TL;DR: The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor is experiencing widespread issues, particularly on ASRock motherboards, with users reporting crashes and failures. A megathread on Reddit consolidates these ...

In the past 3 years I have built/repaired several hundred systems and have only ran into one bad CPU(a K62 with a failed fan). Not including the obvious cracked cores or fried from bad installation, ...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock was up on Tuesday after company executives addressed issues with AM5 CPU socket failures. AMD executives David McAfee and Travis Kirsch said that CPU socket failures ...

One unlucky PC builder in South Korea has managed to lose three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs to the same ASRock B850 Pro RS motherboard — and none of it involved overclocking. Posting on the popular QuasarZone ...

Intel has been at the forefront of computer processor technology for decades. The company has historically produced some of the most powerful and reliable CPUs on the market. Even with strong ...

Earlier in the week a number of tech sites picked up a Tweet from a custom PC builder which asserted that AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU failure rates were too high. The PC builder shared data that suggested ...

There are some components that your PC can live without, but a solid processor is not one of them. Without the CPU, your computer cannot run, period. This is why CPU failure is often a complete ...