Dear Friends and Barbarians,
Instead of game night I helped two Conan friends with their new-ish PCs. One friend has what I would consider the worst-case scenario and will need a CPU replacement. The other looks like they are doing just fine and have not run into issues.
Tech Bulletin:
Intel 13 or 14 Generation CPUs
If run at a high temperature (outside its temp envelope) due to a software bug within the chip, it will suffer irreversible damage. Please see this ZDNET article for details and solutions. There is within this article a link to Tom’s Hardware where there are a number of resources for you if you have one of these CPUs.
I am making this here, rather than in the Bug Section, due to the confluence of casual gamers and high demands from their PCs. We all know a software company is not responsible when we overdrive our PCs, and it is terrible when the “default” use of a game or application might cause damage to your hardware. Entirely out of your control.
My intent was to poast this here as a bulletin, and I have already issued a warning to another user who may be wishing to get better performance in the game. Let’s all proceed with caution, especially if you have a machine that was overclocked by the manufacturer.
With love and aspirations of temps below 73C,
Barnes