I won't be purchasing Intel again.

[Andie Bell]

I’m dealing with the 14th gen issues firsthand, and it's frustrating. My system, only 2 months old, is almost unusable for gaming. Here's my build:

 

Motherboard: MSI Z790 MPG Edge TI Max WIFI

CPU: i5 14600K

GPU: MSI 4060 Ventus 8GB OC

Memory: TEAMGROUP T Force 16GB 6000MHz x2 (locked to 4800MHz)

SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 500GB

2nd Drive: Samsung 980 Pro 500GB

 

I built this system for my wife, who enjoys low-demand games like Terraria and TF2. A few weeks ago, we started experiencing constant crashes in both games. Lowering the clock speed in the BIOS temporarily improved stability, but the crashes returned.

After reading articles and watching the GN video from July 11th, I’ve decided to switch to a Ryzen CPU and motherboard combo. Intel's handling of this issue has lost me as a customer.

[Betster56]

I have a chip with this issue.... had... still have... I bought it in February and assembled in April. Failed in July. I contacted Intel and they overnighted me a chip (they kept a hostage fee to be returned). I'm on the replacement chip, who's box had a hand written sticker on it that said, "Good". Their replacement process felt like a weird scam with all of the odd questions, but they sent it.

I'm currently stable with the Intel Recommended Nerfing in place.

The whole industry is screwing us with weird issues. It's just Intel's turn, it was Asus last month. I think the big thing we all have to watch for is this concept of brand loyalty.

I've built Asus/Intel/Nvidia systems for a very long time. They were the best and I just got stuck on them. Now, Asus and Intel are both having major issues. I'm coming to realize that I have been lazy all these years by relying on Brand Loyalty, as if they were actually loyal to us.

We can no longer rely on reputation and promises.