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The last couple of generations of desktop Intel chips are burning out at stock settings. The current leading edge is both faster and cheaper on AMD, despite being on an older TSMC process. 90% market share to AMD in the DIY/component market in that context seems low.

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I’ve had trouble verifying that these chips still have reliability problems after the microcode updates. There seem to be a lot of anecdotes, but pc manufacturers are reporting normal rates of warranty return. It’s possible long term reliability is worse but it’s pretty easy to stress test a CPU.

Anyway, would love to hear if anyone has some decent quality data about these chips reliability.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdmK1UGzGs

Parent stated "I’ve had trouble verifying that these chips still have reliability problems after the microcode updates"

Your video links to Intel CPUs doing remarkably poorly before the latest microcode update. Parent was presumably trying to determine if Intel has actually fixed (or at least mitigated) the problem, which your video (much as I love Gamers Nexus) doesn't really have an answer for.

I wouldn't really say it seems low in that context considering IIRC not even NVIDIA has a 90% market share in GPUs.

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