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I'm actually replacing the FX-8350 in my fileserver next week, because I was running ffmpeg on it and it kept crashing about a minute into the job, so I assume it was overheating either the CPU or something on the motherboard.

It's almost 10 years old, so I can't complain. And I think I got a check for $2 or something like that from the class-action suit.

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Definitely worth replacing for the performance at this point but is it possible it just needs a repaste? Thermal paste would’ve definitely dried out over 10 years and cause overheating symptoms.

I'm running one daily for the past ~12-13 years and the stability is impeccable but the performance is as you'd imagine. More likely that the motherboard age and degradation of various components would lead to instability, than the CPU itself.

Good point. I was kind of itching to upgrade that box anyway, but maybe I should repaste it and make it a backup server.

Wouldn't be surprised if caps on mobo have been cooked by all the heat

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