AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU Dies After Overclocker Pushes The Voltages Too Hard
Renowned overclocker, Der8auer, managed to kill an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU after he pushed the voltages on the chip too far beyond what it could handle.
Der8auer took his audience to ASUS headquarters in Taiwan to test components and work on overclocking using the Intel Sapphire Rapids server processor. This was the first time he had a chance to visit since COVID, and he was looking forward to seeing friends and in-depth testing. But the real story occurred in the middle of the week when he was handed an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU to test. The chip did not survive long as the overclocker altered the voltage and killed the CPU from AMD.
The intention of Der8auer's trip to ASUS headquarters in Taiwan was to test and benchmark the Intel Sapphire Rapids server chips. He was asked if he would like to take the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU and do some stress tests and benchmarks with ASUS's equipment.
Utilizing the company's ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme motherboard, he started things off slowly by testing the standard voltage levels of the chips, which idle around 1V. It is well known that AMD has gone to lengths in previous chips, such as the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, to lockout certain OC features and warn consumers of the dangers of stressing the chips. With the Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs, AMD has become more open about allowing enthusiasts to manually tweak the CPUs with technologies such as PBO and Curve Optimizer. However, the voltage and thermal limits are still meant to be in place.
During the overclocking session, Der8auer noticed that the ASUS ROG X670E Crosshair Extreme motherboard allowed voltage tuning but not clock tuning on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU. So voltages were pushed to 1.35V and after a successful boot under LN2 cooling, the
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