Ryzen 7 7800X3D reportedly swells and kicks the bucket after 3 months despite running an up-to-date BIOS

[Redaktion]

A three-month-old Ryzen 7 7800X3D reportedly swelled and burned out on an updated MSI X870 motherboard despite running at default CPU settings with only EXPO enabled. However, the user's delidding complicates the pending warranty claim and leaves the precise cause uncertain.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ryzen-7-7800X3D-reportedly-swells-and-kicks-the-bucket-after-3-months-despite-running-an-up-to-date-BIOS.1368967.0.html

[Ahab]

Ever notice these problems only ever happen to Redditors?

[r_F-D]

i have a 7800x3d for like 2 years now, pbo -25 all cores, super quiet in gaming and super stable. b650. on a cpu stress test, -25 is not stable for me, tho, but super stable, synthetic benchmarks aside. no need to gelid either.