AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors are data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html”>the best gaming CPUs in the world, but the AM4 platform that they drop into hasn’t been without problems, as there have been data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-9800x3d-failures-deaths-reddit-megathread-indicates-the-vast-majority-may-be-happening-on-asrock-motherboards” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-9800x3d-failures-deaths-reddit-megathread-indicates-the-vast-majority-may-be-happening-on-asrock-motherboards”>numerous reports of failures. So far, the issue appears limited, with around data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/some-ryzen-7-9800x3d-cpus-are-allegedly-dying-prematurely-over-100-cases-documented-based-on-user-feedback” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/some-ryzen-7-9800x3d-cpus-are-allegedly-dying-prematurely-over-100-cases-documented-based-on-user-feedback”> three hundred systems reported to be affected (as far as we know). It’s not limited to any one particular motherboard vendor, but there does seem to be a bias toward those using ASRock motherboards. As a result, some people have described it as the “ASRock CPU burning…
