yes. AMD issued an AGESA bios update that locked down voltages, because the MoBo vendors were pumping out the high voltages with no protections.
https://youtu.be/kiTngvvD5dI?t=205
Some Intel CPUs lost 9% of their performance almost overnight
By Jacob RoachApril 22, 2024
"Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen an increasing number of reports of instability on high-end Intel CPUs like the Core i9-14900K. Asus has released a...
Hopefully this turns out to be isolated incidents. I have found out over the many years in PC gaming that I no longer need the top tier chips to enjoy games. I was always a i7 or i9 guy, but now I'm happy with an i5. Runs so much cooler and less...
Only used for four months, like new. 32 months left on warranty (including burn in). Comes with all original packaging/items as shown in photos. During use, taskbar was hidden, black background, dark mode and screen saver used while not gaming...
I don't think any modern game in 4k could be rendered with better than mid settings and reliably deliver better than 60fps consistently on a lightweight laptop. Some laptop displays can only deliver 30hz at 4k which could give certain people...
I have a barely used, and looking mint, MSI Creator 4K OLED, RTX 3080, i7-1100H, 64GB DDR4, 2TB 980 pro M.2 - $800 shipped SOLD
It was rarely used after purchased and upgraded. It was left in a fancy SKB case(custom like Pelican cases). It was a...
I wish more GPUs came in plain unprinted cardboard boxes, with cardboard padding instead of foam. I know it's only a tiny part of the massive amount of resources used to make the card itself, but at least the packaging would then be fully recyclable.
Just pulled from a working machine I upgraded.
For sale:
i7 6700, Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI, 32GB XPG DDR4 3200, Cooler with Kryonaut 1gram
SOLD
$100 shipped CONUS, Paypal preferred
Heatware: Echelon V (271-0-0)