Tech YouTuber Highlights ASRock X870 Motherboard's "Killing" of His Ryzen 9 9950X CPU

Reports of Dead AMD Processors Continue to Pile Up Involving ASRock Motherboards, Latest “Victim” Is Said to Be a Ryzen 9 9950X

Image: Tech YES City/YouTube It appears that a number of users with ASRock AM5 motherboards are still experiencing catastrophic failures with their Zen 5-based CPUs. Reports of “killed” processors have been gathering since the start of the year and have primarily involved AMD’s most popular CPU, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but it is not the only processor claimed to have been damaged. ASRock has a well-established reputation for offering more budget-fr…

Tech YouTuber Highlights ASRock X870 Motherboard's "Killing" of His Ryzen 9 9950X CPU

Unlucky owners of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors have encountered major problems that involve ASRock motherboards. Throughout early 2025, user feedback provided insight into numerous cases of "catastrophic CPU failures." Members of the official ASRock subreddit have kept track of these unfortunate incidents; now closing in on 200 documented "murdered" specimens. Industry watchdogs reckon that even more disagreements—involving the Zen 5-based 900…

A famous YouTuber has suffered the problems that link to the AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs with the ASRock motherboards in one more sample that what is going on is not solved, nor is it chance. A Ryzen 9 9950X from Tech Yes City has said goodbye to being punctured in an ASRock X870 Steel Legend and puts the focus once again on the company, where the data is chilling. It will not surprise anyone, but in the thread of this famous YouTuber by name Brian more…