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Captain_Yuri said:

I was thinking about that one but the reddit thread is also interesting as well as hardware unboxed comments:

"its very simple, mindfactory has RMA stats public, lets look at them, shall we?

5600X = 0,5% RMA
5800X = 0,58%
5900X = 0,37%
3600 = 0,76%
3700X = 0,87%
3900X = 0,96%
10900K = 0,57%
10850K = 0,48%
10700K = 0,19%

the issue with the current intel cpus on mindfactory is that theyre really not selling well, so lets look at some older intel cpus that sold many more units:

i7 9700K = 0,74%
i5 9600K = 0,5%
i5 9400F = 0,36%
i7 8700k = 0,55%"

Speaking with major Aussie PC parts retailers I've been told the failure rate for each part is normal and under 2%. Out of interest I also made a poll: https://t.co/9iufuYg46M https://t.co/iFwBipaFYK

— Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) February 15, 2021

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/lk763w/ryzen_5000_cpus_and_x570_motherboards_have_high/

So it's hard to tell if it's user error or something else. Still certainly something to keep an eye out for.

Very interesting. Either someone is lying to make things look worse/better than they really are, or maybe there's been a batch of CPUs that haven't been up to par and the quality control hasn't been able to get them before leaving the plant.

We'll see how this develops, or if it just dies with no conclusion. 

WoodenPints said:

Captain_Yuri said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/lk763w/ryzen_5000_cpus_and_x570_motherboards_have_high/

So it's hard to tell if it's user error or something else. Still certainly something to keep an eye out for.

I'm expecting half the 5000 Series DOA's been people not realising they need to bios flash their motherboards.

The ones reporting the failures aren't customers that buy they own computers, but professionals that sell assembled PCs. One would assume that they know what they're doing.

But we live in a world where assuming anyhting could be a mistake.