Using an Asus X99 Motherboard will maybe lose the Warranty of your CPU

[brownninja97]

I think its more the fact that you should never buy a platform at release, like that one acouple of years back with ram problems?

I have had warranty claims with asus, yes it was slow but what you expect with such a huge company. but the communications and result was great.

 

always teething issues with releases, give it a month or so and it will see if this socket is worth it or not

what can i expect from a huge company, let me give some example of how bigger companies reacted, palit rma-4 days, dell rma-same day or next day, pny(hp) 5 days. once initial release problems are solved( i give it two months unless more information appears) the company should be able to get their products to meet their standards, many companies that bigger then asus handle rma with no problem so to be honest there is no excuse, anything under two weeks is fine in my opinion, over a month for an rma is crazy

[Raja@ASUS]

The rumor is false

 

 

1)      At stock speeds the special sauce is not active – so people that don’t want to use it don’t have to worry.

2)      When overclocked, the things we are doing still fall under the banner of overclocking. Nothing changes and any Intel protection plan would still be honored as usual overclocking.

3) We have been using similar tricks via other methods for years on our boards. Here we used it via socket pads as it made sense for some of the things we found.

[cesrai]

False false false!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-oc-socket-warranty-x99,27597.html

[RazrLeaf]

Intel will still cover CPUs used in Asus's custom socket, which is exactly the same way it covers CPUs used with custom VRM, or custom topology.

 

Sourced from kitguru.net.  Not sure why I can't insert the hyperlink or paste it in as plain text though.

[wpirobotbuilder]

What benefits does the modified socket provide?

[RH00D]

Did you also know that if you use any cooler other than the stock CPU cooler that comes in the box, it will void your warranty on the CPU? (You can find that information in the manual.)

 

The thing is Intel/AMD have no way of proving that so it doesn't really matter.

[-rascal-]

What benefits does the modified socket provide?

 

http://www.legitreviews.com/asus-shows-special-intel-lga2011-3-socket-cpu-pins_149876

 

 

ASUS went with a unique patent-pending OC Socket that has extra pins for extra performance.

 

It appears that ASUS has added 39 additional pins and that this allows them to improve the stability and reliability of the Intel Haswell-E processors being used in the socket by virtually eliminating voltage drop (vDrop).

 

 

 

People need to realize, if you are overclocking, let it be using the XMP profile to get your RAM to 2400MHz, overclocking the CPU, whatever, you already run the risk of potentially damaging your system.

You are already running the CPU out of Intel's published specifications. Going out of the published specifications is never guaranteed a success -- overclocking is NOT 110% guaranteed.

 

You killed your i7-4790K because you attempted to make it run at 4.05GHz versus 5.2GHz. It's all the same.

 

You slap an aftermarket CPU cooler on it.

Water cool the system, yet have everything running at stock. You already run the risk.

 

 

I'm spending $5000+ on a X99 based PC. I don't want the CPU to die by using a ASUS "OC Socket" board....but I'm going to overclock the tits out of it and water cool it regardless....by using this Gigabyte X99 board.

 

 

I don't see how ASUS's "OC socket" is making it any worse.

[JAKEBAB]

I really doubt this is true since if u look at Linus new video also technobuffalo got one too intel sent them the cpu, crucial memory and an Asus x99 deluxe mobo so if that is going to get rid of your warranty why the hell would intel send it?

[Techhog]

Did you also know that if you use any cooler other than the stock CPU cooler that comes in the box, it will void your warranty on the CPU? (You can find that information in the manual.)

 

The thing is Intel/AMD have no way of proving that so it doesn't really matter.

............. So, the only way to run LGA 2011(-3) and keep the warranty is by not using a heatsink?

 

EDIT: I think you're confused about the language used. It says that the warranty covers the CPU and the heatsink together as one product, which simply means that if you RMA the CPU, you need to send the heatsink too.

 

EDIT2: Okay, it does say it in ridiculously roundabout ways that basically makes looking at it the wrong way void your warranty.

[stryk]

False false false!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-oc-socket-warranty-x99,27597.html

 

Welp, that puts that to bed. Thanks for the link to the article, sir or ma'am!

[alpenwasser]

Okidoki, to (help) keep this from causing more confusion, I'm

consolidating these two posts and marking them as best answer

for thread so that people can easily see.

Thread will be left open though in case people want to discuss

more.

 

The rumor is false

 

 

1)      At stock speeds the special sauce is not active – so people that don’t want to use it don’t have to worry.

2)      When overclocked, the things we are doing still fall under the banner of overclocking. Nothing changes and any Intel protection plan would still be honored as usual overclocking.

3) We have been using similar tricks via other methods for years on our boards. Here we used it via socket pads as it made sense for some of the things we found.

 

 

False false false!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-oc-socket-warranty-x99,27597.html

[patrickjp93]

What benefits does the modified socket provide?

Greater voltage stability and a much higher ceiling for LN2 overclockers.

[cesrai]

Welp, that puts that to bed. Thanks for the link to the article, sir or ma'am!

Your welcome and it's sir

[Mystorius_]

The rumor is false

 

 

1)      At stock speeds the special sauce is not active – so people that don’t want to use it don’t have to worry.

2)      When overclocked, the things we are doing still fall under the banner of overclocking. Nothing changes and any Intel protection plan would still be honored as usual overclocking.

3) We have been using similar tricks via other methods for years on our boards. Here we used it via socket pads as it made sense for some of the things we found.

But they burst into Flames  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=msi_x99_fail&num=1 not so good i guess 

[cesrai]

But they burst into Flames  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=msi_x99_fail&num=1 not so good i guess 

You know that can happen to anyone he just had bad luck with the motherboard and it's a new platform