Well, unfortunately my 13900K (which would have been 2 years old in November) has become an RMA case. It started with a bit of memory rebooting, then multiplying the P cores, turning off a few E cores, fiddling with voltages, etc. over the years to keep the thing “stable”, and it has become so neutered that it is no longer stable, and has only created an RMA case.

Of course you can overclock the motherboard a little due to UEFI profiles, but this definitely happened to me in a standard profile (with a thick custom ring on it, 2x360mm radiator, of which a 60mm thick radiator)

Even if it has a “K” on it, unless you do really stupid things like put 2V on the ring, you can assume the CPU is fully compatible. The extent to which this happens is even with W680 motherboards (a stable server variant, there are plenty of reasons to run these CPUs in servers), especially if they also have standard boost.

Each side suggests that Intel, under pressure from competition, has looked a lot like Boeing (who foolishly rushed into the market with MCAS…) and has run CPUs far below spec. This can actually mean two things:

Intel has recognized the issue and released version 1.1 of the 13900K after a mass recall.

This probably won’t happen. Each CPU has to be recalled, and a “new” version has to be designed (recalling engineers from new CPU development plans and putting them on gen 13/14, at the expense of competing with Qualcomm and AMD in a couple of years). The new version has to then also be tested (great space) and released (more space at the expense of other products). In addition, the final fix is ​​unclear, and may even be nothing more than…

Intel doesn’t acknowledge the issue, but is flexible on warranty and comes with a small code.

The CPUs will have to be replaced with existing stock, but they will also have to be replaced with new software controls/chains (microcode, UEFIs) that will likely make things more secure. Unfortunately, that also means slower, and in addition to the potentially huge replacement costs, it will also make the CPUs slower, which also exposes Intel to other legal risks… I personally wouldn’t be happy if I had to give up 15%, and that’s just me. Dell, Microsoft, and Amazon will be making some extra demands…

Anyway, slogans like: “No one has ever been fired because of Intel’s purchase” will be less certain, at a time when Intel is already struggling in some areas (even major clouds have more and more standard ARM and AMD SKUs…). I feel like this is the first time in almost 24 years (https://www.tomshardware….ms-pentium-iii-1,235.htmlNews: Intel’s old P3 bugs are back when it comes to handling something like this, and while they’re inflated at the top SKUs, the numbers at the mid/low SKUs aren’t very good either…

(And yes, I completed the GN survey…)

[Reactie gewijzigd door Umbrah op 22 juli 2024 13:17]