Intel X79 testing it all - 3930K - 3960X - 3820 and 3x ASUS Matrix Platinum + RIVE

[SoF]

Thanks to give me that as a start - I think we have some socket issues back!

Nobody said something until now, maybe to less people really pushing X79 due to the high price.

Today I prepared my system for a little oc-show during an internal LAN the company I work for will make during week-end.

What can I say - the 3960X CPU looked REALLY ugly on the downside, some contacts (4-5) had a nice black shade on them.

Also whenever I looked under the CPUs (either my 3930K after initial water session or even the used 3960X I recieved) they show visible indications of burning in either one of the edges.

Unfortunatly I have not made high-res pictures of the downside of my CPU today before cleaning it, but I am really afraid to push X79 for a longer time.

That also would explain the degrading issues - it is not that simple to say it is only VTT or Vcore...the different experiences I read during the last weeks are having to less factors together to make a voltage responsible for that. At the moment I have the feeling it is a socket issue...either mass pins or voltage pins get overloaded quickly, iirc I had a Pin-Plan for S1155 but not for 2011...I would like to look up wich pins are mainly affected after the next tests...

...I already (literary) smell at least 1k € of loss in my pocket just because of that

[GeneralDeath]

@SoF Those pins are crazy damm shame there was no pics Of the Downside of you're CPU though and don't blame u for being really afraid to push x79 for a longer time. Time will tell wheather it's a socket issue my guess is you're right and more then likely a socket issue.