MSI Releases Brief Statement Regarding Ryzen 7 9800X3D Damage Incident

[vmarv]

He is a well informed nerd and reviewer of hardware that saw the journalism part of this industry go to absolute shit. He and his team decided that the journalism part is actually important (surprise!) and deliberately missed a few big paychecks from companies, just so the right message could be sent. They have purchased industry standard testing equipment, asked experts for training on that and published numbers with it. Doesn't mean they are perfect but they are doing more than most are, commendable at the very minimum. What more can you expect from a small team? That they hire a fully certified team for every aspect? Come on...

BTW, he legitimately helped out people fired by badly managed companies, that's admirable (through industry contacts). I myself use a zero trust policy when it comes to reviewers, influencers (that word always reminds me of influenza, same thing, viral shit, it sucks for all of us) or whatever the fudge it's called. But Steve and team have thus far shown a bit of backbone and integrity, something quite rare.

And agreed on the MSI part, that should have been shutdown at the first second. No matter what you do, you make yourself or partner look like an ass. It does not matter whatever way you phrase it.

PS. Him being a nobel prize would QUITE inconvenient

Nah... when these channels become so big, the owners went from the phase where the youtuber treat well the hardware companies in order to ensure himself a free hardware furniture and in some cases a check given for a specific review, to the phase where the youtuber has a fanbase so big, that he can threaten the hardware companies with the possibility of a negative review, or implying that they are lying about certain specs, characteristics or problems. If it wasn't like that, the billionaire MSI would not even think to talk with GN about the thing that has been discussed here.
If you were the CEO of a new tech company who developed a new cpu, that doesn't need active cooling and offers a performance never seen before, these yt channels would call that a scam. "Until we can test it, until they send a sample to us, is not true". They would contact your company for that, saying first of all that they are a channel with millions of views and followers in every social, implying between the lines that millions of possible customers of your products listen to them.
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I don't mean that they can actually threaten a company, directly. It's the size of the channel and the number of followers that becomes a threat per se. I think that the reason is clear: we know how things work in social medias, how a drop of water can become a storm.

 

[kapone32]

Buildzoid might have the right theory - that this guy tried to install the CPU with the motherboard already in the case, and the case upright. Not only were they too lazy to tip the case onto it's side, they were too incompetent to hold the CPU in the socket as they closed the lever.

I've upgraded many an AM4 in-situ, under a desk where I don't even bother to unplug any cables or tip the case onto its side - All that's required is putting your finger through the retention frame to hold the CPU in the socket as you close the latch, otherwise gravity wins and it falls out every time, without fail. holding the CPU in the socket isn't exactly a genius move - it's completely natural and until watching Buildzoid's theory on how this schmuk ruined his CPU and motherboard, I didn't think there was any other way to do it.

Clearly, I didn't have enough big brain energy to consider not holding the CPU in place, If I'd known that "have a race with gravity and see if you can close the retention frame faster than the CPU can fall out" was an option, I could have saved myself 2-3 seconds per install which means I've probably wasted 2-3 minutes of my life holding the CPU in place with my finger!!
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My thoughts are he installed it upside down.

 

[vmarv]

My thoughts are he installed it upside down.

"...this is no fault of MSI whatsoever and these two people are idiots!"

 

[Random_User]

Not really convinced of that myself, though it is certainly possible.


Sad but true. Written journalism appreciation is dead.


Good journalisn ceased to really pay the bills long ago. I would know having worked this sector. This left many outlets with a choice: sacrifice integrity or starve. No one cares that much about integrity, but clickbait always sells. I blame the reader as much as anyone.

Fast-brain-food. McClickbait.