13th gen

If you send in a 13th or 14th gen for a new one under warranty do you get a Brand New redesign/re-engineered cpu with power limits? Or do you get the original defective cpu & perform the BIOS update as advised by your motherboard mfg? Since they probably have plenty of these cpu's sitting on a...

I purchased a i7-12700k for my build and heard that with the cpu's on 12th & 13th gen once in place the pressure force in the center of the cpu causes a curvature in the cpu. I saw a YT video that showed a anti bending plate that can replace the armature for holding the cpu in place thus no...