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172 $5,000 Corsair pre-built keeps on frying Intel CPUs due to lack of BIOS update, tech alleges — kills three Intel Core i9 chips because latest version still doesn’t have fix for Intel crashing issues

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 09:45 EDT

$5,000 Corsair pre-built keeps on frying Intel CPUs due to lack of BIOS update, tech alleges — kills three Intel Core i9 chips because latest version still doesn’t have fix for Intel crashing issues

Corsair still hasn't released the latest 0x12F Vmin instability fix for its pre-built computers, leading to multiple, repeated failures for some of its customers.

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