Your Ryzen processor warranty states you may only use the stock cooler (updated)
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Koniakki
Quite possibly just a safety legal term, just in case is ever needed in some case.
blake86
*freedom of choice* ahahaha
just like the poor volta thing *graphic power for the masses* - - - > because of miner our sh**est card cost 600$, we are sorry, we can't do anything, bye.
dont know it this make me laugh or cry
metagamer
What kind of a joke is that?
I remember when Intel didn't recommend running their CPUs outside of their specs and everyone was mental about it. Now you're voiding your warranty if you don't use that crap AMD cooler? Jokes.
Meh, it's not like AMD will ever know if I use my own cooler, it's a weird reply from them to say the warranty is void if you use a 3rd party one, yet they won't be able to say anyway. Sometimes it's best not to comment, AMD.
Fox2232
@Hilbert Hagedoorn : This made me to open 2700X box before getting MB.
And Yes, It is written there this way:
"Use only the heatsink/fan provided. Use of any other heatsink/fan will void the warranty."
Anyway it states, that I have to have valid and verified serial number too. So no throwing Box into trash... What a drag.
@metagamer : I would not call direct-CU-heatpipe-heatsink AMD bundled with 2700X crap.
If CPU works moment I put it into MB, then I do not need warranty anyway. I did burn few CPUs, mostly in era where overvoltage require soldering. So that's about accepting that It burned due to my own actions.
Rich_Guy
Pmsl! 😀
airbud7
I've never seen nor heard of a processor going bad.
Prince Valiant
I had a sketchy 4790k a few months ago. It wouldn't boot past the BIOS on any board but the one it came with and that board only booted with vcore at 1.4v 😱.
schmidtbag
So, what about the CPUs without stock coolers?
As stupid as this is, it isn't anything to worry about. AMD has no way of enforcing this. Even overclocking (which also voids warranty) is unrealistically difficult to prove on a wide scale, and most retailers tend to accept returns/RMAs regardless of what happened.
All of AMD's stock AM4 coolers are actually pretty good, even the low-end models have sufficient coolers. Unless you intend to overclock or want an ultra-silent system, the stock coolers are very much adequate, even for XFR speeds. When it comes to AMD's AM3(+) and FM2(+) heatsinks... yeah, those were outright terrible.
alanm
Stock cooler is fine. Just dont OC. Not worth it OC'ing some chips anyway. The 2700x barely OC's 100-200mhz (above turbo clock ) even with the better Corsair LC H110. So most logical thing is to run it at stock clocks, stock cooler and save yourself the trouble of added heat, power and effort just to achieve a measly gain in performance.
metagamer
Even at stock, with a better cooler you will see load temps 20C lower than with the stock cooler so why run hotter than needed? I would be throwing it in the bin the second it comes out the box.
schmidtbag
metagamer
Maddness
yeeeman
Like CPUs are fried every day. I never saw any fried CPU in 10 years and I saw a LOT of them. You can fry it if you overclock it too high or in some very unfortunate combination of faulty motherboard. In general, CPUs have a good reliability.
schmidtbag
metagamer
Ridiric
metagamer
metagamer
alanm