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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by vbezhenar on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:29PM (#22386396)
If you overclock CPU, you lose warranty. Even if it's K-series which is made for overclocking. And stock settings probably are safe.
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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by jotm on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:01AM (#22390212)
Yeah I did mean at stock settings.

If you overclock, you're responsible. Losing warranty sounds acceptable to me. Better than manufacturers doing everything to make overclocking impossible.

To me, it's a great way to get more performance out of an old chip, the warranty would be expired at that point.

It is hard to prove a CPU was overclocked though, so I can see some people taking advantage of that.

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