I got a question, wondering to ask. I sent my RMA'd 13700K for claiming warranty, and since then I have yet to receive it due to possible stock issues for 13th Gen Intel.

Shop offered me upgrade to 14700K for RM180, and it's new stock (shop could be lying but I have no clue). Should I take it or just wait for the 13700K from the distributor?

Thank you for your response! I may need to upgrade my cooling for it. Got a ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240, running with a Z790 Carbon Wifi from MSI.

I'll let the shop know then. Seems like a reasonable offer honestly. And an upgrade for my system haha

I RMA'd both my 13700K and my MSI Z790 Carbon Wifi. CPU was showing symptoms of completely different errors that I've never seen before, and I've been building systems for years. Multiple BSOD's with different stop codes, ranging from memory erros to PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. It was frustrating and annoying as heck to troubleshoot.

Since it's still within warranty, might as well claim it. I did ahead and went with an AMD system for the time being, and since then I have never experience weird issues other than the slow boot times which I got used to pretty quick.

I guess I was one of the unlucky ones with the bad batch of 13th Gen Intel CPUs.

Thank you for that valuable info. That's the thing, I won't know if it's old stock or not. But then again, it's an upgrade. Not a bad offer from the shop, so to speak haha. I do stream sometimes and I'm running my system with 3 monitors (2 ultrawides and one main gaming monitor. I like the real-estate for my tasks and easier to multitask.)

I'll let the shop know later. To speak frankly, I got lucky that the shop even decided to offer me this haha

No, never really OC'd it. Kept it stock settings all the way, except XMP and LLC mode to 9. It was working for a year with no issues, then random BSODs happened around June.

I mean yeah, it ain't free but still kinda worth it in my opinion, especially for RM180. I'm taking it, so I let the shop know by then.

I do agree, but from my experience with the 13700K, it peaks around 80c - 90c, which is probably not ideal but it's under stress during streaming + everything else I run in the background. Worked well for a year, then my CPU kicked the bucket sometime in June.

I also have that Thermalright Socket mount thing, so it wouldn't bend the board and socket. Room temps around 24c in ambient, so it's not that bad. But yeah, I need a 360 AIO at some point.

Hmm, thanks for the suggestion. I do intend to replace my case with a bigger one. Using a CM H500 atm. I saw Antec releasing a new case soon and it looked like just what I needed.

Do you recommend the Liquid Freezer III by any chance? Saw the reviews and their okay with the price point. New mounting hardware, but I don't mind messing with it.

Yeah, didn't find that out until way down the line. Bought the CPU in September 2023, combo with the motherboard. It was a decent deal back then. The ILM mechanism was easy to take out and put back in. Just need to be in the correct orientation before sending it for warranty haha. And the contact frame helped with the mounting of my cooler and CPU.

I swear if Intel likes running at "stock" and keep pushing the voltages, it's a nightmare for the average users to see what's wrong with their system.

Anyway, I've accepted the upgrade and will update the BIOS when it arrives.

Thanks! I really don't mind the noise honestly. My games are louder and wearing headphones helped. The contact frame was easy enough to install, re-installing the stock ILM was a bit tricky but nothing to worry about. Shop accepted the warranty claim ady, so passed their check ady.

So a 360 AIO will fit my case, but it's going to be super tight. Especially for top mounting.

Probably you have a good flowing case and better ambient temps. I never had this much issue with Intel 9th Gen. And that still runs to this day.