August 21, 20168 yr my first run was a g3258 after it broke cause of terrible mounting with my old pot ;(
August 21, 20168 yr Golden E8500, beginning of C2D 45nm, I found a golden one, in 15 minutes we did 3rd place in CPU-Z (Duck had WR back than), it was my first LN2 session and after 15 min cpu dead. I should stop overclocking than ^^ no idea why I had mental breakdown and pushed more for XOC :banana:
August 21, 20168 yr First cpu I lost was a golden A8-6600k that was killed when my boards NB mosfets blew
August 21, 20168 yr The only CPU losing which I still regret to this day is this 3000+ Venice: CPU-Z Validator 3.1 Had to learn the hard way that DFI NF4 boards don't reset the Vcore to defaults once you swap the CPU. Â The only CPU(s) I lost during an actual benchsession were Q3FE / 3005F Gulftowns, but those were disposable back in the day, so no real regrets.
August 21, 20168 yr I killed a Duron 1200 in 2003 when I turned a computer on with my finger touching the core. It burnt for another week or so.
August 21, 20168 yr One of my first cpu's thad i kild befor joining hear was a xp 2500+ but no regret whit this kill. the only i reale regret is killing a xeon x5690 cpu on wc.befor i have a second wone to join the party RIP +5ghz xeon cpu
August 22, 20168 yr The first CPU I lost was a 6700K that I killed by delidding, am yet to fully kill a CPU during an LN2 session, really lucky in that regard, or maybe I just don't push hard enough........
August 22, 20168 yr This happened just now. I was DOA Testing some s462 boards. After 6 boards not booting I put one I knew that was working on the bench and tried the CPUs. Turns out all 5 CPUs I tested on the previous boards are dead. After further investigation, it's one of the MSI that is responsible. It killed 6 CPUs. Â Hammer time! Edited August 22, 20168 yr by Christian Ney
August 22, 20168 yr Killed a couple of retail 980X CPU's from back in the day, RMA replacements were never as good as the original.
August 22, 20168 yr The first CPU I lost was a 6700K that I killed by delidding, am yet to fully kill a CPU during an LN2 session, really lucky in that regard, or maybe I just don't push hard enough........ Â I'd say if you treat hardware correctly, killing it is quite difficult even under extreme conditions. The only times I've killed CPUs was when either a) I was too aggressive increasing the voltages or b) I continued benching even though I knew there were condensation issues. Â In both scenarios it would have been smarter to warm up, leave the setup to rest and get back to it the next day.
August 22, 20168 yr I'd say if you treat hardware correctly, killing it is quite difficult even under extreme conditions. The only times I've killed CPUs was when either a) I was too aggressive increasing the voltages or b) I continued benching even though I knew there were condensation issues. In both scenarios it would have been smarter to warm up, leave the setup to rest and get back to it the next day.  Why the hell did I ever post anything, just killed a damn CPU on phase.....  Sods law..
August 23, 20168 yr I'd say if you treat hardware correctly, killing it is quite difficult even under extreme conditions. The only times I've killed CPUs was when either a) I was too aggressive increasing the voltages or b) I continued benching even though I knew there were condensation issues. In both scenarios it would have been smarter to warm up, leave the setup to rest and get back to it the next day.  Hopefully this is why I've never killed a CPU or at least a good excuse for not pushing enough  Why the hell did I ever post anything, just killed a damn CPU on phase..... Sods law..  Forgot to knock on wood!
August 23, 20168 yr b) I continued benching even though I knew there were condensation issues.In both scenarios it would have been smarter to warm up, leave the setup to rest and get back to it the next day. I can check this one off the list, lost boards and chips doing it. Â as well as "use asrock z170 oc formula board" chip killer board right there.
August 23, 20168 yr Crew I still have nitemares about the two 5.7 pi16M stable 2600Ks that Gamer killed in under 2 secs on air, due to a short between the motherboard and his cooler's backplate...
August 23, 20168 yr as well as "use asrock z170 oc formula board" chip killer board right there. Â There should be achievement for it, "survive an LN2 session on Z170 OCF", killed 3 CPUs for me, including one instakill on 6600k.
August 24, 20168 yr I wonder if the first one killed during benching might have been my golden E8700. I'm trying very hard to remember... but only motherboards used to die frequently. I did however kill a good Opteron 185 because I had static on my fingers. 4 red LEDs, and from that day I don't touch CPus without touching a PSU or something first  First PSU death would be an interesting thread... had a couple die with a bang lately, though not OC related. You REALLY remember that stuff
August 28, 20168 yr I once put 12v to i7-920 Processor through it and it died instantly. and another 3930k dropped it from my hand while lapping. that still works without any issues tho.
August 28, 20168 yr FX 8150 on ln2 8/8t 1.95v f10 enter.bye. it was a nice chip 7ghz+ valid with all cores.
August 28, 20168 yr FX 8150 on ln2 8/8t 1.95v f10 enter.bye. it was a nice chip 7ghz+ valid with all cores.  Damn, that sucks as I've put 2v+ through a number of piledriver CPU's without issue and even 2.2v on a a6-6420k which made the difference between highest clocked 2 core vs not  I'm guessing maybe your board couldn't take it with 8c
September 2, 20168 yr 4770K during AOOC 2013 (probably ln2 switch/bios) and another one some months later (pcie controller died if I recall correctly).
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