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Have to say my experience with Intel and ASUS lately has just been one of shoddiness/instability- 12900ks + z690 desktop build has been pretty unstable just try

• smolder 3y ago
  XMP comes with no guarantees. If you are unlucky in terms of CPU silicon, or your motherboard has suboptimal ram signal quality, you will need to turn down from the XMP speed to achieve stability. You can improve your odds of stability at high freq buying motherboards known for good ram speeds but for the CPU it's always a lottery. The 9700k I had was one of those unlucky chips that just couldn't do faster than 3200mhz RAM without occasional issues.
  • pizza 3y ago
    You’re correct. That said it’s kind of wild to me that the silicon lottery has stayed strong. They ought to be made to disclose when they are selling overclocker models that will not really overclock that well. Doesn’t seem right to have to pay flagship prices when they know they’re selling you something that won’t reach that level. At least package it as a lesser SKU or something imo