News Intel announces an extra two years of warranty for its chips amid crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen C...

[AntonyLovric]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...ps-list-includes-core-i5-i7-and-i9-processors

They've tried to clarify their position now. May want to update your information and draw a new conclusion.

Regards.

Thanks - That's good news!

 

[drjohnnyfever]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...ps-list-includes-core-i5-i7-and-i9-processors

They've tried to clarify their position now. May want to update your information and draw a new conclusion.

Regards.

Ah, thanks for this! I've been wondering about the i5-14600K for a bit. No problems so far with mine. Built a starter gamer PC with my son in March '24. This is good information to have. Thanks aigain.

 

[mac_angel]

From what I understand warranties transfer to subsequent owners, at least in the US. The receipt isn't to check for resale (which frankly isn't possible as many receipts don't have personally identifying information on them). It's because the warranty period begins on the day of sale. If you don't have a dated receipt then the warranty would default to the earliest possible day that the processor may have been sold to a customer. As of now, even without the 2 year extension, this isn't an issue for any of the 13th and 14th gen processors.

A second purpose of the receipt is to very that this was a direct purchase and not through a systems maker (who has the obligation to honor the warranty).

While that would be nice, in my experience, that's not how it's worked with other companies (and Intel, with my own battle with their stupidity this last spring). I've had a few times where I've tried to RMA a computer component that was brand new to the market, and had a multi year warranty, only to be told that they still insist that a receipt is required. At least with my battle with Intel (which lasted weeks), they finally accepted a picture of the CPU so they could see the serial number and part number. But other companies, I wasn't so lucky. BeQuiet is incredibly horrible for this. So is CoolerMaster.

 

[slightnitpick]

While that would be nice, in my experience, that's not how it's worked with other companies (and Intel, with my own battle with their stupidity this last spring). I've had a few times where I've tried to RMA a computer component that was brand new to the market, and had a multi year warranty, only to be told that they still insist that a receipt is required. At least with my battle with Intel (which lasted weeks), they finally accepted a picture of the CPU so they could see the serial number and part number. But other companies, I wasn't so lucky. BeQuiet is incredibly horrible for this. So is CoolerMaster.

Yeah, thanks. I looked deeper and Intel doesn't allow transfer of warranty. I think we'd need a law to have this happen. And even then I wouldn't be surprised if the law only applied if the entire PC was transferred, as uninstalling, reboxing, and reinstalling a processor can cause damage.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

I apologise for the slight diversion. As such this is more of a PSA.

Buildzoid has been playing with the fixed microcode. He has discovered that on his Aorus motherboard not using the intel settings will disable the voltage limit.

Any intel users, please be careful.

 

[YSCCC]

I apologise for the slight diversion. As such this is more of a PSA.

Buildzoid has been playing with the fixed microcode. He has discovered that on his Aorus motherboard not using the intel settings will disable the voltage limit.

Any intel users, please be careful.

That sucks... using the intel profile seems do not allow one to do the manual undervolting as much, so it's either undervolting or having the cap for transient?!