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So what’s the big idea?

Why are these processors frying themselves in such an unusually identical way?

AMD Ryzen CPU on fire, dramatic image

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E Gaming WiFi BIOS

That’s no good.

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E Gaming WiFi BIOS

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E Gaming WiFi BIOS

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor in motherboard socket

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition power adapter in box

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X in AM5 motherboard socket

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D boxed held in front of a blue cloudy sky with Windows Central best award

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics cards stacked together

Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX

Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 Ryzen

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses participants at the keynote of CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2025.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (front) compared to RTX 5090 Founders Edition (rear)

Marathon gameplay reveal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.