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Thanks again for the heads-up.Just a heads up and PSA for everyone:
Maybe some of you keep up with the news better than I do... but long story short, I have an ASUS mobo and an i9-13900k and the default settings in the BIOS were unnecessarily aggressive and had essentially been setup for unlimited power (volts/watts/amps) and cooked my CPU. This has been an ongoing thing with the 13th/14th gen Intel chips, but I found out only after it was too late. I assume Assetto Corsa also played a factor in this because it's such a CPU intensive game and it's makes up about 75% of my game time. This CPU is less than two years old.
Anyone who isn't aware of this, or maybe is but doesn't think it will apply to them: Make sure to update your BIOS to the latest version and also be sure to implement the Intel recommended settings. Having 1.5v constantly coursing through your CPU while playing heavy load games like AC will destroy your CPU. Regardless of you Mobo manufacturer, if you have an i9-13000 or i9-14000 cpu, you are 100% at risk.
TLDR; My CPU just bricked itself and I had no idea there were any issues whatsoever.
I updated my MB BIOS this morning after reading up about how necessary it is. My last BIOS was from mid-2023, so I'm wondering what damage might have been done in the meantime.
The update process wasn't entirely straightforward because of the usual ambiguity involved in navigating user-unfriendly menus to download the correct BIOS then actually update it in the BIOS.
These types of things are always expected to be done by casual luddites but always seem aimed at power users, and the potential for disaster always seems high.
Mine twice took a butt-clenchingly long time to update various firmware on first reboot, then booted straight to the BIOS again on the first 'clean' boot.
Here we go, I thought... but all seems OK now.