Sounds like they burned up the CPUs with an inadequate cooler. TDPs are pretty rough, but a 165w fan cooler on a 170w part doesn’t seem right. My 5800x runs hot AF despite coolers rated for significantly higher wattage parts. I have it running on custom water now, and it’s single CCX design means it still gets to 74c even on a 240x25mm and a 360x45mm rad equipped with T30 fans, which move assloads of air. Those hotspots are a killer.
We don’t have any measurements of what it was running at all day, so we can only speculate. But AMD runs a ton of volts out of the box if you don’t undervolt. You need good coolers.
Sounds like they burned up the CPUs with an inadequate cooler. TDPs are pretty rough, but a 165w fan cooler on a 170w part doesn’t seem right. My 5800x runs hot AF despite coolers rated for significantly higher wattage parts. I have it running on custom water now, and it’s single CCX design means it still gets to 74c even on a 240x25mm and a 360x45mm rad equipped with T30 fans, which move assloads of air. Those hotspots are a killer.
We don’t have any measurements of what it was running at all day, so we can only speculate. But AMD runs a ton of volts out of the box if you don’t undervolt. You need good coolers.