Originally Posted by
DesertRat
OOOPS!
Did Intel slip up in rushing X299 to meet Ryzen and ThreadRipper?
I feel sorry for the early adopters, think GBA-GBA SP, except this is a fire hazard. There will likely be a quick revision with dual 8-pins and beefier VRMs and VRM cooling. Kind of important for the target market.
Regardless, consumers and board manufacturers are gonna get shafted. Kinda is on the board manufacturers, unless Intel gave them a base power delivery design to work from that was far underpowered.
The 'out there' possibility:
Along with Intel's statement about K-SKU overheating, perhaps Intel is trying to build-in obsolescence and pre-mature failure.
After all, Cannon Lake and Cannon Lake-E/X are around the corner. If X299 systems last one generation, most people that can afford this platform would just replace it upon early failure. Better yet, legally Intel and board manufacturers would be fine in event of fire, since Intel's aforementioned public disclosure on overclocking.
I can imagine it now: "DO NOT LEAVE X299 PLATFORM SYSTEMS UNATTENDED DURING OPERATION OUTSIDE OF MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS"