7800x3d and ASRock/ Asus

[Blueyoshi03]

I'm hunting for a motherboard in a new AM5 build and am pretty much decided on my components but im very aesthetically driven as long as the basic features are met of x3 m.2 slots with at least 1 gen 5.

Ive basically got it down to the B650-A or B850 Limemixer. I have a nitro+ 9070xt and the gunmetal of the Livemixer better matches the gpu, and the livemixer has a gen 5 x16 port which the Strix doesn't. Checked some reviews and benchmarks and considering the price im happy, however I've only just discovered the negative reputation for Asus and more notably the ASRock boards for frying cpus, in particular the x3d's.

I really want the livemixer and cant find anything in say the Gigabyte range that I want more than this board, however if there is a genuine threat to my 7800x3d being destroyed, its obviously a stupid buy.

Is this a real risk, does anyone know why this is happening and if it can be fixed? Is it strongly inadvisable to get the Livemixer, or any other ASRock for a 7800x3d build?

 

[BeeP]

I’m using an ASUS b650 tuf with a 7800x3d, no issues at all.

My son is running the 650 live mixer with a 9800x3d, no issues at all on the latest bios but apparently the previous bios did have issues. He had ran a 7800x3d in that board for months on the older bios with no problems too.

Personally I wouldn’t worry about it now, pretty sure the bios sorted the issue for asrock boards and I honestly didn’t know asus had issues.

 

[sastusbulbas]

Lets put some context into the Asrock issue, because it's frankly getting silly.

The issue is only meant to apply to 9000 series X3D CPU's, the 9800X3D, 9900X3D, 9950X3D.

Many of the issues reported show old bios 3.15. Many CPU's that failed after 3.15 were used on 3.15 and may well have been damaged in that BIOS, not a later BIOS.

The 9000 series X3D CPU's have been selling in large quantities, the 9800X3D alone accounting for over 40% of a few key retailers CPU sales in 2025.

Asrock have reportedly sold over 2.13 million AM5 motherboards.

Just over 100 X3D CPU failures have been verified as having been caused by default BIOS settings. Mainly 3.15.

This issue also affected Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, yet due to limited sales seems to have no news or numbers.

The majority of people contributing to the whine threads regarding this issue do not actually own an Asrock motherboard or 9000 series X3D CPU.

We are now on bios 3.40, and still people with bios 3.15 and in a couple of instances 3.25 have had issues and blame Asrock. Even recently clickbaiters have been rambling on about a user having his second CPU fail, his 1st failed on 3.15, his 2nd has ran on 3.25 since release, despite 3.30 having been pushed out to address this issue, and 3.40 being available when this guy was still on 3.25.

We have no verified number of what was actually caused by users overclocking or playing with BIOS settings. Just a basic roundup of over 100 CPU's having failed.

So over 2 million Asrock AM5 motherboards in circulation, just over 100 X3D CPU failures.

 

[Tetras]

however I've only just discovered the negative reputation for Asus and more notably the ASRock boards for frying cpus, in particular the x3d's.

Asus were in the news for this a rather long time ago, right back when the 7800X3D launched. Since then, the TUF B650-Plus and B650E-F Strix were very popular boards that got recommended a lot on here and no complaints that I can remember.

I have heard little about them since, but I don't think the latest gen boards (B850/X870) were popular, because Asus added around ~£100 to each equivalent board.