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Note that you have warranty for the 14900k. You could let Intel replace it for free, after all it's glitching because of their issues, be it overvolting or oxidation.

Given the issues of those 9000 series processors I'd be wary of them, the 7950X could be the better option.

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I doubt jeffbee lives in a backwater place such as mine, but Intel do not handle RMAs in many countries around the world. There's simply no such thing as RMA here for most brands you're familiar with. If my hypothetical 14900k dies and the seller I bought it from refuses to provide a replacement (for example, by claiming that I overclocked it), I'm fucked. It doesn't really matter if Intel themselves issue replacements or not.

(And no, I am not from and of the sanctioned countries or territories. It's the reality of an unimportant market.)

The Intel warranty in unfortunately not advanced replacement, so I would be without my CPU for an indeterminate amount of time while they give it a think. The issue with the 7950X is that it isn't faster on my workload than an i9-14900K, even one that has been detuned to work correctly.

The "issues" with the 9000 seem to be contained to MS Windows, an operating system I haven't used since the 1990s.

And with the stories about how RMAs are going with Intel right now, I definitely wouldn't willingly walk into that situation even if I could stomach the down time. From the outside looking in, it seems like Intel doesn't have the resources to RMA all of these CPUs and are throwing up roadblocks to either slow down or stop the bleeding. I'd expect retail purchases to get the most screwed in that situation since Intel will want to make their larger customers right first.

1. Buy new 14900 from a brick-and-mortar 2. RMA your current CPU 3. Wait until the replacement arrives 4. Return the sealed replacement unit to the store 5. ??? 6. Profit

Actually great plan. I like what you got.

Unless your brick and mortar checks serial numbers on returned items to protect itself against exchanging a new part for a refurbished or used one. Which I've seen more than once.

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