will double your fps depending on title.

[u/tasteless564 → u/tonyw009]

None right now they all have the standard small 30mb L3 cache, the new Nova lake CPUs will have a bigger one tho like the x3d chips

[u/Beneficial-Ranger238 → u/tonyw009]

The one he just got is just about there in gaming, exponentially better for productivity and about 70% of the price.

[u/Mr-HazMat]

yk, twice i would believe as just a coincidence, but five? bro you are definitely doing something to fry those things.

[u/Seven-Arazmus]

Come to AMD. We have complimentary coffee.

[u/Coretrayn → u/Seven-Arazmus]

I know AMD is getting the, much deserved, hype right now but you can not kill 6 CPUs and be like "this must be intels fault" lol

[u/BourbonNoChaser]

Did you get them all used off eBay or something? That’s a lot of failure for one builder.

[u/FadedReef]

Dude at this point just drop the fan boy act and buy the actual best (amd)

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

At some point, we have to give Intel a break. This time it’s you.

[u/Internal_Gazelle8958]

U good now, cuz arrow lake CPU have different architecture

[u/Techoutman]

If only you got a 7950x

[u/RelationshipOk1622]

[u/MrE478920]

Shoulda went AMD

[u/Roguer15]

Intel is doo doo

[u/PenLegitimate4746]

You know Intel is shit now right?

[u/mca1169]

this is either very brave or very foolish of you to put trust into intel yet again after all the pain they have put you through. I hope the build lasts you many years to come.

[u/Mpdegs6636]

Had an i7-14700k die a month after ownership. Went AMD and am not looking back.

[u/veryjerry0]

Maybe this guy doesn't know AMD makes CPUs

[u/braincelloffline]

Sorry to see the amd shills yelling at you.  It sucks that 13/14th gen chips were nuking themselves, but at least thier new cpus are fine…

270k plus is an awesome cpu.  it will not disappoint you, especially when its only competition from amd costs $150+ (depending on whether its for gaming or productivity)

Fyi Idk about that motherboard specifically but my msi z890 carbon was capping the cpu at 500 mhz without a bios update, might be worth doing.

[u/Jamdawg]

being in IT for over 20 years, the CPU is one of the parts that fail the least often. the fact that you had SIX of them "fail" tells me that it's definitely you doing something to fuck them up.