Processors

[cwwalker57]

I recently purchased a Dell XPS 8960 computer (1-14-2025) . The computer has a i9-14900K processor. The board model is 09M47G. Not long after i purchased the computer I found out about these voltage issues that the processors have. I updated the BIOS immediately to 2.13.0. Through much research I was told by Dell that , " this is a new system so it already has a new batch processor which were not impacted. " . So my question is, is intel producing new i9-14900K without the voltage issues and how can I confirm that I have one.  Again I purchased the computer new and online and took delivery on ( 1-14-2025 ). 

C. Walker  

[PC1997]

Hello, I'm a customer like yourself and have no affiliation with Intel.

I cannot speak for intel, but to the best of my experience, there are no changes to the actual manufacturing processes, other than early 13th gen oxidation issues...affecting a limited batch of processors long since fixed.

That being said, so long as you have the latest BIOS update (as you've already indicated) then you should be fine. I have a couple of computers and one of them is an Alienware R16 with a 14th gen cpu which got the 0x12B microcode update quite a while ago... so it is likely your PC shipped with the latest microcode and any additional BIOS updates are unrelated.

The problem of voltages (fixed) was entirely the microcode of the CPU and BIOS power delivery profiles not conforming to Intel specification. Dell does not ship their PCs with overly aggressive power profiles, so it's unlikely the power profile alone is going to affect your computer. But you do need to be careful if you're using any application that will overclock your processor as there is a vulnerability in the design that makes it susceptible, as you already read about. So just something to be mindful of