AMD Ryzen CPU failures: what’s happened and what it means for you
The Ryzen 9800X3D and 9950X3D are burning out in alarming numbers, and motherboard firmware could be the root cause.
Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards
To be more specific, at one recent count on Reddit, 98 9800X3Ds are reported to have expired in ASRock motherboards. But ...
AMD responds to reports of 9800X3D CPU issues
Despite being one of the best processors on the market for PC gamers, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been having a rough time ...
AMD blames failing Ryzen 9000 chips on memory issues
After over 100 reports of damaged CPUs, AMD and ASRock blame memory timing and claim it's been fixed in BIOS. Dead CPUs say ...
AMD says the problem with Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips failing to boot is down to memory compatibility issues and not actually dead CPUs
Day 97 (or something like that), the saga of the imploding AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs continues. Yesterday, we reported on a ...
AMD responds to Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures, blames memory compatibility issues
This week saw a Redditor compile a list of 108 Reddit posts involving a Ryzen 7 9800X3D that died, along with 12 other Ryzen ...
Some Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are dying unexpectedly, mostly on Asrock motherboards – is user error to blame?
Reddit user natty_overlord compiled a list of all 108 Reddit posts involving a Ryzen 7 9800X3D that died. The chips passed ...
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips are tapping out too soon
AMD just announced over a dozen new laptop CPUs, which will appear in over 150 new laptops being announced at CES 2025 and later this year, including a new 3D V-Cache chip for gaming laptops and some ...
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AMD 9800X3D chips under fire
Flaming expensive  More than 100 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips have reportedly gone belly-up, most of them when nestled in ASRock motherboards. According to data culled from Reddit, 98 of the fancy 3D ...
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Best gaming motherboard in 2025
Finding the best gaming motherboard isn’t always straightforward, as your choices depend on the CPU you want to install. Not only will AMD chipsets not work with Intel CPUs, but newer Ryzen 9000 ...
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Gigabyte motherboard with AMD X870E chipset overheats up to 110°C — Defective assembly or design
AMD’s X870E chipset combines two sets of Promontory 21 chips in a sequential arrangement, just like the X670E. The flagship 800 and 600 series motherboards have two sets of Promontory 21 chipsets, ...